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Regional Weather Summary
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY

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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
300 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES WERE PRESENT ACROSS THE COAL FIELDS
THIS MORNING. 7 AM READINGS MOSTLY RANGED FROM THE UPPER 30S THROUGH
THE LOWER 40S. NORMAL LOWS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE IN THE MIDDLE
50S. IN FACT...THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE AND THE LONDON CORBIN
AIRPORT ESTABLISHED NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING...WITH
READINGS OF 42 DEGREES AND 40 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY. ALSO ON TAP THIS
MORNING WAS SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG...WHICH HELD VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THE FOG DISSIPATED BY LATE MORNING AS
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES RULED FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. BY
LUNCHTIME...TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 50S THROUGH THE
MIDDLE 60S.

THIS AFTERNOON SAW SOME CLOUD COVER ARRIVE TO THE COAL
FIELDS...CREATING PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
WERE MOSTLY IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO AROUND 70 DEGREES. TYPICAL HIGHS
FOR LATE MAY ARE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S.

OTHER THEN A SMALL CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OR SPRINKLES THROUGH
MEMORIAL DAY...GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. A WARMING TREND IS ALSO FORTHCOMING...WITH HIGHS ON
SUNDAY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S...CLIMBING INTO THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 70S ON MEMORIAL DAY...AND THEN INTO THE 80S ON TUESDAY.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1979...AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR
MASS RESULTED IN RECORD SETTING COLD TEMPERATURES FOR THE LONDON
CORBIN AIRPORT. THE MERCURY BOTTOMED OUT AT 41 DEGREES IN THE
MORNING...AND THEN ONLY RECOVERED TO A MERE 49 DEGREES FOR THE DAY.
THIS ESTABLISHED A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE AS WELL AS A RECORD MINIMUM
HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. ALTHOUGH THE LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD
WAS BROKEN THIS MORNING...THE MINIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD STILL
STANDS. CLIMATE RECORDS FOR LONDON DATE BACK TO 1954.

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CARICO