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Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
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946 FXUS63 KPAH 171115 AFDPAH Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Paducah KY 615 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms remain possible today with the passage of a cold front. - A cooler and much less humid air mass will take hold from Thursday through early next week. - A small chance of thunderstorms returns Sunday and increases through Tuesday. At this time, severe storms and widespread heavy rainfall are not anticipated. && .UPDATE... Issued at 612 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024 The Flood Watch has been canceled. With the radar mostly clear over the Flood Watch area and having received no additional flooding reports from the hardest hit areas in the Mount Vernon, IL, and Madisonville, KY, areas, the risk of additional flooding has become too low to justify having a Flood Watch. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 252 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024 Showers and thunderstorms developed across central portions of the forecast area overnight in response to increasing low level convergence nearly parallel to a baroclinic zone slowly settling south through the area. Weak flow aloft and high precipitable water values yielded highly efficient rainfall totals with some rainfall estimates as high as 4 to 6 inches in the Pennyrile of western Kentucky. This has resulted in the likelihood of flash flooding, some potentially of considerable magnitude. As we progress through the morning, the diminishing trend in precipitation activity over the past hour should continue, with spotty activity possible through the morning. The potential for scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue across most of the forecast area through the afternoon as the baroclinic zone continues its southward progression. By early evening, HREF CAMs indicate that most of the activity should have pushed south into Tennessee. Will keep the Flash Flood Watch through 7 AM given the ongoing issues, but will likely let it go at that time unless we see a compelling reason to the contrary. As we head through late week and into the weekend, the upper level pattern will be characterized by a western ridge and eastern trough. At the surface, high pressure will build into the region, resulting in much cooler and drier conditions. For that matter, highs are forecast to climb from the lower 80s Thursday and Friday into the middle 80s over the weekend, while lows range from the upper 50s to middle 60s. The pattern becomes more unsettled late in the weekend and into early next week as an upper low/trough deepens over the Missouri Valley. This will result in a return of shower and thunderstorm chances Sunday through Tuesday. Even though humidity will be on the rise, temperatures look to stay below normal as highs remain in the 80s through Tuesday. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 556 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024 MVFR cigs will spread over the terminals this morning in the wake of waning shower coverage (limited to a VCSH mention based on radar trends). Cigs will gradually lift during the late morning to early afternoon, with VFR conditions expected by late this afternoon at all terminals. Light west winds will gradually become northwest this afternoon and northerly overnight as high pressure moves southward into the region. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None. && $$ UPDATE...DWS DISCUSSION...RJP AVIATION...DWS