AWUS83 KPAH 180858 RWSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-182100- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 358 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2008 A HEALTHY DOSE OF MAY SUNSHINE HELPED TO CATAPULT TEMPERATURES TO THE 80 DEGREE MARK OVER MUCH OF THE QUAD STATE REGION ON SATURDAY. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TOUCHED OFF A FEW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT... MAINLY OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS VERY LIGHT OWING TO THE DRY AIR IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE. EARLY THIS MORNING...A FEW SPRINKLES WERE OBSERVED OVER THE EVANSVILLE AREA. OTHERWISE...SKIES WERE VARIABLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING IN THE MID 60S AT 3 AM. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE REGION TODAY. IN ITS WAKE...SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN ON GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF MONDAY BEFORE ANOTHER WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM PROVIDES A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. AGAIN...THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA...BUT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW WARM THE AREA WILL BECOME BY THE END OF THE WEEK...BUT WITH A WARM FRONT BECOMING ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE AREA... THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. $$ RJP