Good Tuesday, friends. We have a steamy day out there today, but the focus of the forecast is on the September setup for the coming days. Temps are set to take a big tumble for the second half of this week with a bigger push of cool air coming next week.

Highs today will hit the upper 80s to low 90s across the state. Humidity levels will continue to increase and this will lead to isolated showers and storms going up.

The real action starts on Wednesday as a strong cold front barrels in from the northwest. This will lead to widespread showers and thunderstorms and some of the storms may be strong. This will carry us into the first part of Thursday before skies start to dry. The models are spitting out some hefty rain totals during this time…

GFS Rain

Central and eastern parts of the state continue to be the target area for the heaviest rains. I suspect southeastern Kentucky does the best with lighter totals in the north and west. Sound familiar?

Highs on Thursday will likely be in the mid and upper 70s across the state with brightening skies by the end of the day. That will set the stage for very cool start to Friday…

GFS 2

The rest of Friday looks good with upper 70s to low 80s. The weekend will start with the threat for a scattered storm on Saturday with highs back in the 80s. Storm chances really increase Sunday into Monday ahead of a MASSIVE dip in the jet stream. This winter looking pattern will cause a cutoff low to form across the Great Lakes early in the week…

GFS 3

This has a shot of delivering us temps equal to or slightly cooler than last week. That, my friends, is impressive and is a continuation of the same pattern we’ve been in since late last year.

We’re not alone in all this. Check out how much of the country will see the cooler than normal air over the next week…GFS 4Have a great Tuesday and take care.