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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 9:09 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1009 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED THE FORECAST TO FINE TUNE POPS AND SKY COVER FOR TONIGHT. KEPT 50 POPS IN THE NORTH. WENT WITH 30 POPS IN THE SOUTH...MAINLY LATE. BELIEVE THE CONVECTION OVERNIGHT WILL BE SCATTERED IN COVERAGE. CURRENT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ALSO INDICATE A SCATTERED NATURE TO THE CONVECTION. MODELS INDICATE INCREASED MEAN RH MOVING THROUGH OVERNIGHT ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SOME LINGERING LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT...WHICH IS DEPICTED WELL IN THE SKY COVER GRIDS. THINK THE MODELS MAY BE A LITTLE TOO FAST WITH FROPA OVERNIGHT. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS MORE IN LINE...SO DIDN/T TRY TO SPEED UP FROPA ANY. MODELS ARE INDICATING THE INSTABILITY WILL BE DECREASING OVERNIGHT...BUT DYNAMICS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO AT LEAST KEEP SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION GOING OVERNIGHT. FORECAST HAS OVERNIGHT LOWS HANDLED WELL...SO NO ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPS. JUST MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO THE HOURLY TEMP/DEW POINT GRIDS FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 505 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 19Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER LAKE ERIE WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA TO NORTHERN ARKANSAS. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT A COUPLE OF LINES OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AND ARE RACING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO. CLOSER TO HOME...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH FAR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MOST LOCATIONS STAYED DRY. SKIES ALSO STAYED FAIRLY CLOUD-FREE DURING THE DAY HELPING TO SEND TEMPERATURES INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S...SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. SOME DRY AIR ALOFT PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED TO DEWPOINTS MIXING DOWN INTO THE MID 60S AT MOST SITES...AND ALSO THE GUSTY WINDS FROM THE BENIGN LOOKING STORM THAT BLEW DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS IN KNOX COUNTY EARLIER. THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT ALOFT AS THEY NUDGE THE SUB- TROPICAL RIDGE SOUTH TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A WEAK TROUGH MOVING BY TO THE NORTH TOWARDS MORNING. FOLLOWING THIS...FAST FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY WHILE THE RIDGE BUILDS BACK IN FOR THE WEEKEND. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO A STRONGER TROUGH CROSSING JUST NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY. THE NAM IS A BIT FASTER AND FURTHER SOUTH WITH THIS WAVE WHEN COMPARED TO THE GFS. PREFER THE FLATTER...LESS AMPLIFIED PATTERN FROM THE GFS. ONCE THIS WAVE PASSES ..EXPECT EAST KENTUCKY WILL BE SPLIT BY THE STRING RIDGE TO THE SOUTHWEST AND PERSISTANT TROUGHING TO THE NORTHEAST. NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH NEXT WEEK...ALONG WITH THE SOUTHERN RIDGE PULLING WESTWARD... SHOULD KEEP THE HEAT FROM BEING AS EXTREME WHILE PROVIDING A BETTER CHANCE FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION. SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL FEATURE THE WASHED OUT FRONT SETTLING THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY TONIGHT WITH A GOOD BET FOR RENEWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ORGANIZED OR OTHERWISE. DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE CWA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY WHILE TO THE SOUTHEAST THE LINGERING FRONT WILL MAINTAIN A DECENT RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THE DRIER AIR AND LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING WILL WIN OUT FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE EVENING CONVECTION DIES OUT. FOR THE MOST PART SATURDAY WILL BE DRY AND NOT TOO HOT...THOUGH THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. SIMILARLY...AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AS WELL...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO VIRGINIA. MONDAY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SCORCHER AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT STRONG UPPER WAVE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EXTENDED SHOULD BE LATER MONDAY WITH THAT FRONT. LATER IN THE WEEK...ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW AND LESS IN THE WAY OF CAPPING WILL KEEP A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. MOS TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST. FOR TONIGHT...AM FAVORING PERSISTENCE...BUT CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING A DEGREE OR TWO FROM THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...HAVE GONE WITH THE HIGHER...MAV MOS... VALUES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AS FOR POPS...FAVORED THE MAV NUMBERS OVER THE MET/S TONIGHT AND ACTUALLY WENT ABOUT 10 PERCENT ABOVE BASED ON THE FLAT PANELS FROM THE GFS. FOR FRIDAY...LINGERED THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS A BIT LONGER AND FURTHER WEST THAN THE MAV OR MET POPS WOULD INDICATE. THE REST OF THE GUIDANCE LOOKED REASONABLE WITH A DIURNAL TREND DRAWN INTO THE GRIDS. IN THE IFPS/GFE GRIDS...USED MY USUAL POPULATION PROCEDURE TO TAKE WINDS AND DEWPOINTS FROM THE NAM12 THROUGH 84 HOURS. SIGNIFICANTLY BROUGHT DOWN THE WINDS EACH NIGHT AND ALSO SOMEWHAT DURING THE DAYS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MADE MY TYPICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DEWPOINTS FOR SOME MIXING EACH AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE REST OF THE GRIDS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE...PRETTY MUCH JUST BEEFED UP POPS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WHILE REFINING THE PCPN CHANCES WITH THAT NEXT FRONT EARLY IN THE NEW WEEK. 1037 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 COLD FRONT DRAPED FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND THEN BACK THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL NOT MAKE MUCH MORE PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR AREA FOR TODAY...SO STILL ONLY EXPECT AN ISOLATED CAP BREAKER HERE AND THERE DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS. TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE ARE RUNNING ABOUT THE SAME AS YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME. LATEST H8 CHART REVEALS TEMPS ARE A BIT COOLER TODAY THAN THEY WERE YESTERDAY. CURRENT ZONE WORDING OF MID 90S LOOKS GOOD...HOWEVER WILL TWEAK A FEW INDIVIDUAL READINGS UP A TAD BASED ON THE CURRENT TRENDS. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. 430 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 DISCUSSION... ANOTHER IS A SERIES OF HAZY...HOT AND HUMID DAYS. FNTL BNDRY ACROSS THE LOWER GT LKS WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTH. THIS BNDRY SHOULD SPELL RELIEF FROM THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT. A FEW MORE CLOUDS TODAY WILL KEEP THE TEMPS RELATIVELY IN CHECK BUT HAVE ONLY GONE A DEG OR TWO BELOW THE MAX TEMPS FOR WED. MODELS DIFFER SLIGHTLY IN TIMING OF FNT INTO ERN KY WITH THE NAM ONLY AN HOUR OR 2 QUICKER BUT MAINTAINS THE FNT AS AN ENTITY WHILE THE GFS TENDS TO BREAK THE FNT INTO PIECES AND FRAGMENTS THE PCPN ALON THE BNDRY. GFS AND NAM BOTH INDICATE A MINOR MCS WITH A PCPN MAX PASSING THRU SRN IN AROUND 6Z FRI. THIS MCS THEN PUSHES ACROSS OUR NRN COUNTIES BY 12Z. WHILE THE GFS PAINTS AN OMINOUS PICTURE WITH ALMOST 2IN OF PCPN IN A SWATH FM COLUMBUS IN TO PORTSMITH OH...THE NAM ALSO PLACES THE HEAVIER RAIN IN THE SAME LOCATION BUT GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS WHICH SEEMS MORE REASONABLE BEING BEHIND THE MAIN FNT WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER...WORKED OVER AIR. THE FNT DROPS SOUTH OF AREA BY FRI NITE BUT WITHOUT MUCH MODIFICATION IN THE AIRMASS. HAVE KEPT THE WEEKEND DRY FOR NOW AS HIGH PRESS BUILDS DOWN FROM THE WRN GT LKS. THEN AS THE HIGH SLIDES EAST THE RETURN OF MOISTURE EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL SIGNAL A RETURN TO AFTERNOON AND EVENING DIURNAL PCPN WITH TEMPS HOVERING IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 ONCE AGAIN. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WJM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1046 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-041200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 1046 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. WJM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1027 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 KYZ044-040330- FLEMING- 1027 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN FLEMING COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING... AT 1024 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR COWAN AROUND 1040 PM EDT...NEPTON AROUND 1045 PM EDT...CRAINTOWN AROUND 1050 PM EDT...FLEMINGSBURG AROUND 1055 PM EDT...AND DALESBURG AROUND 1105 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. WJM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1027 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 KYZ044-040330- FLEMING- 1027 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN FLEMING COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING... AT 1024 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR COWAN AROUND 1040 PM EDT...NEPTON AROUND 1045 PM EDT...CRAINTOWN AROUND 1050 PM EDT...FLEMINGSBURG AROUND 1055 PM EDT...AND DALESBURG AROUND 1105 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. WJM
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:56 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One tree and several large limbs blown down.
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