949  
AWUS83 KPAH 091001  
RWSPAH  
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-  
100-107>112-114-092200-  
 
WEATHER SUMMARY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
401 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009  
 
HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS STREAMED ACROSS PART OF THE QUAD STATE REGION  
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE CLOUDS...COMBINED WITH THE LOWER  
ANGLE OF THE SUN...WERE JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP AFTERNOON HIGHS AT OR  
BELOW THOSE EXPERIENCED EARLIER IN THE WEEKEND. THE EXCEPTION TO  
THE RULE WAS FOUND OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST  
INDIANA AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY...WHERE FULL  
SUNSHINE DOMINATED MOST OF THE DAY AND PUSHED TEMPERATURES INTO  
THE MIDDLE 70S.  
 
SUNDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS...REPORTED IN THE EVENING TEMPERATURE  
SUMMARY FOR THE QUAD STATE REGION...RANGED FROM 72 DEGREES IN  
CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO 76 DEGREES IN OWENSBORO KENTUCKY.  
 
IN ADDITION TO THE CLOUD COVER...LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS HELPED TO  
KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 50S OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REGION.  
 
THERE WERE SOME RADAR ECHOES NOTED WITH THE CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT.  
THESE ECHOES REFLECTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAINFALL THAT EVAPORATED  
WELL BEFORE APPROACHING THE EARTHS SURFACE. THIS RAINFALL ALOFT IS  
COMMONLY KNOWN AS VIRGA.  
 
CLOUD COVER WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND PERSIST ACROSS THE QUAD  
STATE REGION TODAY AND TUESDAY...AS A COLD FRONT TO THE NORTHWEST  
AND HURRICANE IDA IN THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO SPREAD MOISTURE  
OVER THE AREA.  
 
THE COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES OVER THE REGION TOMORROW...WHILE  
THE INLAND CIRCULATION FROM HURRICANE IDA MOVES TOWARD THE MID  
ATLANTIC STATES DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY.  
 
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AS THE  
PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WEATHER SYSTEMS AS THEY SKIRT THE QUAD STATE  
REGION. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE  
WILL LIKELY REMAIN ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY ON TUESDAY.  
 
AFTER TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY WEATHER WILL ONCE AGAIN  
DOMINATE THE QUAD STATE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY.  
 
FOR TODAY...LOOK FOR CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS UNDER LIGHT  
EAST...SOUTHEAST WINDS. HIGHS WILL TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 60S OVER  
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TO LOWER 70S OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY.  
 
TONIGHT WILL BRING CONTINUED CLOUDINESS WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S  
TO AROUND 50 DEGREES. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN  
DIRECTION.  
 
 
 
SMITH  
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