254 AWUS83 KPAH 081059 RWSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-082230- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 458 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2012 CLOUDS CLEARED OUT BY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION...ALLOWING THE SUN TO WARM TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID 50S. WINDS WERE QUITE VARIABLE IN DIRECTION BUT GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTH...AND GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. BY LATE AFTERNOON...SOME HIGH THIN CLOUDS MOVED INTO WESTERN PARTS OF THE REGION. AS THE EVENING WENT ON...AREAS OF SOMEWHAT LOWER AND THICKER CLOUDS BEGAN TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF. THE CLOUDS TEMPORARILY SLOWED THE OVERNIGHT COOLING PROCESS IN THE SOUTH. MEANWHILE...IN THE NORTH...OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WERE APPROACHING FORECAST LOWS NEAR FREEZING. SURFACE WINDS OVERNIGHT WERE MORE CONSISTENTLY OUT OF THE NORTHEAST. AS A MINOR LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES BY TO THE SOUTH OF THE QUAD STATE REGION...THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA COULD GET SOME LIGHT RAIN TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...CLOUDS WILL BE QUITE PLENTIFUL THROUGH MOST OF MONDAY...AFTER WHICH ANOTHER SURGE OF DRY HIGH PRESSURE AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION. BY LATER TUESDAY...AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT...MOISTURE AND LIFT AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL FOR THE AREA. GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES THROUGH MID WEEK WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. && FOR A MORE DETAILED METEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION...REFER TO THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION PRODUCT (PIL SDFAFDPAH). $$