163  
FXUS63 KPAH 042204  
AFDPAH  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
504 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- PLEASANT WEATHER CONTINUES TOMORROW. WARMING UP THIS WEEKEND  
AND NEXT WEEK.  
 
- HIGH HUMIDITY EXPECTED NEXT WEEK WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S.  
 
- UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNS SUNDAY WITH BEST CHANCES SUNDAY AND  
MONDAY. DAILY CHANCES CONTINUE NEXT WEEK INTO MID TO LATE  
WEEK.  
 
 
   
UPDATE  
 
ISSUED AT 500 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2026  
 
UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAF ISSUANCE.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 316 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2026  
 
SFC HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO KEEP US PLEASANT EVEN AS IT SHIFT TO  
THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN  
THE 60S. TOMORROW WILL BE ANOTHER PLEASANT DAY BEFORE HEAT AND  
PRECIP CHANCES START RAMPING UP THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK.  
SATURDAY WILL BE WARMER IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH  
INCREASING MOISTURE AS DEW POINTS REACH INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S.  
 
RAIN CHANCES COME BACK ON SUNDAY WITH THE GREATEST CHANCES (70-80%)  
OVER SEMO AND REACHING INTO SOUTHERN IL AND WESTERN KY. 50-60%  
CHANCES THEN SPREAD TO AREA WIDE BY SUNDAY OVERNIGHT AND RAMP UP  
FURTHER TO AROUND 70-80% BY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  
DAILY CHANCES THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MID TO LATE WEEK RANGING FROM 40-  
50% TUESDAY MORNING TO 20-30% CHANCES WEDNESDAY AND DAMPENING TO 20%  
SPORADIC CHANCES ON THURSDAY. ALL TOLD, SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MOST  
OF THE AREA (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EVANSVILLE TRI-STATE) COULD  
SEE 1.5-2.5" OF RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.  
 
WITH ALL THIS ADDED MOISTURE COMES HOTTER AND STICKIER WEATHER THIS  
NEXT WEEK! HIGHS ARE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH DEWPOINTS  
IN THE 70S.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 500 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2026  
 
A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE TN  
VALLEY, UNDERNEATH A BROAD H5 ANTI-CYCLONE THAT PERSISTS OVER  
THE SE U.S. THIS MEANS RETURN FLOW SOUTHERLIES AGAIN TMRW,  
PERHAPS GUSTING INTO THE TEENS KTS AROUND THE RIDGE'S  
PERIPHERAL RIM, ESP KMVN. TIME/HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS SUGGEST  
SCT-BKN VFR BASES POTENTIAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.  
 
 
   
PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
IL...NONE.  
MO...NONE.  
IN...AIR QUALITY ALERT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /1 AM EDT/ TONIGHT FOR  
INZ081-082-085>088.  
KY...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
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