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KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-262100-
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
300 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013
UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES WERE PRESENT ACROSS THE COAL FIELDS
THIS MORNING. 7 AM READINGS MOSTLY RANGED FROM THE UPPER 30S THROUGH
THE LOWER 40S. NORMAL LOWS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE IN THE MIDDLE
50S. IN FACT...THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE AND THE LONDON CORBIN
AIRPORT ESTABLISHED NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING...WITH
READINGS OF 42 DEGREES AND 40 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY. ALSO ON TAP THIS
MORNING WAS SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG...WHICH HELD VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THE FOG DISSIPATED BY LATE MORNING AS
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES RULED FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. BY
LUNCHTIME...TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 50S THROUGH THE
MIDDLE 60S.
THIS AFTERNOON SAW SOME CLOUD COVER ARRIVE TO THE COAL
FIELDS...CREATING PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
WERE MOSTLY IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO AROUND 70 DEGREES. TYPICAL HIGHS
FOR LATE MAY ARE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S.
OTHER THEN A SMALL CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OR SPRINKLES THROUGH
MEMORIAL DAY...GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. A WARMING TREND IS ALSO FORTHCOMING...WITH HIGHS ON
SUNDAY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S...CLIMBING INTO THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 70S ON MEMORIAL DAY...AND THEN INTO THE 80S ON TUESDAY.
ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1979...AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR
MASS RESULTED IN RECORD SETTING COLD TEMPERATURES FOR THE LONDON
CORBIN AIRPORT. THE MERCURY BOTTOMED OUT AT 41 DEGREES IN THE
MORNING...AND THEN ONLY RECOVERED TO A MERE 49 DEGREES FOR THE DAY.
THIS ESTABLISHED A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE AS WELL AS A RECORD MINIMUM
HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. ALTHOUGH THE LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD
WAS BROKEN THIS MORNING...THE MINIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD STILL
STANDS. CLIMATE RECORDS FOR LONDON DATE BACK TO 1954.
$$
CARICO
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AWUS83 KJKL 241900
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KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-251945-
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
300 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013
SKIES RANGED FROM PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR OVER THE COAL FIELDS
THIS MORNING. ALSO...A FEW PATCHES OF DRIZZLE WERE NOTED OVER FAR
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...BUT EXITED THE COMMONWEALTH BY MID MORNING. 7
AM TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S...BELOW
NORMAL LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 50S FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. BY
NOONTIME...PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE WAS PRESENT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
MIDDLE 50S TO AROUND 60 DEGREES.
PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE CONTINUED INTO THE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT EASTERN
KENTUCKY...WITH ONLY A FEW CLOUDS ON TAP. MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
WERE UNSEASONABLY COOL...MOSTLY NESTLED IN THE UPPER 50S THROUGH THE
MIDDLE 60S. TYPICAL HIGHS FOR THE LAST PORTION OF MAY ARE IN THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S.
LOOK FOR CLEARING SKIES AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...AS AN
UNUSUALLY COOL AND DRY AIR MASS SETTLES OVER THE REGION. THE MORE
SHELTERED AND NORMALLY COLDER VALLEYS COULD EVEN SEE SOME PATCHY
FROST LATE TONIGHT. AFTER A COOLER THAN NORMAL
WEEKEND...TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. READINGS WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S BY
MIDWEEK...AS A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES ESTABLISHED
ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS. THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE
OF RAIN FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY
MEANDERS ABOUT THE AREA.
ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1996...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVED ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND
WIND DAMAGE WERE RECEIVED. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
SALYERSVILLE...NEAR PRESTONSBURG...AND IN DRY CREEK IN KNOTT COUNTY.
IN JACKSON...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS BLEW THE ROOF OFF A
STORE...AND DAMAGED THE ROOF OF AN OLD FACTORY. HEAVY RAINS ALSO
CAUSED FLOODED ROADWAYS IN PRESTONSBURG.
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CARICO
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AWUS83 KJKL 231846
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KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-241945-
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
246 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013
UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...THERE WERE SOME AREAS OF PATCHY FOG THIS
MORNING. MILD CONDITIONS WERE ALSO PRESENT WITH 7 AM TEMPERATURES
MOSTLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. NORMAL LOWS FOR LATE MAY ARE IN
THE MIDDLE 50S. THE FOG DISSIPATED BY LATE MORNING AS A FEW ISOLATED
RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN COAL FIELDS. LUNCHTIME
READINGS RANGED FROM THE UPPER 60S IN THE NORTHERN COAL FIELDS...TO
THE MIDDLE 70S IN FAR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY.
THIS AFTERNOON SAW MORE SHOWERS POP UP ALL OVER EASTERN
KENTUCKY...ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WERE GENERALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH
IN AREAS THAT SAW PRECIPITATION. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM
THE MIDDLE 60S IN FAR EAST KENTUCKY TO THE UPPER 70S IN FAR SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY. TYPICAL HIGHS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE IN THE MIDDLE TO
UPPER 70S.
LOOK FOR PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO DECREASE TODAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES
INTO THE REGION. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING WILL OPEN THE
DOOR FOR SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES TO ARRIVE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 40S TO AROUND 50 DEGREES
TONIGHT...AND ONLY REBOUND TO THE MIDDLE 60S ON FRIDAY. CHILLY
CONDITIONS WILL BE ON TAP FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS MOSTLY IN THE UPPER
30S TO AROUND 40 DEGREES. GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS AND A SLIGHT
WARMING TREND CAN BE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1978...HIGH WINDS FROM A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN PULASKI COUNTY BLEW THE ROOF OFF OF A HOUSE.
ALSO...IN 1989...A FLASH FLOOD WASHED OUT A BRIDGE WEST OF
BOONEVILLE. A CAR WAS TRAPPED DURING THE COLLAPSE. JACKSON AND
OWSLEY COUNTIES RECEIVED WIDESPREAD FLOODING...WITH KENTUCKY STATE
ROUTES 1938 AND 887 CLOSE FOR HIGH WATER AND MUD SLIDES.
$$
CARICO
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