Good Wednesday to one and all. A cold front is pressing southward across the state today and will deliver a breath of fresh air through Thursday. The next push of cooler air is likely to come our way next week and it has the potential to be similar to the 4th of July cool down. What about our rain prospects?
A coupleĀ of showers will be about the region today. Most areas will see a mix of sun and clouds with temps between 80 and 85 degrees. Winds will continue to be very gusty as cooler and less humid air swings in from the northwest.
Current temperatures
Thursday looks pretty good with partly sunny skies, low humidity and highs around 80 in the north to around 85 in the far west. I still can’t rule out a stray shower or thunderstorm.
Friday will see temps back into the middle 80s for many. A few storms will be possibleĀ in the west as the humid air works back in. The threat for storms will increase over the weekend and we will have to watch for clusters of storms moving on from the northwest. Temps will spike into upper 80s for many.
A big change toward cooler is still in store for next week as the jet stream takes a dive into the eastern part of the country. The GFS is finally on board…
Check out how far below normal the temps are looking on the model for next Wednesday…
The models are also teasing us with a very soggy setup as the big trough settles in. Let’s hope that’s the case, because many areas are running on the dry side. The overall pattern continues to look like a frequent rain and storm producer going forward. That has been the case for the past month, but surrounding states have kind of hogged a lot of the rain.
Have a great day and take care.
Still no soup, I mean rain, for us! My dog just came in from outside with dry paws. Ashland got rain, and last night all of it went south, but still nada for us. Too bad.. so sad. Maybe soon we will get some rain.
Rain. Its overrated lol
Ned Stark said it best, “Drought is coming”.
The pattern has definitely been an active one overall. The past few weeks in Northern Kentucky, at least during the weekdays, there has been the THREAT for thunderstorms in the evening but it hasn’t always rained. Where I live we’ve had more rain than a lot of areas of Central/Eastern KY but have missed out on some opportunities as well.
AHHHHH Beautiful Rain…can hear the beans,corn and tomatoes sucking every drop…
Finally got some decent rain going here in Carrie
Really liked Ned Stark. Maybe the Lannisters are responsible for the lack of rain here in our part of the state . Winter is coming! Lol.
Picked up a quick soaking here in London this morning, but the heaviest rain ended in 5-10 minutes. My ground is already dry looking again.
Hopefully we can get this trough to settle in and enjoy a few days of cool, rainy weather.
If any of you guys are interested, the guys over on WAVE 3’s blog, posted some maps from WeatherBell’s Joe Bastardi. He has a broad part of southern, central and eastern KY in the >167% over normal snowfall next Winter, lol. Two things: It’s only July, and Joe has been known to get excited. Still, something to talk about I suppose. I’ll go ahead and call for Blowtorch 2.0 next Winter. Maybe the reverse thinking thing will work again.
Finally, some decent rain here at Dwarf in Perry Co. A shallow, even-sided pan shows about three inches of rain. That’s for two rounds of rain, one last night and another this morning. Should be enough to salvage my beautiful bean patch as well as my tomatoes. That’s the first rain of any consequence we’ve had here in close to two months.
Does anyone have an explanation as to why KY stayed mostly dry yesterday with hot//humid air and a cold front moving through? I’m not trying to be smart, but I’m just really wondering what the reason is because I don’t know enough intricate details about the weather maps.
The morning rains aparently lowered dew points low enough to where there was no favorable are of development outside of southern Ky is how it was explained
The dewpoints weren’t the issue low to mid 60’s dewpoints are enough for severe weather. It was the wind field in the upper atmosphere was just not conclusive yesterday most of the wind energy was northeast of KY. Ohio Pennsylvania was where the best wind energy in the atmosphere was thus they had the big storms. Models did show decent wind energy but was not the case.
Those wasn’t my words it was a individual on one of the local networks
I picked 1.20 inches of rain here in Carrie last night and this morning
I got about 6 tenths of an inch between yesterday and this morning. I’m curious as to the drought monitor and Palmer drought index thoughts on the current moisture in the soil or lack thereof.