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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
300 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

SKIES RANGED FROM PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR OVER THE COAL FIELDS
THIS MORNING. ALSO...A FEW PATCHES OF DRIZZLE WERE NOTED OVER FAR
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...BUT EXITED THE COMMONWEALTH BY MID MORNING. 7
AM TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S...BELOW
NORMAL LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 50S FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. BY
NOONTIME...PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE WAS PRESENT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
MIDDLE 50S TO AROUND 60 DEGREES.

PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE CONTINUED INTO THE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT EASTERN
KENTUCKY...WITH ONLY A FEW CLOUDS ON TAP. MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
WERE UNSEASONABLY COOL...MOSTLY NESTLED IN THE UPPER 50S THROUGH THE
MIDDLE 60S. TYPICAL HIGHS FOR THE LAST PORTION OF MAY ARE IN THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S.

LOOK FOR CLEARING SKIES AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...AS AN
UNUSUALLY COOL AND DRY AIR MASS SETTLES OVER THE REGION. THE MORE
SHELTERED AND NORMALLY COLDER VALLEYS COULD EVEN SEE SOME PATCHY
FROST LATE TONIGHT. AFTER A COOLER THAN NORMAL
WEEKEND...TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. READINGS WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S BY
MIDWEEK...AS A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES ESTABLISHED
ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS. THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE
OF RAIN FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY
MEANDERS ABOUT THE AREA.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1996...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVED ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND
WIND DAMAGE WERE RECEIVED. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
SALYERSVILLE...NEAR PRESTONSBURG...AND IN DRY CREEK IN KNOTT COUNTY.
IN JACKSON...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS BLEW THE ROOF OFF A
STORE...AND DAMAGED THE ROOF OF AN OLD FACTORY. HEAVY RAINS ALSO
CAUSED FLOODED ROADWAYS IN PRESTONSBURG.

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CARICO