Good Wednesday, everyone. Much better weather is rolling into the region today, but this will set the stage for the another severe weather threat over the next few days. This comes from a big system ejecting out of the southwestern part of the country.
Today will feature a mix of sun and clouds with a wide range in temps from north to south. Highs stay in the low 60s in the north and low 70s in the far south and west.
Speaking of the west, this area may see thunderstorms rolling in later this evening. Some of these could be strong or severe, with the greatest risk will be noted just to our west. Here’s the current SPC outlook for today…
Temps on Thursday will take off on a strong southwesterly wind. Readings in the mid and upper 70s may be noted…
This warm and juicy air is ahead of a potent storm system moving toward the region. This will cause rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms to develop and push into Kentucky. The greatest severe threat is across the central and western part of the state, with a significant severe weather outbreak possible. Here’s the Thursday SPC severe weather outlook…
Showers and storms will carry us into Friday with gusty winds and heavy rains. That system moves away for the weekend with improving conditions. Highs will be in the 60s on Saturday with the 70s back for Sunday.
That’s ahead of another… Wait for it… Wait for it… storm system rolling in here for Monday and Tuesday…
That could bring another round of big storms and heavy rainfall back to the region.
Behind that, there is a signal for a decent shot of chill by the second half of next week…
Make it a great day and take care.
Well the redbuds are popping, so it’s time for the superstition to take over for a while.
Hey Schroeder – Prelude was right, it was just your approach. I do not think you were purposely trying to sound know-it-all. But then again, this is a weather blog to discuss weather, which you WERE doing and you weren’t really being nasty to anyone, just fully disagreeing with Chris in most of your posts. I say keep posting your thoughts without sounding like you’re telling everyone on the blog that “this is the way it’s going to happen”
This. It’s where EF5 and others failed.
“chill”…Did I see the word “chill”……NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
I was just out for a walk, and the red buds are just starting to bloom. God only plants the hardiest vegetation. As Chris said in his weather discussion this is turning out to be a beautiful day. I hope that those thunderstorms hold off till tomorrow. Have a great day.
If we can prevent any April hard freezes, I this may end up being a pretty Spring afterall. In SE KY, all we mostly lost was fruit like pears/peaches with most of the pretty blooming trees not out yet when the 10s hit a few weeks ago except the Bradford Pears and Magnolias…could have been much worse if the cold would have waited to hit in April like it did in 2007!
One of the storm chasers killed in yesterday’s storms was a popular regular who would report in with his chase for The Weather Channel. His reports were very good. Always liked his voice. He sounded a lot like Larry the Cable Guy, but more serious.
Round number next one (for Thu/night) has the potential to be a more widespread, damaging event. Let’s just wait and see if the ingredients will still be there. Instability will need to be high and any cap cannot be too strong
Tomorrow could be interesting (depending on if everything falls in place) especially if some renegade severe storms get going ahead of the squall line. Large hail and cannot discount isolated tornado’s west of the I-65 corridor. Hopefully the storms will just be a solid line with no individual cells forming ahead of the line.
Many in east Kentucky are understandably still a bit nervous after the events of March 2 2012.
Well, the Jackson (KY) office of the NWS is saying in their latest Forecast Discussion that there will be considerably less shear and instability available compared to much farther west. Thus as the storms move into east Kentucky late Thursday and early Friday, the tornado risk will be quite low if not zero. Indeed, NWS Morristown (TN) is saying the same basic thing about east Tennessee.
You still might have to contend with some straight-line winds that could reach severe limits, though.
But people in western parts of Kentucky and especially Tennessee will really need to keep their guard up tomorrow for perhaps at least a moderate tornado threat along with large hail and destructive straight-line winds.
Micah was saying it doesn’t look so intense now.
Let’s hope it is not real bad as I will be traveling
Thanks Chris. This comment is coming 3 days early due to another possible severe outbreak coming Thursday night and other things going on. Going back to Saturday, it’s been an interesting week of weather and comments on this here blog. We got 10.0″ of snow this past winter in Covington for the record which is less than 50% of normal. Maybe we’ll do better next year but I hope not.
Anyway, the Wilmington, OH NWS radar has been out of service since Sunday morning and remains so now indefinitely. They claim via Twitter to have redundancy in place but this is still not what you want to read:
Message Date: Mar 29 2017 18:03:09
KILN radar will remain down until further notice. Additional parts are on order.