Good Saturday, everyone. A weak cold front is nearing the region, bringing the potential for a few showers and storms over the Labor Day Weekend. While we are tracking a few storms, folks across the southeastern seaboard are on full alert because of Hurricane Dorian. The track continues to shift, potentially taking this farther up the coast toward the Carolinas.

Let’s begin with the weather here in the bluegrass state. It’s a very warm and rather humid day as scattered storms go up. Obviously, not everyone is going to see showers and storms today, but a few strong storms can’t be ruled out. Here are your radars to help you out…

Let’s hope those stay away from your outdoor activities today.

A similar setup will be noted for Sunday into Labor Day.

Hurricane Dorian continues to be a monster of a storm as it heads toward the Bahamas…

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We continue to see a definitive trend showing up on the models for this storm to curve northward up the east coast of Florida and toward the Carolinas. The National Hurricane Center forecast has been trending in this direction…

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Here are the latest Hurricane Model forecasts…

The GFS Ensembles…

The operational models are also strongly going in that direction. Here’s the overnight GFS…

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That’s a very, very bad trend for the Carolinas!

The models do bring a deep trough behind that departing hurricane, delivering a shot of cool to the country…

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Have a great Saturday and take care.