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Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
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494 FXUS63 KPAH 140353 AFDPAH Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Paducah KY 1053 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Slight chance of thunderstorms with an approaching front late tonight and Friday afternoon. - Hot and humid summer-like air hits by Sunday and reigns thru next week with daily heat indices around 100 degrees. An isolated heat of day thunderstorm then cannot be ruled out. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 115 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024 Showers/storms well to our north (over IA) will dive southward with a front tonight. It will arrive on our doorstep by/after midnight, with little instability/shear remaining to feed it. Still, there may be just enough gas left for an isolated shower or storm, mainly north of I-64. The main part of the system/front makes passage over the Mid to Upper part of the Ohio Valley tmrw, trail-dragging its boundary across our CWA or maybe more like disintegrating it as the mean Central U.S. ridge starts to build. It or an outflow from convection thereof may be just enough for a little heat of day fuel/forcing tmrw to also carry an isolated pop, with the best chance shifting from the north part to the south part of the FA. After sunset, the high pressure ridge starts to really take over and leads to giving us our first prolonged period of heat/humidity. Daily temps soar into/thru the 90s, and after a brief post frontal cooldown in dew points Saturday, they return to near 70F for the new week. As a result, the new week will see consistent daily heat index values in the upper 90s, with a few triple digit readings to boot. And CPC outlooks our area with Excessive Heat thru the 24th, so it`s possible we don`t see temps/dew points like we have right now again until maybe even October?! Also, along with the summer-like heat and humidity returning, a daily heat-of-day pulse type storm cannot be completely ruled out. && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/... Issued at 1049 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024 Weakening shower activity may try to sneak into KMVN and other northern counties through the night. Also can`t rule out an isolated shower or storm tomorrow afternoon across the area as a cold front makes passage. Winds will initially be out of the W/SW tomorrow morning before becoming N/NW around 6-10 kts through the course of the afternoon. Primarily mid-high cloud tonight, and then some lower VFR cigs around 4-5kft tomorrow. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...99 AVIATION...SP