Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
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921 FXUS63 KPAH 171212 AFDPAH Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Paducah KY 612 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - After seasonable temperatures today, above normal readings return tonight through Friday night. - Numerous showers and some thunderstorms will spread across the region tonight, continuing into Tuesday. - Scattered to numerous showers and isolated storms will continue Tuesday afternoon and evening mainly east of the Mississippi River. - Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms return Wednesday night through Friday evening, tapering off from west to east late Friday night into Saturday. && .UPDATE... Issued at 612 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025 Updated aviation section for 12z TAF issuance. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 208 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025 A warm front will lift into the middle Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys tonight as a surface low moves east from the Central Plains. Isolated showers and storms are possible in southeast Missouri this afternoon. Chances will quickly increase this evening across the entire PAH forecast area, with numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms late tonight into Tuesday morning. A few storms could become strong enough to produce some small hail. As the low moves through and east of our area, chances will become focused mainly east of the Mississippi River Tuesday afternoon and evening, with just a few lingering showers late Tuesday night in portions of west Kentucky. Dry conditions are expected Wednesday. With the frontal boundary draped across our area Tuesday, we will see a significant temperature gradient from north/northeast to south/southwest. Highs today will be seasonable, with well above normal lows tonight. On Tuesday, high temperatures will range from the 60s in southwest Indiana, to the middle 70s to near 80 degrees in southeast Missouri. Temperatures Tuesday night and Wednesday will be 10 to 15 degrees above normal. Models show another surface low pressure system in the Southern Plains lifting a warm front north into our region Wednesday night into Thursday, lingering the boundary in our area through the end of the week. The surface low will slowly move northeast along the front through Friday with plenty of available low level moisture. Showers and scattered thunderstorms will quickly spread across the region by late Wednesday night, continuing through Friday. As the low moves through and east of our area Friday into Friday night, thunderstorm chances will quickly diminish, with shower chances decreasing from west to east Friday night through Saturday. Forecast rainfall totals tonight through Saturday are generally in the 1.5 to 2.5 inch range. The model blend lingers small chances of showers into Sunday, but some models are trying to build high pressure into the area, with potentially dry conditions late Saturday through Sunday with near normal temperatures. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY/... Issued at 612 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025 Conditions will be VFR through 06z with increasing SCT-BKN060 clouds during the afternoon/evening. SHRA and isolated TSRA will spread across the TAF sites between 05z-12z, with MVFR vsbys possible with SHRA. Surface winds will be from the southeast at 5-10kts, becoming south at KCGI/KPAH around 06z with the passage of a warm front. Low level wind shear is expected after 06z with 2000 foot winds from the south to southwest at 35-40kts. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...RST AVIATION...RST