Good Wednesday, everyone. We have a brief blast of chill air invading the state today, but the warmer air is going to kick back in by Thursday. This warm up will really spike our temps as we head into a pattern that will also feature frequent rounds of thunderstorms.
Highs today will hit the mid and upper 40s for many with the 50s in the south and west. Freezing temps will be with us to start Thursday, but the afternoon will turn much milder. Readings will hit the low 60s across central and eastern parts of the state, while the west flirts with 70.
From there, temps take off. The GSF Ensembles 5 day average temperature anomalies from this weekend into early next week…
Highs Friday and Saturday likely hit the 70s on a gusty southwesterly wind. That will introduce thunderstorms into the mix later Saturday into Sunday. This is part of a very active setup with storm systems rolling across the country…
This should put areas from the plains into the Ohio Valley under the gun for rounds of strong storms and heavy rains. Look at some of the model rain numbers just over the next 10 days…
This kicks off a likely super active setup of strong to severe thunderstorms in these same areas through April. That also shows up well on the 45 day rain map from the CFS…
Buckle up for a stormy ride, my friends.
Make it a great day and take care.
I made a comment in Chris last post about me being done with the blog until fall I just want everyone to know this has nothing to do with Chris I think what he does giving us this blog is wonderful and I know Chris would never intentionally try to scare me or anyone it’s just my anxiety level is so high when it comes to storms that I just don’t want to read about them weeks out ahead until you have witness what all of west liberty with through in 2012 it has scared me for life seeing all that devastated and what all we went through on that night hopefully by fall our weather will return to normal and I can enjoy reading the blog again
Perhaps it might help a little to understand that at least in recorded history…. even going back to before the US Civil War, your part of Kentucky has not recorded a tornadic event that even comes close to March 2 2012.
In the same vein, the so-called Appalachians outbreak of June 1944 by far outweighs the relatively few other outbreaks in West Virginia’s recorded history….. both before and since 1944.
This may suggest it takes a particularly unique set of circumstances for large outbreaks in the eastern part of KY as well as in WV, perhaps well less than once in a lifetime. It still pays to be vigilant, and there are of course other weather hazards such as flash flooding. But at least east Kentucky does not generally have to deal with tornadoes like what other parts of the state and the country do.
Glad that you said you are doing a little better. Also great that West Liberty is coming back better and stronger than before.
I pray god gives you some comfort during the story season.
The laurel county f2 tornado on June 2 2001 had me scared of storms for the longest time. I still get little worried when we are in severe alert mode, but I thing like it was for a number of years after been barely a half mile in front of that tornado on the Daniel boone parkway (Now named the hal Rogers parkway)
Thanks Chris g I’m doing a little better with each day I’m not as panic as I used to be but I’m still a nutcase if they give tornado watches or warnings but that night shortly after the tornado until 4 o’clock that morning we could not get to my daughter was not sure if she was ok thank god she was but that was the longest scariest hours of my life and it’s just not that easy to shake that awful feeling of that night
I meant storm season in the first sentence. This tablet autocorrects everything
This time of the year ALWAYS KEEP A WATCHFUL VISUAL TO THE SKIES, know the types of clouds that are present, temperatures and wind. Listen for watches and warnings. The stormy season ends when you here the weather report mention back door fronts invading the northeast, which shows the typical summer time high pressure ridge over the mid west. Have a great day
Well, We have moved in to spring and leaving “The Winter That Never Was”. Let’s hope next winter happens. (But for folks who don’t “like” winter – I guess they got their’s this year.) I don’t follow the weather closely any time other than winter. I will dip in an out of this site but will be back regularly come October!
At least we get lots of nice days in between.. For instance, the next four days look absolutely magnificent.
Well, last week, didn’t this week look stormy? Now, for the most part, it’s not. Hopefully as we get closer it won’t be as stormy.
I love storms. Bring them on!
Looks like another hard freeze (temp of less than 28) in Lexington tonight. Hopefully this is the last one of the season. Here are the final dates for a hard freeze the past few years.
2016: April 8
2015: March 29
2014: April 16
2013: April 3
2012: March 10
2012 turned out to be the driest, hottest summer since I moved to KY in 2001.