Good Friday, everybody. Our powerful fall cold front is rolling into the state, bringing gusty winds, a few showers and storms and a MAJOR temp crash. The drop in temps is very prolific and will lead to the potential for a touch of frost over the weekend.
This front will also tough off a line of showers and storms working across western Kentucky today, then into central parts of the state this evening. Eastern Kentucky may not get in the action until very late tonight into early Saturday.
Here are your radars to track the action…
Winds will be gusty as temps crash from west to east behind the front. The numbers will drop more than 30 degrees in just a few hours. At some point today, you may see temps in eastern Kentucky in the low 80s with upper 40s in the far west. Ouch. Winds will also be gusty through Saturday.
Saturday morning finds temps dropping deep into the 30s across the western half of the state as the cold rushes in…
Winds will still be gusty and that gives us our first wind chill of the year…
Check out those numbers to our northwest. Dang that’s some cold stuff for this time of year.
Admit it… me saying “wind chill” gets y’all excited about the season to come. 🙂
Partly sunny skies will take control for the rest of Saturday with temps in the 50s for many. Winds will be gusty, keeping that added chill to the air.
Saturday night may feature frost across much of the region. Lows drop deep into the 30s, with some of the colder valleys possibly going below freezing…
Sunday into Monday look absolutely awesome with a mix of sun and clouds and seasonal temps.
Our next system rolls through here Tuesday into Wednesday as we get another big dip in the jet stream. That fires up a storm system bringing the chance for some rain our way…
That setup continues to have more of a cold season look to it.
I will hook you up with another update this evening, so check back. Enjoy your Friday and take care.
Surprised that “wind chill” got me as excited as it did. It’s that most wonderful season. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are all just around the corner!
I am so glad to hear the words “wind chill” rather than “heat Index”!
Thank you Mr Chris, Very excited for all the different weather coming up. It will be a big challenge for my body to adjust but I still get excited. I’ll deal with it.
It will be interesting to see how this temperature map plays out. Even the Icebox capital at International Falls is not expected to see lows much below 30, according to NWS forecasters, over the next several days. Yet a good chunk of eastern Kentucky might be almost as cold, if not colder for low temperatures than the places that will be getting historic snows in the Dakotas. Normally, one would not see that kind of parity in temperatures from north to south.
Only difference is there 30’s will be under cloudy skies where as our 30’s will come with clearing skies and calm wind.
Been raining steady here in far western ky for the last couple hours.
Last hour, Paducah at 68.
Cairo Illinois at 56
Distance about 36 miles apart.
Temp at Paducah has dropped 9 degrees in about 30 minutes.