Good Thursday, everyone. We have a quick hitting band of showers and storms impacting parts of the state today. This comes as a disturbance works across the Tennessee Valley. Beyond that, we head into a typical summer weekend before the pattern turns stormy and cooler, again.

The greatest threat for rain today continues to be across the southern half of the state. Some of the action will make it north of Interstate 64, but shouldn’t be as heavy as what areas south of that see. Highs will generally range from the upper 60s to low 70s.

Temps from Friday into the weekend will be back into the middle and upper 80s. The west will be a few degrees warmer than that. Again, typical summertime in Kentucky. Isolated showers and storms will also be possible.

A better chance of storms comes our way from late Sunday into early next week. This happens as the pattern begins to shift around a little bit. A pronounced trough is likely to dig into the eastern part of the country as the week wears on…

Euro 2That allows for cooler air to return and that setup could even lead to something tropical trying to spin up off the east coast.

The GFS Ensembles are really going bonkers with the trough as we flip from July to August…

GFS 2Years that feature a strong el nino tend to feature some pretty good cool shots in late Summer and Fall. The CFS for August keeps showing the same look…

CFS

The first week of September shows  even cooler air gathering in the plains…

CFS 2I leave you with your Thursday tracking tools…

 

 

Have a great day and take care.