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FXUS63 KPAH 201639
AFDPAH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1039 AM CST THU FEB 20 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE
REGION THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR WIND CHILLS 8 TO 14
DEGREES BELOW ZERO. LOWS WILL BE BELOW 10 DEGREES FRIDAY
MORNING. SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY.
- A SIGNIFICANT WARMING TREND OCCURS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK, FOLLOWED BY A 30-40% CHANCE OF RAIN LATE ON
WEDNESDAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1254 AM CST THU FEB 20 2025
THE SIBERIAN AIRMASS THAT HAS INVADED THE REGION CONTINUES TO
MAKE ITSELF AT HOME TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE NORTHWEST WIND
AT 6 TO 11 MPH AND TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING TO AROUND 10 DEGREES
WITH CONTINUED COLD ADVECTION. APPARENT TEMPERATURES LOOK TO
FALL CLOSE TO THE PREVIOUSLY SET TARGETS OF -5 AND -12 BEFORE
THE NIGHTS OVER. THE NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TODAY BEFORE
SETTLING DOWN AS A 1042 MB RIDGE MOVES JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF
THE AREA, LOWERING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND CALMING WINDS. WE
SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING ENVIRONMENT WITH
A PERSISTENT SNOWPACK, CALM WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.
FORECAST LOWS REMAIN CLOSE TO ZERO. GFS MOISTURE PROFILES SHOW
INCREASING MOISTURE WITH HEIGHT IN THE LOWEST COUPLE THOUSAND
FEET OF THE ATMOSPHERE WHICH COUPLED WITH THE SNOWPACK WOULD BE
SUPPORTIVE OF SOME FOG. HAVE A MENTION OF PATCHY FOG IN THE NEW
FORECAST BUT I'M NOT SURE EVERYTHING WILL COME TOGETHER TO
CREATE THE BEST CONDITIONS FOR FOG.
THE SURFACE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES TO THE EAST OF THE AREA
SATURDAY AND OUR FLOW REGIME SHIFTS BACK A LITTLE MORE
SOUTHERLY. WE LOOK TO GET ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN NEARLY A WEEK. WE GET INTO MORE PERSISTENT SOUTHWESTERLY
FLOW BY SUNDAY BRINGING IN A DIFFERENT AIRMASS AND LEADING TO
WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER
30S.
THE WARM ADVECTION PERSISTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY UNTIL AN UPPER
TROUGH BRINGS ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN AND PERHAPS
THUNDERSHOWERS. SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY LOOKS LIMITED DUE TO
POOR MOISTURE RETURN FROM THE SCOURING OF SOURCE AIR ALL THE WAY
TO BELIZE FROM THE FRONT THAT STARTED ALL THIS MESS A FEW DAYS
AGO.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/
ISSUED AT 1039 AM CST THU FEB 20 2025
LINGERING MVFR CIGS NEAR KOWB WILL GIVE WAY TO VFR CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE
WEST. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH
DRY CONDITIONS. NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 5-10 KTS TURN LIGHT &
VARIABLE TONIGHT.
PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IN...NONE.
KY...NONE.
DISCUSSION...JGG
AVIATION...DW/PM
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