FXUS63 KPAH 120542
AFDPAH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1142 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009

.UPDATE...
REVISED AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAFS...NO CHANGES TO PUBLIC 
DISCUSSION.

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.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED GRIDS/ZONES IN ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE LATEST TRENDS IN MOST 
ELEMENTS...IN PARTICULAR TEMPERATURES...DEWPOINTS AND CLOUDS. SAME 
GENERAL THOUGHTS AS BEFORE FOR TEMPERATURE TRENDS THROUGH THE 
NIGHT...BUT CLOUDS ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE 
AREA. USED THE RUC 800MB RH FORECAST AS A GUIDE TO INCREASE SKY 
COVER THROUGHOUT THE AREA BY MORNING. 

DRS

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.AVIATION...
MID LEVEL VFR CLOUDS...CEILINGS 6-8KFT...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD 
ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. SOME BREAKS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY 
SATURDAY...BUT THE SKY SHOULD BE SHROUDED IN CLOUDINESS MOST OF THE 
DAY. THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL BRING LIGHT RAIN TO 
THE REGION LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH A 
RAPID DETERIORATION TO MVFR AND IFR CEILINGS WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF 
PRECIPITATION ONSET. LIGHT WINDS THE REST OF TONIGHT WILL PICK UP 
FROM THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 KNOTS THROUGH THE REST OF THE 
FORECAST PERIOD.

RJP

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