000 AWUS83 KLMK 030933 RWSLMK INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-031345- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 533 AM EDT THU APR 3 2008 WEDNESDAY STARTED OUT WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA BUT CLOUDS INCREASED OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON. MOST AREAS SAW HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 50S. CLOUDS THICKENED OVER THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT AND RAIN SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER AND MID 40S. WET WEATHER WILL COVER ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. A FRONT WILL BE NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS TENNESSEE TODAY AND SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PUMP COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE NORTH INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. THERE WILL BE TWO PRIMARY PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE FIRST WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SECOND OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. MANY AREAS WILL RECEIVE 3 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS FRIDAY NIGHT AND FLOODING IS LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA FROM TODAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 50S TODAY AND FRIDAY ALTHOUGH LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER COULD SEE HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. $$ MBS