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 /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY/

Issued at 636 PM CDT Fri May 29 2026

Few rain showers remain near CGI/PAH through the near term with overnight coverage of SHRA decreasing. Overnight, there may be a period of isolated to widely scattered SHRA near EVV/OWB.MVFR cigs are advertised at PAH/CGI through the morning hours. Can't rule out patchy fog in areas that saw rain this afternoon but should remain out of the terminals for the most part. Cigs improve by late morning and into the afternoon on Saturday.

PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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