Good Tuesday and welcome to October. Temps to start the new month are among the hottest, if not the hottest, temps ever recorded for October in Kentucky. That’s the bad news. The good news is that fall finally arrives late this week, with the potential for some big rains early next week.
Before getting into that, we are launching a weather podcast at WKYT. The cover photo is reason enough to give it a listen…
Temps out there today are back into the low and middle 90s for many, breaking all kinds of records. This will carry over into Wednesday with similar results. These two days may rank 1st and 2nd in terms of all-time record heat for October.
There is the chance for a stray shower or thunderstorm to go up…
A true fall cold front arrives on the scene Thursday and should have one heck of a temp gradient with it. Temps may hit 90 one last time across the east, but will drop quickly as the front moves through. Any moisture with this front looks pretty darn skimpy.
Temps for Friday afternoon look awesome with upper 60s to mid 70s with partly sunny skies and a nice breeze. That will set the stage for another morning in the 40s to start our Saturday.
The next system is an interesting one as it begins to impact our weather late Sunday into the first half of next week. This one could bring some very nice rains our way. Recent runs of the European Model have been going crazy, but other models aren’t in that boat as of now.
The GFS has a healthy rain system…
I may throw you another update later today, so check back. Make it a good one and take care.
Thanks Chris, Your blog looks great. Always good to add something new. Ninety four degrees yesterday in my backyard which is no longer a yard but a dust bowl. I didn’t record any rainfall during the month of September. All the showers went around the hill I live on. Hopefully, October will pan out with Autumn weather ? If not, we will just have to except what Mother Nature brings us. Have a great day everyone.
I hope the Euro pans out.
It is the best long-distance model.
At this point, I’ll believe the GFS’ rain predictions when I hear the water pouring through the gutter downspouts. It predicted a similarly-healthy system last week and the rain that fell in the Lexington Andover area was barely enough to leave little dust rings on the cars parked in my driveway.
Chris – LOVED the podcast with you and Jim……..adds so much to the blog.
Does anyone know exactly where at KLEX the thermometer is located? Is it away from buildings and asphalt? I’d hope so. I was reading about car thermometers and they are only accurate on cloudy days or nights when the sun is not beating down on the pavement.
Great question. I don’t know if this is it or not. But I Google Earth/Satellite the airport. Runway 27 runs parallel to US 60/Versailles and is located at the farthest eastern point. From US 60, that runway is just southwest of Old Clubhouse Lane. If you go north of Clubhouse Lane, you’ll be at Runway 22. Too far. The feature I’m looking at is between the easternmost point of runway 27 and the U.S. 60. Directly across the street from this feature you might see the turn of the Keeneland race track. But looking at the Satellite, it looks like a pole with a concrete pad. Not far from it, there looks like another pole but no pad. You have to zoom in really tight to see this
Sounds like CB would know for sure where it’s at.
I meant if you go east of Clubhouse Lane, you went too far
CB, I saw your tweet a moment ago about current temperatures. Based on when you submitted that tweet, the other locations had not updated their hourly temperature check-in. Lexington was one of the early entries. At 2pm, the current temperature is 95 at Louisville, not 92 anymore, Lexington at 94, and 93 at Frankfort. I see what you’re trying to do. Yesterday’s high temperatures were 98 at Louisville, 97 at Frankfort, Bowling Green, and Lexington. Nobody from the NCEI is going to dispute the temperatures at Lexington BG airport when other official locations are similar and all have a hard, dry ground.
I also missed Bowling Green’s updated 97 at 2pm edt, up from 92 according to your ‘current’ map
Oh, and Jackson was at 95 at 2pm, not 89 like the map said.
All of a sudden, Lexington’s temperature does not sound that bad after all
I’m not sure what CB expects the NWS to do? Lexington’s temperature is and has been consistent with the entire state’s during this heat wave. If Lexington was reporting 105 degrees while everyone else is 95, then yeah, there’s a problem.
Here are the KY Mesonet top 10 temperatures in the state since midnight, consistent with the Lexington official NWS reading.
Lincoln County (LGNT) 96.9 °F
Ohio County (HTFD) 96.9 °F
Lawrence County (LUSA) 96.8 °F
Cumberland County (GRDR) 96.8 °F
Hopkins County (ERLN) 96.5 °F
Owsley County (BNVL) 96.4 °F
Adair County (CMBA) 96.3 °F
Johnson County (BTCK) 96.3 °F
Butler County (WDBY) 96.1 °F
Mercer County (HRDB) 96.1 °F
Yea but a 4 to 5 degree difference between Lexington mesonet and KLEX is pretty substantial especially when they are as close as they are to each other.
But I have said before, there are issues with the Lex Mesonet