Good Monday to one and all. I finally have an update that doesn’t include radars!!! This is one of the few times of the entire summer, and that makes me a very happy weather camper. To make things even better, temperatures and humidity levels are perfect for this time of the year. Enjoy it, things will change a bit later in the week.
A quick word about the summer rains. This is the 4th consecutive wet summer here in the bluegrass state. Lexington is now in the top ten wettest Augusts on record, with more than a week left to roll.
We are not going to add to the rainfall numbers today as we have a dose of the good stuff out there. Even in a “dry” time, we have to watch for a shower or thunderstorm going up in the west on Tuesday. This happens as warmer air moves back in…
Isolated stuff will be possible on Wednesday with a slightly better chance for some showers and storms on Thursday. That’s ahead of a cold front dropping in from the northwest…
That front will likely hang out across the region into the coming weekend. That should bring some scattered showers and storms to our region…
By this time, we should be tracking something tropical coming through the Caribbean toward Florida. The models, as you would expect from this far out, are all over the place. The GFS…
That’s actually pretty close to the Canadian Model…
The European Model is now trying to take that system across Florida and into the Gulf, but almost looks like it splits the energy…
This should be fun to track, as the tropics have a bigger influence on our weather pattern than may people realize.
Have a great day and take care.
They certainly DO have a bigger influence, and for the past six weeks, I’ve been convinced that the tropics had annexed Kentucky!!
53 degrees here in Southern Ohio this morning at my house.Not official.
55-58 last night in Madison, though humidity has stayed in the 70% range and dew points still in the 60s. Noticeable improvement on the temp front (!) but was hoping for a better drop in moisture based on the discussions. When you work outside, you notice these things more prominently than people who experience the world as walks between going into their cars and houses. That being said, it’s still better than to what we’ve become accustomed in this long stretch.
PLEASE let any tropical activity hug the coast and stay far way from WV.
I’m fine with keeping this weather around Kentucky for the next 5 weeks or so!
Thanks Chris! What a beautiful way to start the week. Although our temps are a bit more than upper 70s, it’s been a wonderful day! Everyone’s mood is better even on a Monday. Don’t want a lot of Tropical stuff as we seem to have had our share of the steaminess and monsoonal type moisture. Will say I hope anything tropical stays away from the east coast the first week of October. That’s my week to trek down to the sunshine state and make sure the beach
is ok. So, I hope for sunshine and warm temps with a breeze, not
terrestrial rain, wind and flooding or tornados! ;). Have a great evening all!