Good Tuesday, everyone. BIG weather changes are in store for the bluegrass state in the coming days. This comes in the form of a very strong cold front that arrives on Friday. Cold front appear to be lining up ahead of significant buckles in the jet stream showing up over the next few weeks.

Let’s start with the first buckle that sweeps in later this week. Gusty winds with showers and thunderstorms will increase later Thursday and continue into Friday. That’s when the front arrives…

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Temps on Friday will start in the low 70s and drop like a rock as the front moves through. We should be in the low 50s for high school football action.

The cold air continues to push in on Saturday…

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Kinda looks like a November weather map, doesn’t it?

Check out the latest high temperature forecast from the European…

Euro 5Highs Saturday have a real chance to stay in the 50s for several areas. If skies can clear at night, patchy frost will be possible with temps in the 30s. Clear skies and calm winds are a must for that to happen.

Another system dives in behind this for Monday and could bring a few chilly showers…

Euro 3The GFS Ensembles continue to advertise additional shots of chill into mid October…

GFSNotice the high amount of blocking building across Alaska? That goes along with the pattern we’ve been in since last fall and matches what the analog years suggest for this fall and winter.

Have a great day and take care.