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FXUS63 KPAH 182044
AFDPAH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
244 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS SETTLES INTO PLACE BY TONIGHT. DANGEROUSLY
COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY.
- EXPECTING SOME LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
AMOUNTS AROUND A HALF INCH, WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
OUT EAST.
- TEMPERATURES MODERATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 243 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2025
A STRONG POLAR AIRMASS SETTLES IN TODAY AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO
FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND BRING DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO
THE AREA ALONG WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH GUSTS OF 15-20 MPH.
A BROAD, DEEP UPPER TROF SWINGS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND
WILL BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT.
AMOUNTS HAVE COME UP SLIGHTLY TO AROUND A HALF INCH WITH A FEW
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OUT EAST. ANY TRAVEL IMPACTS SHOULD BE
MINIMAL. NBM WAS UNDERDONE FOR POPS SO WENT WITH CONSSHORT, SAME
WITH WINDS THROUGH TOMORROW.
EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE TEENS AND 20S. A
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON. WE ARE DRY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD AS COLD ARCTIC AIR TAKES OVER UNTIL MIDWEEK. HIGHS WILL BE IN
THE TEENS AND 20S THROUGH TUESDAY WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS. WEDNESDAY ONWARD TEMPERATURES START TO MODERATE. THERE IS A
DRY TROF PASSAGE ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AND ANOTHER AGAIN
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. HIGHS RETURN TO THE 30S AND 40S ON THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 1124 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2025
BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY WITH WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS AROUND 20-25 KTS. MVFR CIGS WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH THE DAY BUT WILL START TO LIFT OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW IS
POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
LIGHT SNOW MAY AFFECT VISIBILITY AT THE TERMINALS AT TIMES.
PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
IL...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY FOR
ILZ075>078-080>094.
MO...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY FOR
MOZ076-087-111-112.
IN...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ SUNDAY TO NOON
CST /1 PM EST/ MONDAY FOR INZ081-082-085>088.
KY...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY FOR
KYZ001>022.
DISCUSSION...SHAWKEY
AVIATION...SHAWKEY
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