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FXUS63 KPAH 191129  
AFDPAH  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
529 AM CST THU DEC 19 2024  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND  
WEEKEND.  
 
- FLURRIES TO LIGHT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EVANSVILLE TRI-  
STATE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY, WITH ACCUMULATIONS  
CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO BE LIMITED TO GRASSY AND ELEVATED  
SURFACES.  
 
- WARM AND ACTIVE WEATHER IS FORECAST NEXT WEEK WITH DAILY RAIN  
CHANCES, THOUGH THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL IS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH  
CHRISTMAS EVE.  
 

 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 528 AM CST THU DEC 19 2024  
 
UPDATED THE AVIATION SECTION FOR THE 12Z TAF ISSUANCE.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 242 AM CST THU DEC 19 2024  
 
CLOUDS CONTINUE TO PERSIST IN SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE QUAD  
STATE, WHILE HIGH CLOUDS MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST.  
TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 20S IN NORTHWESTERLY  
PORTIONS OF THE CWA, WITH MOST LOCATIONS EVENTUALLY FALLING TO  
THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S JUST AFTER SUNRISE.  
 
DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH.  
A CLIPPER SYSTEM IN THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL CUT ACROSS TO THE  
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES/NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY. SOME MODELS  
SHOW ISOLATED FLURRY OR SNOW SHOWER COVERAGE IN THE EVANSVILLE  
TRI-STATE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. FORTUNATELY,  
ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO BE CONFINED TO GRASSY AND ELEVATED  
SURFACES, PRODUCING LIMITED IMPACTS. BETTER SNOWFALL POTENTIAL  
WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST.  
 
A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WITH THE SYSTEM FRIDAY, BRINGING IN  
BREEZY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH, GUSTING TO 25-30 MPH  
DURING THE DAY. COLD AIR ADVECTION AND CLEARING DRIVES LOWS DOWN  
TO THE LOW TO MID 20S FRIDAY NIGHT. COLD CONDITIONS REMAIN  
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE KEEPS THINGS DRY. WINDS  
BECOME LIGHT, PREVENTING WIND CHILLS FROM BECOMING PARTICULARLY  
CONCERNING, BUT BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES NEED ACCOUNTING FOR  
WHEN OUTSIDE.  
 
A MUCH MORE ACTIVE AND COMPLEX PERIOD OF WEATHER IS EXPECTED  
NEXT WEEK. EARLY WEEK, HIGH PRESSURE SETS UP IN THE SOUTHEAST,  
AND A SYSTEM TRACKS EASTWARD THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. GULF  
MOISTURE FEEDS INTO THIS SYSTEM AND RAIN IS LIKELY, MAINLY  
BETWEEN MONDAY EVENING THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE. CHRISTMAS DAY RAIN  
CHANCES GET MUDDLED AS MODELS TRY AND SORT OUT A POTENTIAL  
SMALLER SCALE NORTHERN LOW AND/OR A SOUTHERN UPPER LOW.  
ADDITIONAL FAST MOVING SYSTEMS FROM THE WEST KEEP RAIN CHANCES A  
FACTOR LATE IN THE WEEK, BUT MODEL VARIATION IN TIMING BLENDS  
ALL THESE INTO A BROAD PERIOD OF CHANCE POPS FOR NOW. ONE AREA  
OF CONFIDENCE IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST IS TEMPERATURES RISING TO  
WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR CHRISTMAS, WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES  
VERY LIKELY IN THE 6-10 AND 8-14 DAY OUTLOOKS.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 528 AM CST THU DEC 19 2024  
 
BRIEF VSBY REDUCTIONS ARE POSSIBLE, WHILE MVFR CLOUDS LINGER IN  
WESTERN KENTUCKY AND NEARBY AREAS. HIGH CLOUDS MOVE THROUGH  
TODAY WITH WINDS AROUND 5-7 KTS. A COLD FRONT TONIGHT SHIFTS  
WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST, BECOMING BREEZY, WITH MVFR CIGS IN THE  
NORTHEAST LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF  
EVANSVILLE TRI-STATE FLURRIES.  
 

 
   
PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
IL...NONE.  
MO...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
KY...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
UPDATE...ATL  
DISCUSSION...ATL  
AVIATION...ATL  
 
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