000
AWUS81 KRLX 282044
RWSRLX
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-290300-

LATE AFTERNOON WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND
MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
443 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2008

CLOUDY SKIES COVERING THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON WERE GIVING WAY
TO CLEARING SKIES ACROSS THE WEST. WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN WAS
OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA. TEMPERATURES AROUND THE
REGION WERE IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S.

LOW PRESSURE...FORMERLY FAY...WAS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WITH
THE CENTER AROUND WEST VIRGINIA TO NORTH CAROLINA. LOW PRESSURE WAS
ALSO IN THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES OF THE U.S. THE REST OF THE NATION
WAS UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. A STATIONARY FRONT IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EXTENDS EAST OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC OFF
THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. A COLD FRONT IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN GOES
SOUTHWEST TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KANSAS.

AS THE REMNANTS OF RAY CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA...THE
CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WILL TAPPER OFF OVER THE NORTH.

FRIDAY WILL BEGIN DRY WITH SOME SUNSHINE RETURNING...BUT AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  THE FRONT
COULD PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT CROSSES THE
AREA...EXITING THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS BY SATURDAY MORNING.

A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL THEN TAKE OVER AS HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  THE REMAINDER OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND
LOOKS QUITE GOOD...WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND COMFORTABLE
TEMPERATURES.

$$

000
AWUS83 KPAH 282025
RWSPAH
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-290900-

WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
322 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2008

AT 3 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. AFTER MORNING LOWS IN THE MID 60S
WITH PATCHY FOG...AFTERNOON HIGHS HAD CLIMBED TO AROUND 90 DEGREES
IN MANY COMMUNITIES.

DRY CONDITIONS WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES CAN AGAIN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE QUAD STATE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. BEHIND
THE FRONT...DRY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES
WITH MORNING LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S.

AND DURING THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE ENDING FRIDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND WILL BE
IN THE LOW TO MID 60S IN THE MORNING...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS
CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 80S WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND NO RAIN.

$$

000
AWUS83 KJKL 281928
RWSJKL
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-291000-

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
330 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2008

LOW HANGING CLOUDS...AREAS OF DRIZZLE...AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID
TO UPPER 60S WAS THE WEATHER STORY ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY THIS
MORNING. THE DAMP AND GLOOMY WEATHER LINGERED THROUGH THE MORNING
WITH ONLY A FEW PEEKS OF SUNSHINE...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN AREAS
AROUND NOON. THE LOW CLOUDS...FOG AND PATCHY DRIZZLE FINALLY GAVE
WAY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILT INTO THE
REGION IN THE WAKE OF WHAT WAS ONCE THE TROPICAL STORM FAY.

TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 70S WERE STILL WIDESPREAD BY MID
AFTERNOON...WITH LOWER 80S REPORTED NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER WHERE
A LESS DENSE CLOUD COVER ALLOWED FOR A BIT MORE SUNSHINE. CLEARING
SKIES OVER A WET GROUND TONIGHT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR LOCALLY DENSE
FOG DEVELOPMENT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK INTO THE UPPER 50S TO
LOWER 60S. THE WORK WEEK WILL END WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST.

TODAY IN WEATHER HISTORY...THE FIRST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF A TORNADO
WAS MADE BY F.N. ROBINSON OF HOWARD...DAKOTA TERRITORY ON AUGUST 28
1884. THIS ALLOWED THE SCIENCE OF METEOROLOGY THE FIRST GLIMPSE AT
THE STORM THAT MOST HAD ONLY HEARD OR READ ABOUT...BUT FEW HAD EVER
WITNESSED. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE VERY RARE OF TORNADOES...AS IT WAS NOT
UNTIL THE 1960S THAT CAMERAS BECAME SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE ENOUGH
FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE TO HAVE THEM IN THEIR HOMES. TORNADO PHOTOGRAPHS
WERE CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZED BY SCIENTISTS LOOKING FOR CLUES THAT
WOULD HELP PREDICT THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR.

TO PLACE THIS EVENT IN BETTER PERSPECTIVE...ONLY 37 PHOTOGRAPHS OF
TORNADOES WERE KNOWN TO EXIST UNTIL THE MID 1950S. IT WOULD BE
ANOTHER 67 YEARS...JUNE 7 1951...BEFORE THE FIRST GRAINY AND POOR
QUALITY FILM OF TWO TORNADOS WERE CAPTURED IN CORN OKLAHOMA. THE
FIRST STORM WAS RATED AS AN F4...WITH THE SECOND STORM A FEW MINUTES
LATER RATED AS AN F2. SCIENTIST POURED OVER THE 16-MM FILM AND
ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS WITHIN THE STORM BASED ON THE DEBRIS MOVEMENT
FROM FRAME TO FRAME.

TODAY OF COURSE...VIDEO IMAGES OF TORNADOES AND THEIR DAMAGE PATHS
ARE COMMON. BUT THOSE EARLY IMAGES HELPED SCIENTISTS PROBE FOR
SECRETS IN THOSE TERRIBLE STORMS.

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