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Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
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153 FXUS63 KPAH 081123 AFDPAH Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Paducah KY 623 AM CDT Tue Jul 8 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Daily chances of showers and thunderstorms will continue with torrential downpours and lightning being the main concern. Isolated stronger storms today may cause a brief downburst. - Heat indices on Friday and Saturday may exceed 100 degrees again, but the duration will be short with improvements by Sunday. && .UPDATE... Issued at 614 AM CDT Tue Jul 8 2025 Updated aviation discussion for 12z TAFs. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 259 AM CDT Tue Jul 8 2025 Areas of dense fog have developed across portions of KY/IL/MO early this morning due to a combination of calm winds and lingering low level moisture from yesterdays rain. Likely will expand a bit more through sunrise, so went ahead and issued a Dense Fog Advisory through 8 AM. A series of 500mb impulses embedded in broad troughing aloft will continue to produce scattered convection each day through the weekend. There does seem to be a signal for lower PoPs Thursday and Friday in the wake of a more pronounced wave moving through later today into Wednesday (also upper heights appear to rise some on Friday as a brief bout of upper ridging works in). Chances spike again on Saturday as another decent shortwave works across the Ohio Valley. The primary threat with any storm will be torrential downpours, lightning, and gusty winds. However, a few stronger storms can`t be ruled out, particularly today. Wind fields certainly aren`t impressive, as a we struggle to generate 20-25 kts of 0-6 km shear, but combined with healthy pwat values of 2" a few downbursts may occur. These high pwats may also contribute to localized flooding issues, similar to yesterday, where narrow pockets of 2-3" are possible. Another uptick in convective strength may occur on Saturday, but every day poses at least some very low risk of stronger storms as is typical in the summertime. Temperatures will be held down with highs primarily remaining in the mid to upper 80s through Thursday thanks to more abundant cloud cover and convection around each afternoon. More sunshine and less activity on Friday should allow us to boost around 90/low 90s again. This may continue into Saturday, although there`s a chance higher coverage of convection leads to somewhat lower temps than currently forecast then. A return of 100 degree heat index values are forecast on Friday and possibly again on Saturday, thanks to our relentless high humidity levels (dewpoints in the low to mid 70s). Models vary some early next week, with some suggesting a continuation of the broad troughing over the Ohio Valley which would lead to daily storm chances. Others depict upper heights rising as ridging tries to amplify early next week which would give way to decreasing storm chances along with an uptick in temperatures. For now the NBM`s temps around 90 along with low chance PoPs seem reasonable for early next week given the uncertainties. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 614 AM CDT Tue Jul 8 2025 Areas of dense fog and low stratus will gradually lift/burn off between 13-15z. While a few showers or isolated storms are possible this morning in southeast Missouri, the primary window for scattered showers and storms should be this afternoon into early evening. Some lingering SHRA is possible into the night as well. SW winds around 4-6 kts today will become calm again overnight, possibly leading to some more fog development. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...Dense Fog Advisory until 8 AM CDT this morning for ILZ084>094. MO...Dense Fog Advisory until 8 AM CDT this morning for MOZ076-086- 087-100-109>112-114. IN...None. KY...Dense Fog Advisory until 8 AM CDT this morning for KYZ001>017- 020>022. && $$ UPDATE...SP DISCUSSION...SP AVIATION...SP