1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 29, 10:30 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1030 PM EST MON DEC 29 2003 .DISCUSSION...03Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A SHARP COLD FRONT CROSSING EAST KENTUCKY WITH A DISTINCT WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. THIS FRONT IS RUNNING FROM NEAR FLEMINGSBURG DOWN TO LOZ...SHOWING UP WELL IN ENHANCED REFLECTIVITY. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS THIS MOSTLY IN HAND...BUT WILL FINE TUNE THE END TO THE PCPN AND THE TEMPS AND WINDS IN THE GRIDS FOR THE FROPA. WILL ALSO UPDATE THE TEXT PRODUCTS TO REMOVE THE MIDNIGHT TRANSITION WORDING. UPDATES OUT BY 11 PM. && .PREV DISCUSSION... .NEAR TERM...THRU THURSDAY AM. FRONT NOW PUSHING EASTWARD...PRECIP JUST ENTERING WESTERN EDGE OF CWA. EVERYTHING IN ORDER...EVE SHIFT WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW RADAR SHOULD POPS NEED TO BE CUT OFF SOONER THAN ANTICIPATED...AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND SWATH OF RAIN ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS NOW. FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD PUSH THROUGH LOZ/JKL AROUND 03Z OR 04Z. STILL CLEARING SKIES OUT QUICK BEHIND FRONT FOR TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN RAPIDLY...SETTING UP A COUPLE OF NIGHTS WITH DECENT RIDGE VALLEY SPLIT...NAMELY TUE AND WED NIGHTS INTO THE FOLLOWING MORNINGS. TRIED TO MODERATE TEMPS GRADUALLY THROUGH MIDWEEK. .EXTENDED...2004 THRU SUN. NEW YEARS DAY...ERN CONUS UNDER FAST 50H ZONAL FLOW. MILD PACIFIC AIR TO BE MAIN INFLUENCE. 50H LOW SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO TO EJECT ENE AND BECOME AN OPEN WAVE. THIS WILL ONLY BREAK DOWN THE 50H RIDGE OVER THE ERN CONUS SLIGHTLY...RATHER A KINK IN THE FLOW AS IT PASSES THRU ON FRI. BY SUN A BETTER TROF SETS UP IN WRN US WHICH PUTS THE ERN COAST UNDER A RIDGE AND THE TN VLY IN SW FLOW. AT THE SFC THIS SCENERIO TRANSLATES TO A WEAK FNT THRU OH VLY ON FRI WITH BEST PCPN TO OUR SOUTH ACROSS TN. STILL POSSIBLE FOR 1/4 TO 1/2 IN PCPN IN FORM OF RAIN. SW FLOW AT SFC BEHIND THE FNT WILL ALLOW GULF MOISTURE TO LINGER AND AS RETURNING WARM FNT PUSHES NORTH SUN AFTERNOON. ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL KEEP PCPN IN THE FCST FOR THE WEEKEND. TEMPS TO REMAIN MILD AS COLD AIR REMAINS BOTTLED OVR THE NRN PLAINS AND UPPER GT LKS. RAY/DUSTY --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1043 AM EST MON DEC 29 2003 COLD FRONT TO WEST BEGINNING TO MAKE ITS MOVE EASTWARD NOW THAT UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT HAS BEGUN TO KICK IN. FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO EXTREME WESTERN TN AND KY AT THIS TIME. RADAR SHOWING PRECIP JUST ALONG AND WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH LARGER AREAS OF RAIN TO SOUTH. ALSO PRECIP HAS MADE IT INTO CNTRL KY. SATELLITE STILL SHOWING DECENT BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER...ALLOWING FOR SOME SUN AND THIS APPEARS WILL BE THE CASE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY WITH CLOUDS AT VARIOUS LEVELS. EVEN HAD SOME ACCUS THIS AM...A GOOD SIGN OF MID LEVEL INSTABILITY AND HARBINGER OF RAIN TYPICALLY WITHIN 12 HOURS OR SO. WITH BREAKS IN SUNSHINE...AREA ON ITS WAY TO FCSTED HIGHS...NEAR 60. PROBLEM IS HOW MUCH SUN WILL WE ULTIMATELY GET. TOO MUCH SUNLIGHT AND WE MAY MAKE IT INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S. FORTUNATELY...FCST HAS RANGE OF TEMPS WHICH WORKS PERFECTLY WITH THE VARIABLE AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT AND THINK HIGH TEMPS ARE COVERED WELL EITHER WAY. RADAR ALSO SHOWING SOME ELEVATED SHOWER ACTIVITY WELL AHEAD OF FRONT. THIS WOULD AGREE WELL WITH THE MID LEVEL INSTABILITY EVIDENT FROM THE ACCUS. META AND GFS ALSO SHOWING...AT TIMES...DECENT MIDLEVEL ISENTROPIC LIFT AT THE 300 TO 310K LEVEL OVER THE CWA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. PROBLEM IS THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF DRYER AIR AT THE LOWER LEVELS AND IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SATURATE. CONSEQUENTLY...EXPECT TO SEE QUITE A BIT OF VIRGA OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOON. OVERALL...DONT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE POPS AND ACTUALLY SEEM VERY REASONABLE WHEN LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE. UNFORTUNATELY PRECIP PROBABLY WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL VERY CLOSE TO THE END OF THE VERIFICATION WINDOW. WITH ALL THIS IN MIND FEEL LITTLE IF ANY CHANGES NEED BE MADE TO FCST OTHER THAN POSSIBLY TO ADJUST WORDING FOR PRECIP IN LATE AFTERNOON VS AFTERNOON...AND EVEN THAT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY. UPDATED ZONES FOR WORDING OUT SOON. RAY --------------------------------------------------------------------- 408 AM EST MON DEC 29 2003 AMPLIFIED PATTERN CONTINUES WITH UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN U.S. FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY PROGRESSING THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SKIES ARE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY AHEAD OF THE MAIN SYSTEM...WITH MID AND HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING OVERHEAD FROM THE SOUTHWEST. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE SHORT TERM WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WENT CLOSE TO MAV NUMBERS FOR TEMPS. THE COLD FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY...AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROF TAKES MORE OF A NEGATIVE TILT AND SPEEDS UP THE FRONT. RAIN SHOWERS SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST. WENT WITH 100 POPS ACROSS THE BOARD TONIGHT. FOR TUESDAY SKIES CLEAR OUT QUICKLY BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT A RIDGE/VALLEY SPLIT FOR TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH LATE THURSDAY KEEPING THINGS DRY. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KY...NONE. && GREIF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 435 AM EST MON DEC 29 2003 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-301201- BATH KY-BELL KY-BREATHITT KY-CLAY KY-ELLIOTT KY-ESTILL KY-FLEMING KY- FLOYD KY-HARLAN KY-JACKSON KY-JOHNSON KY-KNOTT KY-KNOX KY-LAUREL KY- LEE KY-LESLIE KY-LETCHER KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-MCCREARY KY- MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-MORGAN KY-OWSLEY KY-PERRY KY-PIKE KY- POWELL KY-PULASKI KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-ROWAN KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY- WOLFE KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE... CAMPTON...FLEMINGSBURG...FRENCHBURG...HARLAN...HAZARD...HINDMAN... HYDEN...INEZ...IRVINE...JACKSON...LONDON...MANCHESTER...MCKEE... MIDDLESBORO...MONTICELLO...MOREHEAD...MOUNT STERLING... MOUNT VERNON...OWINGSVILLE...PAINTSVILLE...PIKEVILLE...PINEVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...SALYERSVILLE...SANDY HOOK...SOMERSET...STANTON... WEST LIBERTY...WHITESBURG...WHITLEY CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG 435 AM EST MON DEC 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were completely blocking United States Highway 25 between Corbin and Cumberland Falls.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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