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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
310 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013

A PLEASANT MORNING WAS EXPERIENCED ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY. TEMPERATURES
WERE IN THE LOW 60S AND NEAR THE SEASONAL NORMAL. NO RAIN WAS FALLING
THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SEVERAL PLACES REPORTED NEAR AN INCH OF
RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER AT SKYLINE
IN LETCHER COUNTY REPORTED 1.02 INCHES THIS MORNING. TWO SITES IN
WHITESBURG REPORTED 0.96 AND 0.97 INCHES WHILE MIDDLESBORO CHECKED IN
WITH A 24 HOUR CATCH OF 0.99 INCHES. OUTSIDE OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
TO THE SOUTH...RAINFALL AVERAGED AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. SOME
DENSE FOG WAS PRESENT THIS MORNING WHILE SKIES REMAINED MOSTLY
CLOUDY THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS. SKIES BECAME PARTLY CLOUDY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND TEMPERATURES ROSE INTO THE UPPER 70S.

HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WILL BRING A DRYING TREND
TO THE REGION THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MORNING LOWS ON THURSDAY
WILL BE PLEASANT...WITH READINGS IN THE UPPER 50S. AS THE HIGH
PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST...A WARMING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE. DAYTIME
HIGHS WILL REACH THE MID AND UPPER 80S THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK. AFTER THURSDAY MORNING...LOWS WILL ALSO BE ON THE WARM SIDE
WITH MORNING READINGS EXPECTED IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. DAYTIME
HEATING AND THE NEXT APPROACHING SYSTEM FROM THE WEST WILL BRING A
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOWARDS THE WEEKS
END.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1994...EAST KENTUCKY WAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF A HEAT WAVE. FROM THE 16TH THROUGH THE 20TH OF JUNE THE
JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE RECORDED 4 NEW DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE
MERCURY ROSE TO 90 AND 91 DEGREE RESPECTIVELY ON THE 16TH AND 17TH.
ON THE 19TH AND 20TH NEW RECORDS OF 93 AND 94 DEGREES WERE RECORDED.
THE LONDON AIRPORT ALSO RECORDED 4 NEW RECORD HIGHS FROM THE 18TH
THROUGH THE 21ST. ON THE 18TH...92 DEGREES SET A NEW RECORD, 93
DEGREES SET NEW RECORDS ON THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND ON THE 21ST LONDON
REACHED A SCORCHING 97 DEGREES.

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