Hail in Kentucky, April 17, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
400 AM EDT MON APR 17 2006

.SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS DEALING WITH THE DIMINISHING PCPN THREAT
THIS MORNING. THEN THE OVERALL CLOUD TRENDS TODAY AND TONIGHT...
AND THEIR RESULTING IMPACT ON MAX TEMPS TODAY AND THE MINS TONIGHT.

WITH THE WEAKENING TROF EXITING THE AREA DURING THIS MORNING...AND
WITH THE COLD FRONT JUST NOW DRIFTING SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...WILL
KEEP SMALL CHANCES OF TRW-/RW- IN FA FOR THIS MORNING. THEN PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON BUT CLEARING FROM THE NORTH
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT.

ONLY SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMP TRENDS FROM THE CURRENT FCST. --21

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY-MONDAY)...

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...

ONGOING FORECAST ONLY REQUIRED A FEW MINOR TWEAKS...SMALL MODEL
DIFFERENCES FROM THE LAST FEW RUNS. MAIN ADJUSTMENTS TO TO SLIGHTLY
PUSH PRECIP CHANCES BACK INTO WEDNESDAY ONLY. AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL ROLL EAST FROM THE NEAR THE OZARKS TUESDAY EVENING AND ON
ACROSS THE TN VALLEY NEAR THE TN AND KY BORDER WEDNESDAY...SYSTEM
WEAKENS AS ENERGY STAYS MORE TOWARDS THE PARENT LOW NEAR THE UPPER
MS VALLEY. HAVE KEPT LOW CHANCE POPS AS SCTD SHOWER/TSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECIP CHCS LOOKS TO END DURING THE NIGHTTIME
HOURS WEDNESDAY. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN NEAR NORMAL EACH DAY.

THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

HAVE FOLLOWED A COMBO OF THE ECMWF AND THE NCEP ENSEMBLE MEAN
THROUGH THE PERIOD...THIS IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT FORECAST
AS WELL...THOUGH SOME MINOR CHANGES WERE NECESSARY DEALING WITH THE
PRECIP CHANCES LATE IN THE WEEK AS MODELS SHOWING ANOMALOUS LOOKING
DEEP CLOSED UPPER LOW SLOWLY WORKING EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN
STATES. TEMPS LOOK TO REMAIN NEAR NORMAL THRU THE PERIOD AS
WELL.

THINKING THE CUT OFF LOW IS OVERDONE...ESPECIALLY FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR...THOUGH A MUCH WEAKER LOW IS PLAUSIBLE. SO HAVE TAKEN THE LOW
SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY THURSDAY...TOWARDS THE GREAT
LAKES WITH RIDGING NEAR THE EAST COAST SLOWING ITS PROGRESSION
SOME...AS THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN THE LOW WILL SCOOT OFF TO THE EAST
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TOWARDS THE ATLC
SEABOARD. SFC RIDGING WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE
WEEKEND INTO THE EARLY PORTION OF NEXT WEEK AS A UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
SLIDES EAST FROM THE PLAINS. HAVE MENTIONED PRECIP CHANCES WITH
SHOWERS AND TSTORMS FRIDAY...LINGERING INTO SATURDAY MORNING/EARLY
AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT SWINGS THROUGH THE AREA. DRYING AND CLEARING
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...AMPLE SUNSHINE TO START NEXT WEEK.
--SCHOTT

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.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
430 AM EDT MON APR 17 2006

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CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
430 AM EDT MON APR 17 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES
THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA...THOUGH STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
EITHER STRONG OR SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...AND
FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY AS WEATHER DISTURBANCES ADVANCE ACROSS
THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

SCHOTT