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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
337 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY WAS UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLEAR SKIES THIS
MORNING WITH AREAS OF PATCHY DENSE FOG. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE
AREA. TWENTY FOUR HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS VARIED FROM A TRACE TO 1.33
INCHES. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OCCURRED ALONG AND NEAR THE VIRGINIA
BORDER. SOME OF THE HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS WERE 1.33 INCHES IN PIKE
COUNTY...95 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH IN KNOTT COUNTY....AND 82
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH IN FLOYD COUNTY. TEMPERATURE READINGS AT 7 AM
RANGED FROM UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. TYPICALLY...THE LOW FOR THIS DAY
IN MAY IS IN THE MID 50S.

BY MID AFTERNOON...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DISSIPATED AND
THE COALFIELDS WAS UNDER PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. TEMPERATURE READINGS
WERE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S....WHICH IS UNSEASONABLY WARM FOR
TODAY WHEN THE TYPICAL HIGH IS IN THE MID 70S.

ALTHOUGH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT WEATHER
FEATURE INTO TUESDAY...DAYTIME HEATING COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND ON TUESDAY AS
WELL. A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL GRADUALLY TRACK FROM THE
PLAINS INTO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY...BRINGING CHANCES
FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE
THREAT OF EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AS IT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE
COMMONWEALTH. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOONS MAY BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. DRY
WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END THE WEEK. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE
LOWER TO MID 60S. HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER
80S...POSSIBLY SETTING A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THE DAY.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1984...A VERY LATE SEASON SNOW
FALL OF 2 TO 8 INCHES COVERED PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.
LEXINGTON AND MOUNT STERLING RECEIVED 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WHILE
RICHMOND PICKED UP 4 INCHES. EUBANK AND BURNSIDE BOTH REPORTED 3
INCHES OF SNOW...SANDY HOOK 2 INCHES...AND MIDDLESBORO SAW A TRACE.

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