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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 17, 7:57 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 757 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 .DISCUSSION... 00Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE PIVOTING THROUGH THE THUMB OF MICHIGAN. A COLD FRONT FROM THIS IS JUST ENTERING EAST KENTUCKY SWITCHING THE WINDS TO THE WEST AT SOMERSET AS I TYPE THIS. ON RADAR THE BEST OF THE RAIN IS LIFTING NORTHEAST AT A STEADY RATE AND WILL MOSTLY MAKE IT OUT OF HERE BEFORE THE COLD AIR WRAPS IN. THE WINDS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY LIGHT THROUGH THE CWA AND EVEN IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...DESPITE THE 75+ KT 850 MB JET DEVELOPING JUST TO THE EAST. THIS JET WILL CONTINUE TO PULL EAST AND AWAY FROM THE CWA SO HAVE CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE VIRGINIA BORDER COUNTIES. TEMPS REMAIN IN THE LOWER 50S OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT BUT QUICKLY FALL THROUGH THE 40S WITH ITS PASSAGE...FALLING INTO THE MID 30S IN ITS WAKE. THIS WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE ANY LINGERING RAIN TO SNOW ALONG WITH THE UBIQUITOUS TRANSITION PERIOD OF SNOW GRAIN/SLEET. THE WRAP AROUND...MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR 3 TO 6 HOURS AFTER THE POST FRONTAL CHANGEOVER LIKELY RESULTING A SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH. THE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LIMITED BY THE WARM GROUND SFC AND LIMITED UPSLOPE TRAJECTORY. HAVE UPDATED THE GRIDS...WEB FORECAST AND GRAPHICS FOR THESE EXPECTATIONS. UPDATED TEXT ZONE FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 423 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THRU FRIDAY)...THE COLD FRONT HAS MADE IT THROUGH LEXINGTON AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE FORECAST AREA VERY SHORTLY. AS IT DOES..THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. AN AREA OF ENHANCED PRECIPITATION IS ALSO MOVING ALONG THE FRONT FROM THE SOUTH. THIS ENHANCED PRECIPITATION IS MOST LIKELY A WAVE WHICH HAS FORMED ALONG THE FRONT. THIS WAVE WILL ALSO SLOW DOWN THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM. THIS WAVE WAS ENHANCED BY THE COUPLING OF TWO JET STREAKS NEAR THE AREA. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...THEN THERE WILL ALSO BE POST FRONTAL PRECIPITATION IN THE COLD AIR UNTIL THE 500 HPA TROUGH PASSES. THE POST FRONTAL SHOWERS SHOULD TURN TO SNOW AROUND 11 PM EST IN THE FAR WESTERN PART OF THE CWA. SNOW FALL SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE INCH EXCEPT UP TO 2 INCHES IN BELL...HARLAN...AND LETCHER COUNTIES ABOVE 2500 FT. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY 6 AM. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SOME SNOW FLURRIES IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...HOWEVER THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR ADVISORY STRENGTH WINDS...HOWEVER HAVE LEFT THE ADVISORY OUT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL. THE VAD HAS BEEN SHOWING VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS AND WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THOSE WINDS WILL BE ABLE TO MIX DOWN AND GIVE SOME VERY STRONG GUSTS. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...THE TEMPERATURES WILL COOL DOWN FOR ONE DAY AND THEN WARM BACK UP AGAIN ON THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE DOWN FROM THE NORTH BUT STALL OUT AS THE SURFACE RIDGE TO THE SOUTH WILL HOLD FAST AND KEEP THE FRONT TO THE NORTH. EXTENDED (FRIDAY MORNING THRU TUESDAY)...NO MAJOR CHANGES TO EXTENDED PACKAGE. FORECAST ISSUE TO FOCUS ON IS EARLY WEEKEND DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY FROM THE PLAINS. THIS MORNINGS 12Z RUN OF THE GFS WAS TRENDING A LITTLE SLOWER TODAY. YESTERDAY IT WAS RUNNING SLIGHTLY FASTER. THE GFS RUNS HAVE BEEN WAFFLING BACK AND FORTH BY ABOUT 6 HOURS ON THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. HOWEVER...THE SHIFT IN TIMING OF MAX POP...CORRESPONDING TO THE FROPA...CONTINUES TO CENTER AROUND THE SATURDAY MORNING TIME FRAME. CONSEQUENTLY...LEFT TIMING PRETTY MUCH AS IT WAS...BUT INCREASE POPS TO LIKELY CATEGORY. STILL EXPECT GENERALLY CALM WEATHER EITHER SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM. 1210 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REFLECT THE DOWNSLOPING THAT WAS GOING ON OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. ALSO CHANGED THE WORDING FOR SOME OF THE WINDS TONIGHT TO REFLECT THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WHICH WILL BE OCCURRING. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL HAVE SHARP DISTINCT WIND SHIFTS. PRECIP WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT UNTIL THE POST FRONTAL TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE RAIN SHOULD TURN TO SNOW FROM ABOUT 2 TO 6 AM THIS MORNING. LOW SNOW AMOUNTS ARE STILL EXPECTED. AFTER 6 AM...THE UPPER MOISTURE IS LOST AND PRECIPITATION SHOULD STOP. 530 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE COLD FRONT LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LATEST RADAR IMAGE SHOWS LIGHT RAIN ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA. WITH WARM...MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWING PW/S AROUND 1 INCH FOR TODAY. LEANED TOWARDS HPC QPF AMOUNTS FOR THE GRIDS. LEFT THUNDER OUT OF THE FORECAST WITH SOUNDINGS INDICATING WARM AIR IN THE MID LEVELS AND LIMITED INSTABILITY. FOR ZONE WORDING WENT WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE CWA...EXCEPT IN THE FAR EASTERN ZONES WHERE SOME DOWNSLOPING FLOW WILL OCCUR FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN AS THE LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN. ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN OF SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...AS A DEVELOPING 60 TO 70 KT 850 JET WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ENOUGH MIXING SHOULD TAKE PLACE TO BRING DOWN GUSTS OVER ADVISORY CRITERIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. LOW PRESSURE AND THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN BEHIND THE FRONT...CHANGING RAIN SHOWERS OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS. THE CHANGEOVER WILL FIRST OCCUR OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN...THEN FROM WEST TO EAST...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AGREE WITH PREVIOUS SNOWFALL FORECAST...AS WINDS REMAIN MORE WESTERLY AND THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION AND SUPPORT WILL PULL EAST BEFORE ENOUGH COLD AIR FILTERS IN THE AREA....IN ADDITION WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES FROM YESTERDAY AND TODAY WILL LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD GENERALLY BE UNDER AN INCH. SOME OF THE HIGHER PEAKS OF SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY MAY SEE UP TO 2 INCHES. HIGH PRESSURES SETTLES OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE INDICATING SOME WAA ON THE RIDGES WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW ON THE RIDGES. WITH LIGHT WINDS ON THE RIDGES AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES A GOOD PORTION OF THE NIGHT...A RIDGE/VALLEY SPLIT SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY...BRINGING RETURN FLOW TO THE AREA. GUIDANCE NUMBERS SEEM A BIT WARM ON...DESPITE THE RETURN FLOW. GENERALLY STAYED CLOSE TO THE MAV NUMBERS FOR THE SHORT TERM. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && GREIF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 854 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-190500- 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- 854 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. COLDER AIR RUSHING IN BEHIND A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CHANGE RAIN SHOWERS TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. SLUSHY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY DAWN...WITH SLIGHTLY MORE ON THE RIDGES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOWFALL REPORTS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. GREIF
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Two trees blown down on State Route 451 at Christopher.
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