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FXUS63 KPAH 050645
AFDPAH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1245 AM CST THU FEB 5 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH CHILLY TEMPS TODAY, WARMER
TOMORROW, THEN CHILLY AGAIN SATURDAY.
- PATTERN SHIFT SUNDAY BRINGS A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE EARLY
WEEK. NBM SHOWS A GREATER THAN 50% CHANCE FOR HIGHS OVER 50
FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA SUNDAY...BY TUESDAY A LITTLE OVER
HALF THE CWA HAS A GREATER THAN 50% CHANCE OF SEEING 60+!
- THE WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL REALLY AID SNOWMELT PROCESSES
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1243 AM CST THU FEB 5 2026
WE REMAIN IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT A LITTLE LONGER WHICH WILL KEEP US
ON THE COOLER SIDE THROUGH SATURDAY (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRIDAY).
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING A QUICK SHORTWAVE ALOFT MOVES THROUGH
THE EVANSVILLE TRI-STATE AREA AND COULD PRODUCE A FEW FLURRIES (LESS
THAN 20% CHANCE), OTHERWISE THE FORECAST IS DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
FRIDAY WE WARM UP BRIEFLY WITH SEMO AND THE KY PURCHASE REGION
SEEING A GREATER THAN 50% CHANCE FOR HIGHS OVER 50 DEGREES. THEN
ANOTHER QUICK WAVE MOVES THROUGH AND DRAGS A COLD FRONT THROUGH WITH
IT. BEHIND THE FRONT ON SATURDAY TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 30S
ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA AND NEAR 40 IN PARTS OF SEMO.
SUNDAY BRINGS A PATTERN SHIFT ALOFT AS FLOW BECOMES LESS AMPLIFIED
AND THEN RIDGING TAKES OVER BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES
REBOUND SUNDAY WITH MOST OF WEST KY AND SEMO SEEING A GREATER THAN
50% CHANCE FOR HIGHS OVER 50. BY TUESDAY THESE CHANCES EXPAND TO THE
REST OF THE CWA WITH EVERYONE SEEING A GREATER THAN 60% CHANCE FOR
HIGHS OVER 50 AND A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF THE CWA SEEING A GREATER
THAN 50% CHANCE FOR HIGHS OVER 60! TUESDAY LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST
DAY. TUESDAY EVENING A SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE ALOFT MOVES THROUGH
BRINGING BACK A 20-35% CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN. SMALL CHANCES (25% OR
LESS) FOR RAIN CONTINUE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER
APPROACHING SOUTHERN STREAM DISTURBANCE.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/
ISSUED AT 1138 PM CST WED FEB 4 2026
MVFR CIGS ARE MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
QUAD STATE, WITH A SMALL CLEAR AREA NEAR EVV THAT SHOULD SLOWLY
DRIFT SOUTH. HIGH CLOUDS MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST DURING THE
DAY WITH LOW CLOUDS CLEARING UP. CIGS LOWER BUT ARE LIKELY TO
REMAIN VFR IN THE EVENING HOURS. NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE FOR
NOW, BECOMING LIGHT LATER TONIGHT, AND SHIFTING TO THE SSW
IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME MINOR VSBY DROPS WITH CLEARING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE EVANSVILLE TRI-STATE, BUT NOT ENOUGH OF A SIGNAL
TO INCLUDE IN THE TAF.
PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IN...NONE.
KY...NONE.
DISCUSSION...HICKFORD
AVIATION...ATL
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