textproduct: Paducah

KEY MESSAGES

- Upper 50s to lower 60s dew points will be most firmly entrenched over the area as a whole by Tuesday-Wednesday next week.

- Until then, daily rain chances offer locally heavy downpour potential.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 115 PM CDT Fri May 29 2026

Dew points currently range from 59 in FWC, to 73 in POF. Excepting an initial/short-lived punch of drier dew points slated for Sunday morning, the trend (humid south/west, less so north/east) more or less survives thru Monday, with the actual best/most robust dry air intrusion NOW slated for Tuesday- Wednesday next week; that's when upper 50s-lower 60s spread overtop the area as a whole, holding thru Thursday before rebounding going into next weekend.

Until then, best rain chances in the immediate short-term will be over our southwest...namely SEMO and adjacent parts of SWIL/Far SW KY. NAEFS E-SAT still has high 1.75" PW's pushing 90th percentile and mostly 2-5 year Return Intervals. Little shear/flow otherwise means lightning and locally heavy downpours will be the primary associated storm hazards.

Most of our 7 days will be spent in the 60s (night) and 70s (day) except for official highs that might touch the lower 80s and official lows that could touch the upper 50s at times.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 115 PM CDT Fri May 29 2026

Restricted bases will be most prevalant at KCGI-KPAH, alternating with low probability pops/vicinity mention SHRA/TSRA which may also offer accompanying restrictions to VSBYS. Further north and east at KMVN-KEVV-KOWB, pcpn chances are less but not zero, and bases respond likewise, with some lowering thru but likely remaining within Visual Flight Rules in a generally light flow environ for all terminals.

PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None.