Regional Weather Summary
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY

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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.

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CARICO