Hail in Illinois, September 27, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1247 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006

.DISCUSSION...
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THE COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS JUST NW OF
THE CWFA. CLOUDS WERE ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE BOUNDARY.
MEANWHILE...CONVECTION WAS SEEN ACROSS SCNTRL MO INTO ARKANSAS
IN A ZONE OF STEEP LOW AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...AND AHEAD OF
THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF A MID LEVEL TROF...AND PERHAPS A PRE SFC
FRONTAL TROF. SPC HAS UPGRADED THEIR PROBABILISTIC GRAPHICS FOR
SVR POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION
SVR IN THE GRIDS AND ZFP FOR LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE 4.5KM
NON HYDROSTATIC WRF SHOWS CONVECTION INITIATING ACROSS SE MO AND
SRN IL LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH LINES UP RATHER WELL WITH THE
RUC AND GFS 3-6HR DEPICTIONS. WILL TRANSLATE OUR HIGHEST POPS
SOUTH AND EAST WITH TIME THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES FROM
NW TO SE ACROSS THE FA. BY 06Z...THE FRONT SHOULD BE CLEAR OF ALL
THE CWFA...SAVE FOR THE HOPKINSVILLE AREA. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE
THUNDER THREAT DROPS OFF...AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFLECT THAT IN
THE FCST.

THURSDAY STILL A CHALLENGE TEMP WISE. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO REBOUND
OUR MAX TEMPS INTO THE 60S...DESPITE AN ALL DAY LINGERING THREAT OF
SHOWERS AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS. WILL PLAY IT SAFE AND REMAIN CLOSE
TO GUIDANCE FOR NOW DUE TO UNCERTAINTY. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS
SHOULD BE OVER BY THE END OF THE DAY THURSDAY...ONCE THE MID LEVEL
TROF AXIS FINALLY MOVES EAST OF THE AREA.

THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE
REGION. COOLER AIRMASS...SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR...WITH LIGHT
WINDS MEANS FROST POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS VERY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. WILL PLACE IN THE GRIDS AND FORECAST...FOR SE MO AND SRN
IL...WHERE MINS COULD RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 30S.

MODEL DIFFERENCES EXIST WITH RESPECT TO SATURDAY/S WEATHER MAKER.
THE GFS KEEPS THINGS DRY THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY...WHILE THE NAM/WRF
DEVELOPS SHOWERS ACROSS THE FA...ESP DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL
MAINTAIN A LOW CHANCE POP SAT...AND POPS SAT NIGHT FOR SHOWERS.
MODELS STILL INCONSISTENT WITH RESPECT TO HOW MUCH ELEVATED
INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT...SO WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THUNDER OUT
FOR NOW.

OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN THE LONG RANGE FORECAST IS NOT TERRIBLY
HIGH. SUNDAY STILL LOOKS DRY WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL.
MONDAY...THE 12Z GFS IS NOW SHOWING A NARROW BAND OF DEEPER
MOISTURE AND SCANT QPF FROM SE MO INTO SRN IL...LINGERING FROM THE
WEEKEND SYSTEM THAT NEVER MOVES FAR AWAY FROM THE AREA. WILL WAIT
FOR MORE RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY WITH RESPECT TO THAT...BEFORE
THINKING ABOUT ANY MONDAY POP. WITH RESPECT TO LATE TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY...THE 12Z GFS HAS COME MORE IN LINE WITH THE 00Z
ECMWF...IN KEEPING AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM TO OUR NORTH. DUE
TO THE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY...AND POTENTIAL FOR SETTING UP A FLIP
FLOP FORECAST...WILL LEAVE POPS OUT OF THE TUE / WED FORECAST FOR
NOW...DESPITE COLLABORATIVE APPEARANCE...SINCE WE ARE STILL WITHIN
TOLERANCE WITH OUR NEARBY OFFICES.

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
157 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-281900-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
157 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO
VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TONIGHT. IN ADVANCE OF THIS
FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY
INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY EAST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL RAPIDLY
DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT AND LOSS
OF DAYTIME HEATING.

SOME HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. DUE TO THE RAPID
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND RELATIVELY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE
ATMOSPHERE...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

MY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
402 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006

ILZ077-078-082-083-272200-
EDWARDS IL-HAMILTON IL-WABASH IL-WHITE IL-
402 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006

...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

AT 400 PM CDT..A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND GUSTY WINDS...WAS MOVING
EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY FILL ACROSS
EDWARDS...WABASH...HAMILTON AND WHITE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS THROUGH 5 PM. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WILL REACH
NEAR A CARMI TO MOUNT CARMEL ILLINOIS LINE BETWEEN 445 PM AND 500
PM.

SMITH