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HEADLINE: Warm today and then hot for several days - near record highs in the coming days. Try to stay cool! .
Temperatures will be warm today - but down right hot on Friday and Saturday. I would not be surprised to see several records broken tomorrow (Friday and Saturday). Temperatures combined with the humidity will make for uncomfortable outdoor conditions..
I have added the heat index to the forecast, as well. Remember the heat index is what the temperature feels like to your body. Remember it is dangerous to leave children and pets in vehicles during the summer heat..
The tornado that moved through Pulaski, Massac, Johnson, and Pope Counties (May 25th event) has been rated an EF 2. You can read more about this tornado by visiting the Paducah, Kentucky National Weather Service web-site - click here.
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Here is a map of that particular twister (along with a few others) - map produced by the Paducah, Kentucky NWS Office. The Paducah, KY NWS also now has a Facebook page - click here - hit LIKE at the top!.
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Here is a map of all of the tornadoes (surveyed so far) from May 23rd-25th. Again - this map is from the Paducah, KY National Weather Service Office. Click image for a better resolution view.
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Did you know that you can now check the latest current conditions - temperatures/wind speed/dew points and more - we have hundreds of new graphics available to you! Click Here This page is best viewed with Mozilla Firefox. There could be issues with spacing on Internet Explorer
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This forecast covers far southern Illinois, southeast Missouri, and western Kentucky - for your local town - click here---
Thursday: A mix of sun and clouds. Warm and humid. A stray thunderstorm is possible over our northern counties. Above normal temperatures.
Highs: in the 87-90 degree range | Heat index: Values in the 90-95 range | Wind: East winds at 10 mph. Normal highs are around 81 degrees. .
Thursday night: Partly cloudy - a stray shower or storm can't be ruled out over our northern counties. Well above normal temperatures.Lows: around 68-70 degrees | Wind: East winds at 10 mph. Normal lows are around 60 degrees.
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Friday: Mostly sunny. Hot and humid. Well above normal temperatures.
Highs: around 92-96 degrees | Heat index: Values in the 96 to 101 range | Wind: southwest winds at 10-15 mph. A higher gust possible on area lakes. Normal highs are around 81 degrees.---
Friday night: A few clouds. Well above normal temperatures.
Lows: around 70-72 degrees | Wind: Southerly winds at 10 mph. Normal lows are around 60 degrees..---
Saturday: Partly sunny. Hot and muggy, Humid. Near record high temperatures. Well above normal temperatures.
Highs: around 95-97 degrees | Heat index: Values in the 98 to 108 range | Wind: southerly winds at 10-15. Normal highs are around 81 degrees..
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Remember you can now view all of the temperature graphics - and more - by clicking here
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Below image - Low temperatures for Thursday morning
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Below image - High temperatures for Thursday afternoon
Below image - High temperatures for Thursday afternoon
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Below image - High temperatures for Friday afternoon
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Let's also take a look (the map below) at the expected heat index for Thursday afternoon. Remember - the heat index is what the temperature feels like to your body when the temperature and humidity are combined.
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Heat safety advice and information - click here
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How much above normal will high temperatures be on Thursday? Several degrees! The map below shows you the departure from normal highs (normal highs are around 79-82 degrees). For example if the normal high is 80 degrees and the actual high is 90 degrees then we would be 10 degrees above normal. The map below is showing you how much above normal high temperatures should be on Thursday.
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The forecast for severe or extreme weather risk for today, tonight, and tomorrow...
Thursday: No severe weather is anticipated.
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Thursday night: No severe weather is anticipated.
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Friday: No severe weather is anticipated. Heat index values may be above 100 degrees.
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Friday Night: No severe weather is anticipated.
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Saturday: No severe weather is anticipated. High heat index values will make it quite uncomfortable to work outside.
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Check out this satellite image taken at 6 pm on Wednesday night. High pressure dominates the southern U.S. - this is causing very warm temperatures (see all the 90+ degree readings). An impressive early season heat wave. Meanwhile thunderstorms are firing around the ridge of high pressure. The bright red areas from New Mexico into northeast Missouri - those are thunderstorm cloud tops - the ring of fire (as meteorologists call it). Click image for better resolution view.
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We have a number of new radars available on our Weather Observatory web-site!---
We now offer St Louis, Mt Vernon, Evansville, Poplar Bluff, Cape Girardeau, Marion, Paducah, Hopkinsville, and Dyersburg Interactive City Radars. We also have the two regional radars and now offer you three GR Earth radars.
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We are watching one area of concern in the Gulf of Mexico - at this time it is not developing. There is currently an area of showers and thunderstorms associated with this disturbance. It did not appear to be warm core - as of Wednesday night.
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Also an area of interest in the Caribbean. The main concern is flash flooding over some of the islands. This disturbance will move slowly north/northwest of the coming days. Some slow development is not out of the question..
Latest National Hurricane Center Tropical Outlook - click here. . --------------------
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You can now view the 6-10 and 8-14 day forecasts! Maps are available by clicking here.
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Here is the current short range forecast for temperatures (June 6th through June 10th). You can see we are expected to remain above normal in the temperature department. Rainfall will be near or below normal for the next 5 days..
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Precipitation during the same time period (remember this map is showing you where above or below normal rainfall is expected to occur)..
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1. Warm weather to continue into the weekend and early next week.2. Perhaps some more active weather as we push towards the middle/end of next week. Still plenty of time to keep an eye on that event.
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