027 AWUS83 KPAH 231946 RWSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-1 07>112-114-240900- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 244 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 EARLY SUNDAY MORNING A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. A CONCENTRATED AREA WAS LOCATED FROM CARBONDALE ILLINOIS THROUGH CAPE GIRARDEAU THEN ON SOUTH OF SIKESTON MISSOURI. AS THE MORNING PROGRESSED...A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED AREAS OF MODERATE PERSISTENT RAIN FORMED NEAR MT. VERNON ILLINOIS INTO AREAS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA NORTH OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. HEAVY RAIN FELL IN WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS WHERE WATER ACCUMULATED UP TO TWO INCHES ON ROAD PAVEMENTS ACCORDING TO THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION...NEAR WAYNE CITY AND ALSO NEAR CISNE AROUND NOON. SKIES REMAINED GENERALLY MOSTLY CLOUDY. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES THAT AVERAGED IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WARMED INTO THE 80S AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSED. SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE LIGHT. TYPICAL SUMMERTIME WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LOOK FOR VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR EAST...AND LOW PRESSURE OFF TO THE WEST RESULTING IN A SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. BY LATE WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND BRINGS A BETTER CHANCE OF ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && FOR A MORE DETAILED METEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION...REFER TO THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION PRODUCT (PIL SDFAFDPAH). $$