Good Tuesday, everyone. A very active weather pattern is taking shape for late this week into the coming weekend. It’s a pattern likely to throw rounds of strong storms and heavy rains our way. That may very well cause some more problems for the second weekend in a row across Kentucky.
Let’s begin with the good stuff that’s out there today. Highs reach 80-85 across the west with upper 70s in the east. Those numbers climb even more on Wednesday with highs in the low and middle 80s for the entire state. Winds will be gusty from the southwest as a cold front approaches. This front will likely produce strong storms in the west, with that action weakening across the east through early Thursday…
Another surge of summer air will follow that up on Friday and will set the stage for some big storms and heavy rain. This is a signal I’ve been talking about for nearly a week now, and it continues to show up well as we get closer. Check it out…
Those rounds of thunderstorms can be strong or severe and put down some serious rains. That would extend from the Mississippi Valley into our region.
All the models are spitting out significant rains…
That’s a nasty look showing up, and another one for us to focus on in the coming days.
Have a great Tuesday and take care.
Thanks, Chris! The SPC and other links suggest this weekend…. especially Sunday… could have some severe wx threat for western and central areas KY/TN. This may include some tornadoes. However, questions remains on the weekend severe threat so stay tuned. But as CB mentioned, heavy rain will likely be a given….. even if the severe threat somehow fizzles. Let us hope we can do some good drying out.
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Let’s hope we can do some good drying out from the last heavy rains before the next rains arrive.
Hey Mark…I wanted to reply to your comment from Sunday: On April 23 1968, a couple of twisters touched down in northern Kentucky among other places. This included a high-end F4 tornado at Falmouth KY (Pendleton County) which left four fatalities.
I think I’ve mentioned this on here before, but that Falmouth tornado took out my Dad’s house near Dover, KY. I wasn’t born yet and neither my Dad, his first wife and my two older half-sisters were home at the time so no injuries. Also construction had already started on the house that I grew up in and my Mom still lives in to this day.
Thanks Chris. I was hoping for better weather for the weekend but I will be like everyone else and take what we get. Yesterday stayed mostly cloudy here for us but it is gorgeous out there this morning. A bit cool, but not really for late April I guess. Anyway have s great day everyone and make it count!
This time looks like it may be focused across the west instead of the far southeast which has been worked over the past week or so..
So I guess we’re no longer talking about near record temps this weekend? Up here in Cincy they never mentioned this but are agreeing on unsettled weather starting Thursday and lasting through the weekend. They aren’t talking much about heavy rain being an issue however…as of yet.
It kinda looks like the majority of the energy will be sopped up by the storms to the south of Kentucky with Western Kentucky (west of I65) being the ones to get in on most of the action. I wonder how the Mountain Mushroom Festival in Irvine will fair this weekend.
Hey Chris is that storm going to. Come to West Liberty
Taking prom pictures on Friday evening. Will it be good weather for pictures or are we looking at wet dresses and wind blown hair?
If it’s an ’80s themed prom, you’re good to go no matter what happens.