Good Thursday to one and all. We are FINALLY seeing a few showers and thunderstorms pressing into the region from the west. This action will pick up the pace just a bit tonight and Friday, but is it a sign of things to come? The overall setup continues to point toward much more action over the next few weeks.
Today’s stuff looks fairly scattered early on, but the models do indicate a slight increase from west to east tonight and Friday. Check out the progression from the NAM…
This is not a washout, and I don’t expect a lot of rain to fall during this time.
Here’s what you need to track today’s stuff…
From there, things turn much better for the weekend. Highs will be back in the 70s for Saturday under a mix of sun and clouds. Readings could hit 80 by Sunday.
The setup for next week is one that can throw waves of showers and thunderstorms our way. The European Model has a cluster or two per day…
There is an increasing signal for some bigger systems to show up as we close the door on April and say hello to May. Here’s one of the signals showing up on the models…
The overall trend of the models for the next two weeks is to produce a lot of rain from the Mississippi Valley into our part of the world…
Have a terrific Thursday and take care.
Darn, if we get rain there will not be discussion of CB’s “favorite” discussion topic: Drought posts 😉 🙂
Yes there will, because the rain will somehow miss somebody’s county/back yard.
Yes! Somehow even in the wettest years, some people complain they’re in drought because the rain somehow misses their backyard every time.
I’m just glad to see BubbaG posting, heh heh heh. 😉
Does anyone know when there will be a weather spotter training available? I live in east ky.
I have had just enough rain so far to rearrange the dirt on my car. Radar isn’t looking to promising at all for any decent rain. Hopefully will get some redevelopment on the radar this afternoon with the approaching front but I’m sure not holding much faith in that.
“Sometimes it snows in April…” 🙁
It is hard to depict the region in a drought yet, but Spring has been abnormally dry. So far, running about 3.5 inches below normal. Of course, Spring is just over halfway over.
I looked at the driest Springs’ on record to see if there was any correlation to temperatures the following summer. There seems to be very little correlation between a dry spring and a hot and dry summer.
However, there is a high correlation between dry and hot summers. I would say if this pattern continues into June (or beyond) or establishes itself in June again, then we might have to worry about drought.