Your Hometown Weather: October 27, 2011: A wet Wednesday evening

October 27, 2011

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This forecast covers far southern Illinois, southeast Missouri, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and northwest Tennessee - for your local town/area - click here

Here are my current personal forecast thoughts for far southern Illinois and western Kentucky...

Wednesday night: Rain and thunderstorms continuing into the overnight hours. A few heavy downpours. Below normal temperatures.

Lows: in the 44-48 degree range. | Wind: Northerly winds at 5-10 mph. Normal lows for this time of the year are around 46 degrees. Precipitation probability - 90%
My confidence in this forecast is VERY high

Thursday: Showers likely in the morning - a few showers in the afternoon. Cooler. Below normal temperatures.

Highs: around 54-58 degree range. | Wind: Northerly winds at 5-15 mph. Normal highs for this time of the year are around 70 degrees. Precipitation probability - 70% in the morning.
My confidence in this forecast is VERY high
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Thursday night: Partly cloudy and cooler. Below normal temperatures.

Lows: around 38-44 degrees | Wind: North winds at 5-15 mph. Normal lows for this time of the year are around 46 degrees. Precipitation probability - 10%.
My confidence in this forecast is VERY high

Friday: A few clouds - cool during the day. Below normal temperatures.

Highs: around 54-58 degrees. | Wind: Northerly winds at 5-10 mph. Normal highs for this time of the year are around 70 degrees. Precipitation probability - 0%
My confidence in this forecast is VERY high

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No major concerns - few rumbles of thunder possible into Wednesday evening.
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No major concerns.
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Wild card in the forecast - none

No major changes in the forecast. Everything appears on track.

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The forecast for severe or extreme weather for the next 24 hours
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Wednesday night: Severe weather is not anticipated. No snow or ice.
Wednesday night: Will there be a chance for non-severe thunderstorms? Yes - a few thunderstorms will be possible.
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Thursday: Severe weather is not anticipated. No snow or ice.
Thursday: Will there be a chance for non-severe thunderstorms? No

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Thursday night : Severe weather is not anticipated. No snow or ice.
Thursday night: Will there be a risk for non-severe thunderstorms? No

Friday: Severe weather is not anticipated. No snow or ice.
Friday: Will there be a risk for non-severe thunderstorms? No
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HEADLINE: Well the streak of nice weather was bound to come to an end. Rain developed over the region on Wednesday morning and Wednesday afternoon. This rain was accompanied by a few thunderstorms, as well.

Rain will continue into Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Rainfall totals in most of our counties should be in the 0.30-0.60" range will a few spots picking up one inch. Not too bad - we do need the rain. Thankful to receive some much needed moisture.

The weekend should be dry and cool - Halloween should be the same.

I am watching for the potential of a bigger storm system after November 3rd - see the long range at the bottom of the page.

We have a TON of new weather maps on the Weather Observatory web-site - these include temperatures, wind speed, dew points, heat index, barometric pressure, predicted rainfall, climate forecast, medium and long range maps, forecasts and more! Click here
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Let's check out the how much rain is forecast to fall over the next 72 hours. This map gives you a general broad brushed idea of what can be expected. Remember the scale is at the top of the map.
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You can also now view the probability of X amount of rain (you pick the value on the web-site) in a six hour period of time. Those maps can be viewed here.
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You can view drought maps on the Weather Observatory web-site by clicking here
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Snow is not in the forecast.
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Enhanced snowfall interactive forecast maps . You can choose your total snowfall amounts above the map - time frame, as well- click here
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Snowfall forecast maps - these are interactive maps. You can choose your total snowfall amounts above the map - time frame, as well - click here
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You can view the upcoming days high temperature and low temperature forecasts by clicking here - choose the day - click on your state to zoom in
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We have a number of new radars available on our Weather Observatory web-site!
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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 also have a new interactive radar - you can view that radar by clicking here.

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1. The weekend is currently forecast to be dry and cool - can't rule out some frost again with lows into the 30s. Halloween appears dry and cool, as well.

The next storm of significant may arrive around the November 4-7th time frame. There have been signals for over a week now that this November event could produce some severe thunderstorms - long way off in the weather world. But it has peaked my interest. We have not had much in the way of severe weather over the last month or two - typically we do see an uptick in activity in October and/or November.

One last map for you this evening - this is the latest Palmer Drought Index. Drought continues to our south and west - orange and yellow areas are dry to very dry.

Now is a GREAT time to buy a NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio. Better to have one before storms strike than to be without one during an event. I recommend the Midland Model 300 NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio.

Meteorologist Beau Dodson
McCracken County Office of Emergency Management
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