792 FXUS63 KPAH 262207 AFDPAHArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Paducah KY 507 PM CDT Fri Sep 26 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Dry conditions are forecast through this weekend into early next week.
- Temperatures will remain about 4 to 8 degrees above normal through Monday, then cool slightly for the middle part of next week.
- Moisture from a potential tropical disturbance off the Carolina coast could bring a slight chance of showers by the middle of next week, but for now the forecast remains dry.
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.UPDATE... Issued at 500 PM CDT Fri Sep 26 2025
Updated Aviation discussion for 00Z TAF Issuance.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 105 PM CDT Fri Sep 26 2025
Quiet and warm weather is forecast as we end September and open October. Patchy shallow fog development is expected again in the predawn hours Saturday, especially in low-lying areas. Some of this could be locally dense across the MO Bootheel northward along the Mississippi River. H5 troughing and weak surface high pressure over the region today will gradually translate towards the eastern seaboard during this weekend. As H5 ridging increases from the central/southern Great Plains, temperatures will warm to about 4-8 degrees above normal this weekend into early next week.
The forecast for the middle to latter half of the next work is more uncertain. The reason for this is that the lingering troughing over the East Coast may draw westward tropical moisture from a disturbance off the Carolina coast into the region by mid-week. This may lead to an increase in cloud cover and humidity levels, and perhaps a small chance of showers, particularly in western Kentucky. However, confidence overall in how this evolves is low given the uncertainty surrounding the forecast intensity and path of the potential tropical disturbance.
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.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY/... Issued at 500 PM CDT Fri Sep 26 2025
Despite the nearby presence of an upper level low to the south and east, our terminals are more influenced by surface high pressure that ridges directly overtop the airfields, providing a prevailing stable, subsident circulation within the flight air space. The result will be little more than FEW-SCT diurnally driven bases that rises from the 5-7K FT AGL range over the course of the heating hours. At night, clear skies and light winds will contribute again to the development of patchy fog, some of which could offer temporary late night/early daybreak restrictions to vsbys. But if any impact the terminals, it will be shallow and will disperse quickly after the sun rises.
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.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None.
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NWS PAH Office Area Forecast Discussion