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AWUS83 KPAH 170902
RWSPAH
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-172000-

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
402 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OVER THE REGION
THURSDAY EVENING. AS AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVED NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE AREA OVERNIGHT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS STREAMED NORTHWEST OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY AND THE
SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS. A SEPARATE AREA OF STRONGER SHOWERS
DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

BY 4 AM...THE SHOWERS OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAD LIFTED NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 64. MEANWHILE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WERE
GRADUALLY SPREADING NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH MUCH
OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST KENTUCKY. POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI HAD
RECEIVED OVER A HALF INCH IN A BAND OF HEAVIER SHOWERS...BUT MOST OF
THE AREA HAD ONLY RECEIVED A FEW HUNDREDTHS. TEMPERATURES REMAINED
QUITE MILD IN THE MIDDLE 60S.

THE UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER
OHIO VALLEY TODAY...SO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. IN THE WAKE OF THIS
SYSTEM...THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO DRY OUT THIS EVENING...AND REMAIN
MOSTLY DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THANKS TO A BUILDING RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE ALOFT. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB BACK INTO THE LOWER 80S
SATURDAY...AND INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S SUNDAY.  A STRAY AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY.

AFTER ANOTHER HOT DAY MONDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY MODERATE
THROUGH THURSDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS
INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL BRING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
BACK TO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. A WEAK FRONT WILL
BRING THE BEST CHANCES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL AT THE
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO BEGIN THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. DRY WEATHER IS
LIKELY SATURDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES A BIT BELOW NORMAL IN THE
70S. A WARMING TREND SHOULD BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

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FOR A MORE DETAILED METEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION...REFER TO THE AREA
FORECAST DISCUSSION PRODUCT (PIL SDFAFDPAH).

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