Good Friday, folks. We have a surge of some big time warm air ready to blow back into the bluegrass state. This will take up residence for a few days, but that’s just part of the wild. The setup for the second half of next week and beyond looks wild for totally different reasons.

Let’s start with today and roll forward. Highs will range from the mid 60s north to the low 70s south and west. This is also the area with the best chance for a shower or two to go up this afternoon…

A few showers will then lift northward tonight into Saturday as temps start to climb. Readings by the afternoon will surge deep into the 70s.

The next cold front stays just to our north on Sunday, allowing temperatures to really take off. Highs will flirt with 80 and should hit the low 80s early next week. Much of the eastern half of the country will be well above normal…

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That air is ahead of a BIG system likely to crank for the middle and end of the week, and it’s one that could spawn a lot of rain and storms followed by colder air.

The European Model takes it a step further and tries to entrain a tropical system into the mix…

 

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To show you how crazy that setup is, the first map starts on Wednesday and the last map is the following Sunday.

The GFS has a similar theme, minus the tropical system…

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Have a great day and take care.