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…

NAM

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…

NAM 2

That front will likely hang out across the region into the coming weekend. That should bring some scattered showers and storms to our region…

GFS 3

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…

GFS 2

That’s actually pretty close to the Canadian Model…

canadian

The European Model is now trying to take that system across Florida and into the Gulf, but almost looks like it splits the energy…

Euro

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.