000 AWUS83 KPAH 100830 RWSPAH REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 330 AM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004 LOTS OF CLOUDINESS PREVAILED OVER OUR REGION OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES AT 3 AM RANGED FROM 54 DEGREES AT PADUCAH TO 62 DEGREES AT POPLAR BLUFF. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL PROVIDE OUR REGION WITH ONE MORE DAY OF DRY WEATHER TODAY. THE FIRST WIDESPREAD SOAKING RAINFALL IN OVER A MONTH IS LIKELY TO OCCUR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WILL CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY THIS EVENING. THE REMNANTS OF MATTHEW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH UP THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL SPREAD LOTS OF RAIN INTO OUR REGION...ON THE ORDER OF AN INCH OR TWO IN SOME AREAS. THE MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF MATTHEW WILL MOVE TO OUR EAST BY WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS THAT WILL KEEP IT COOL AND UNSETTLED INTO NEXT WEEKEND. IN MORE DETAIL...THE FORECAST FOR TODAY CALLS FOR LOTS OF CLOUDINESS WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. RAIN WILL LIKELY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TONIGHT...WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION BECOMES CLOUDY. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA ON MONDAY. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S. THE RAIN WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY...WITH HIGHS AGAIN IN THE UPPER 60S. $$ MY