511  
FXUS63 KPAH 291816  
AFDPAH  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
116 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S DEW POINTS WILL BE MOST FIRMLY  
ENTRENCHED OVER THE AREA AS A WHOLE BY TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY NEXT  
WEEK.  
 
- UNTIL THEN, DAILY RAIN CHANCES OFFER LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOUR  
POTENTIAL.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 115 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2026  
 
DEW POINTS CURRENTLY RANGE FROM 59 IN FWC, TO 73 IN POF.  
EXCEPTING AN INITIAL/SHORT-LIVED PUNCH OF DRIER DEW POINTS  
SLATED FOR SUNDAY MORNING, THE TREND (HUMID SOUTH/WEST, LESS SO  
NORTH/EAST) MORE OR LESS SURVIVES THRU MONDAY, WITH THE ACTUAL  
BEST/MOST ROBUST DRY AIR INTRUSION NOW SLATED FOR TUESDAY-  
WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK; THAT'S WHEN UPPER 50S-LOWER 60S SPREAD  
OVERTOP THE AREA AS A WHOLE, HOLDING THRU THURSDAY BEFORE  
REBOUNDING GOING INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  
 
UNTIL THEN, BEST RAIN CHANCES IN THE IMMEDIATE SHORT-TERM WILL  
BE OVER OUR SOUTHWEST...NAMELY SEMO AND ADJACENT PARTS OF  
SWIL/FAR SW KY. NAEFS E-SAT STILL HAS HIGH 1.75" PW'S PUSHING  
90TH PERCENTILE AND MOSTLY 2-5 YEAR RETURN INTERVALS. LITTLE  
SHEAR/FLOW OTHERWISE MEANS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS  
WILL BE THE PRIMARY ASSOCIATED STORM HAZARDS.  
 
MOST OF OUR 7 DAYS WILL BE SPENT IN THE 60S (NIGHT) AND 70S  
(DAY) EXCEPT FOR OFFICIAL HIGHS THAT MIGHT TOUCH THE LOWER 80S  
AND OFFICIAL LOWS THAT COULD TOUCH THE UPPER 50S AT TIMES.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 115 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2026  
 
RESTRICTED BASES WILL BE MOST PREVALANT AT KCGI-KPAH,  
ALTERNATING WITH LOW PROBABILITY POPS/VICINITY MENTION SHRA/TSRA  
WHICH MAY ALSO OFFER ACCOMPANYING RESTRICTIONS TO VSBYS. FURTHER  
NORTH AND EAST AT KMVN-KEVV-KOWB, PCPN CHANCES ARE LESS BUT NOT  
ZERO, AND BASES RESPOND LIKEWISE, WITH SOME LOWERING THRU BUT  
LIKELY REMAINING WITHIN VISUAL FLIGHT RULES IN A GENERALLY LIGHT  
FLOW ENVIRON FOR ALL TERMINALS.  
 
 
   
PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
IL...NONE.  
MO...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
KY...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
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