Good Thursday, folks. Our mini heat wave is trying to finally kick in over the next few days, but storms are going to try to tame the temps. Those storms will then increase this weekend with a much cooler pattern settling in for next week.
Highs today range from the upper 80s to low 90s for many. The southeast may struggle to get to 90. Heat index values will range from 95-100, with low 100s in the west and far north.
With all the heat and humidity, I can’t rule out a storm or two going up…
Friday looks very similar with highs in the 90-95 degree range across the state with some triple digit heat index numbers showing up. That said, storms may try to bubble up in the afternoon and evening, especially on the northwestern sky…
That could certainly act to keep our temps in check. Saturday will be another hot and humid day, but storms may have a slightly greater impact on temps…
A strong cold front will then roll our way later Sunday with showers and storms increasing, and should carry us through Monday…
Recent model runs are spitting out the potential for some decent rains from now through Monday…
Much cooler air then settles in here for next week as a northwesterly flow kicks in. Check out the GFS forecast highs for Tuesday…
Wednesday morning lows…
Another system will then try to slide in here with some showers and storms by the end of next week.
Make it a great day and take care.
Thanks Chris, On your weather blog this morning, you said it all in your first paragraph, I have nothing to add, except I hope we get the showers and cooler weather next week. On another matter, I wish that the weather forecasters would get rid of heat index and wind chill factors. This was added to weather forecasting some years ago. All people don’t feel heat or cold the same. All this accomplishes, that it makes the heat wave or cold wave sound worse than it really is. Just give the actual temperature like they use to. Have a great day everyone.
Just check out the southeast and the tropics on goes east satellite. A trough is starting to form through out the great lakes states and heading east – southeast, and in the Atlantic there seems to be some low pressure disturbances, but nothing is expected to form at this time. A large upper level high with it’s sinking air, shows up well from Texas to the mid- Atlantic. Looks typical for this time of year.
The sticky meter is up there today…I have a 74 degree dewpoint reading as of a few minutes ago w/ air temperature of 87 compared to 63 degree dewpoint about this time yesterday. Bowman Field in Louisville at 87; Louisville Int’l (official NWS site) at 89, both w/ 74 degree dewpoints as well. Ick.
Something is wrong with the comment forum ? This morning I posted two comments, but they say my comments are awaiting moderation. Despite this, they have already appeared on the forum. I don’t know what’s going on ?
I think Chris has stop posting my comments. Another thing that I enjoy has been taken away from me. I said the other day that I would quit posting if it disrupted the forum. I guess Chris did not like comments. Good by it’s been fun.
It’s not you posting WHAT your posting. You give a synopsis that anyone can check out on any weather website. It’s like your copying and pasting. We kick back and throw out things that are happening in our area or play armchair meteorback on what we think about the crappy weather going on now or in the future.
Mike S : Question, I have a Oregon scientific radio controlled weather monitor, and the temperature is always correct, but the humidity reading is always registering low. Right now the temperature is 88 degrees and the humidity is reading 15%. That can’t be right. What would cause the humidity to register that low ? My elevation is 1060 feet above sea level. Have a great afternoon.
Sensors can go bad after a period of time. I have an Ambient Weather station that no longer registers wind speed even though the ‘spoons’ are turning (mine is probably a cable/jack issue not sensor-related) But mine is about 4 years old. Elevation at that level should not diminish the accuracy for you.
feederband : Thanks, I’am new to this type of communication, just started using the internet this year, and not familiar with all the functions. I read and then report on what I think people would be interested in. Have a great afternoon.
The only reason why temperatures are underperforming is because of debris clouds getting push down from decaying storms to our north. If debris clouds can clear mid 90’s with ease. Yesterday dew points dropped more than expected which caused temperatures to exceeded forecast highs in my area where it hit the middle 90’s. If we stay cloud free tomorrow I bet western and central Kentucky tomorrow will easily go upper 90’s. Even with the filter sunshine still sitting at 90 with a heat index of 97 at 1pm. Plenty of daytime heating left, and to top it off NWS has expanded the heat advisory for Friday to include many Ohio river counties.
Last thing the reasons why models are going hotter than reality is models not taken into consideration of debris clouds and how green most places still are. If we had a dry spring and summer I’m thinking what the models are spitting out temperature wise would be reality. That’s pretty apparent just look west of us in places like St.Louis it’s absolutely brutal for those folks just a hop and a skip away to our west you don’t have to go far.
Heat Index of 103 in Louisville pretty impressive considering it’s been fairly cloudy all afternoon.
Campbellsville KY heat index is 113
102 heat index at my location in Knox County
Dew point in Louisville is 74.2 absolutely insanely sticky feeling outside
Johnstown flood part 2…1977
Many remember hearing of the devastating flood that affected this same region in 1889. They were certain it would never happen again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5yzdDtlmLw