Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
000 AWUS83 KPAH 220916 RWSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-222215- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 316 AM CST SUN NOV 22 2009 PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CLEAR SKIES PERSISTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE QUAD STATE REGION THROUGH SUNSET. EVEN WITH THE MIXTURE OF SUN AND CLOUDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA STILL TOPPED OUT IN THE MIDDLE 60S. AFTERNOON HIGHS RANGED FROM 64 DEGREES IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA AND POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI...ONWARD TO 67 DEGREES IN CARBONDALE ILLINOIS. BY MIDNIGHT...PATCHY HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS HAD MOVED NORTHWARD INTO THE QUAD STATE REGION. AT THE SURFACE...TEMPERATURES FELL INTO THE UPPER 30S TO MIDDLE 40S UNDER LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS. THE HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS STREAMING NORTHWARD WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LOW IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO OPEN UP AND QUICKLY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES OUT...ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND DEEPEN AS IT MOVES TOWARD WESTERN IOWA AND MISSOURI. THE COMBINATION OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL BRING A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN ALONG AND EAST OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. BY MONDAY NIGHT...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SITUATED OVER IOWA AND MISSOURI...AS IT APPROACHES THE QUAD STATE REGION. THE SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...SLOWLY MOVING EAST TUESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. HOWEVER...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...ALONG WITH BRISK WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS...WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 40S. DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...WITH A SLIGHT MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES...BUT STILL BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. FOR TODAY...SKIES WILL RANGE FROM MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE NORTH TO MOSTLY CLOUDY ALONG THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND KENTUCKY STATE BORDERS. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S NORTH TO UPPER 50S SOUTH UNDER LIGHT EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS. BY TONIGHT...LOOK FOR CLOUDS TO THICKEN OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY AFTER MIDNIGHT. UNDER LIGHT EAST WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY TO LOWER 40S OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. $$ SMITH