AWUS83 KJKL 071943 RWSJKL KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-080900- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 343 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008 UNDER CLEAR SKIES...SOME AREAS OF PATCHY DENSE FOG WERE PRESENT ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. A FEW LOCATIONS HAD VISIBILITIES DIP TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. 7 AM TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE COAL FIELDS WERE MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S...WHICH COMPARES TO NORMAL LOWS AROUND 60 DEGREES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE FOG DISSIPATED DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS...AS MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES HELPED TEMPERATURES INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S BY LUNCHTIME. PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WERE NOTED ACROSS THE COAL FIELDS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MANY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT EASTERN KENTUCKY SAW MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 DEGREES...WHICH IS SIMILAR TO TYPICAL HIGHS FOR EARLY SEPTEMBER. THANKS TO HIGH PRESSURE...ANOTHER GENERALLY DRY DAY IS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 80S. A COLD FRONT WILL ESCORT THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LOOK FOR DRY CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO THE COAL FIELDS ON WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE AROUND 80 DEGREES. ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...ON SEPTEMBER 7TH AND 8TH OF 2004...THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FRANCES DUMPED WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED TODAY AS A BONANZA OF RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT HAD A TOTAL OF 2.43 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WHILE THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE RECORDED A TOTAL OF 4.24 INCHES OF RAIN. LATER IN THE MONTH...ON SEPTEMBER 17TH 2004...THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IVAN BROUGHT 2.67 INCHES OF RAIN TO JACKSON...AND AN AMAZING 4.32 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION TO LONDON. $$ CARICO/GREIF