Good Friday, folks. It’s the first weekend of November, but it’s looking and feeling more like the first weekend of October. Thermometer readings will run well above normal as we track scattered rain chances. The focus on the forecast is on a big temp fight taking shape next week.

We have a cold front slowing down across Kentucky today. Showers and storms are along and ahead of the boundary, with the bulk of the rains coming during the first half of the day. Some drying skies take place this afternoon and evening with temps mainly in the 60s. Those numbers will drop some during the afternoon and evening.

The front returns to the north as a warm front on Saturday with scattered showers and storms around. Temps hit the low 70s south, with middle 60s in the far north.

Sunday will be super duper windy with gusts of 30mph possible. Temps will steal the show, one week after snow. Highs are deeeep into the 70s for the entire state. Severe weather is likely to develop across parts of the Ohio Valley later Sunday, ahead of a strong cold front.

That line of storms will get in here Sunday night and early Monday, with the potential for strong storms…

Winds will be a big player into Monday as the front slows down.

That front stalls out on top of the region into the middle of the week, with waves of low pressure riding along it. The first wave rolls through here with rain Monday night and Tuesday…

You can clearly see how the colder air is pressing in from the north and northwest. If not, here’s a little better look…

Another system then rolls eastward Wednesday into Thursday, but the models are having a tougher time figuring out how to deal with this. The European Model shows some chilly rains…

Another cold air mass shoots into the northern half of the country by next weekend…

All this cold is going to be a force to be reckoned with later this month into December. Some fun December analogs have been showing up for a long time and they continue to do so as we get closer.

I will update things later today. Have a good one and take care.