7-DAY FORECAST JEFFERSON COUNTY 24/7 weather up dates are on our RADAR LINK jcs TONIGHT HAZARDS STATEMENT: TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST OVERNIGHT. NONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST SATURDAY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. LOCALIZED SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING POTENTIAL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUTLOOKED ALL OF THE QUAD STATE REGION...WEST OF A MURRAY TO GREENVILLE KENTUCKY LINE FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. BASED ON CURRENT MODEL TRENDS...THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS GENERALLY EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 AM CDT TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY...ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. AT THIS TIME...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST HAZARD WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND INTO THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY. SMALL THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS ALONG THE COLD FRONT MAY PERIODICALLY BOW OUT...ENHANCING THE POTENTIAL FOR A SMALL...BRIEF TORNADO DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY. ISOLATED HAIL IS A SECONDARY HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WITHIN A BROKEN LINE ALONG THE COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH. BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY HAZARD ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE OHIO AND WABASH RIVERS INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING ON SATURDAY FOR SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH ARE APPRECIATED SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. Overnight A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 72. South wind around 7 mph. Saturday Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. South wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Saturday Night Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 7pm and midnight, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a low around 54. South southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Sunday A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 65. Light west southwest wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Sunday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. West northwest wind 3 to 8 mph. Monday Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. West northwest wind 3 to 5 mph. Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 46. Light and variable wind. Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 72. Calm wind. Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 49. East wind 3 to 5 mph. Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 75. East southeast wind around 6 mph. Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 52. East southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 05:30:56 +0000
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