textproduct: Paducah

KEY MESSAGES

- Happy Astronomical Fall! Cooler, more seasonable temps are expected today with highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Dry conditions expected into the weekend.

- Temps will potentially warm up again into the mid-upper 80s to start next work week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 238 AM CDT Tue Sep 22 2026

Low pressure aloft slides through the region today and tonight and then passes east tomorrow. Sfc high pressure continues to build with cool NE winds today. Highs will be much cooler and more Fall like today in the mid 70s to low 80s. Plenty of cloud cover will hang around (especially up north) until the low shifts east tomorrow. This will help keep temperatures down.

Ridging aloft builds over the Midwest Thursday, Friday, and into the weekend with a nor'easter forming off the coast of New England and the Mid Atlantic states. The EC and GFS both hint at some energy rounding the ridge and bringing some precip chances to SEMO and southern IL on Sunday. However, NBM is currently essentially dry over the weekend for now. Temperatures look to then warm up into the mid-upper 80s for the start of the work week, but there are still some decent model discrepancies to work out.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/

Issued at 603 AM CDT Tue Sep 22 2026

A small cluster of storms is moving across SEMO currently on radar and may briefly affect CGI at the top of the hour. This cluster is expected to move southeast and fizzle out before reaching PAH. A mainly MVFR (and partially IFR) cloud deck is in place across the area this morning and will take some time to start to lift and burn off. Cloud cover is expected to remain at the northern terminals today (MVN, EVV, and OWB) and should thin out at the southern terminals (PAH, CGI) for a bit before filling back in later tonight.

Winds today will be out of the northeast at around 5-10 kts.

PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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