Rain all this week-small chance of wintry precipitation on Friday/Saturday

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Good Morning!!!! It is going to be a windy Monday.  It will be Sunny with a high of 39 degrees today.  There is a 40% chance of rain tonight with rising temperatures throughout the night.

Highs will be in the 50’s to around 60 Tuesday through Thursday until a cold front goes through the region on Friday and a wintry mix is forecasted. Temperatures will yo-yo throughout the weekend.

Here is the Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service in Paducah KY:

SOUTH WINDS WILL START PICKING UP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SOME AREAS MAY SEE WINDS INCREASE TO AS HIGH AS 20 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED…WITH GUSTS INTO THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL POSE A HAZARD TO AREA TRAVEL…ESPECIALLY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS THAT MAY BE STREWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ENTER THE FORECAST TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MAINLY WESTERN KENTUCKY, AND AREA WIDE WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS RETURN AGAIN TO THE FORECAST FOR SOME LOCATIONS THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THUNDERSTORM RELATED HAZARD. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN TIER OF COUNTIES. THE SAME EVENT IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ALSO, BUT TO A LESSER DEGREE. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND INUNDATION OF LOW LANDS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS EXPECTED.

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