Good Wednesday, everybody. The weather across our region continues to be pretty darn nice for this time of year. As we roll through the rest of the week and into the weekend, it’s all about Hurricane Florence. What happens with this storm after landfall is the main driver in our weather this weekend into next week.

Before we get to Florence, let’s talk a little bit about the next few days. Highs today range from the mid and upper 70s for much of central and eastern Kentucky to the low 80s west. Clouds are still going to be awfully stubborn for several areas.

Temps should hit the low 80s for Thursday into Friday with the threat for a storm or two going up. The best risk will be on Friday, with a few heavier downpours possible.

From there, what happens to our weather is directly associated with Hurricane Florence. Let’s get a check on the latest vitals with this powerful storm…

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The hurricane models continue to show a worst case scenario for North and South Carolina, a slow-moving powerful storm…

Several members continue to bring the remnants toward our region and the GFS Ensembles are similar…

The modelling trend of late continues to take this slow-moving monster toward North Carolina, stall it, then drop it southwest into South Carolina. That would be absolutely crushing to much of both states. After milling around for a day the system then works northwest toward our region. Watch how the GFS does all that, then actually loops the remnant low back into the deep south…

This run of the GFS would bring very gusty winds our way, along with another round of torrential rains from late Sunday through Tuesday…

The European Model is absolutely wild with what it does with Florence. It takes it onshore near Wilmington, NC…

It then comes back out over the water and works southwest along the South Carolina and makes landfall in GEORGIA…

The Georgia coast is one of the most difficult places for any storm to hit because it’s tucked back in a curve along the coast. It doesn’t get direct hits very often, especially from a storm coming from the northeast. I would find this solution to be, if it verifies, a once in a lifetime event.

From there, the storm then heads north toward our region early next week…

As you can see, there are several solutions still on the table with this storm. It may not be for a few more days until I can get a better handle on what kind of impact this will have on our weather.

I will throw you another update later today. Make it a good one and take care.