Good Tuesday and welcome to the month of June. Our brand new month is looking to get off to a booming start over the next several days as thunderstorms could really get cranking. Not only will it be stormy… but the warm and humid temps will continue too. As a matter of fact… a day or two over the next week could see temps take a walk on the hot side.
Our short term weather will feature scattered showers and storms out there… especially across the east. These storms will taper off from west to east later in the day. Any boomer that goes up will contain some very heavy rains and could briefly go severe. Track the action here…
Temps today will be back into the 80s again… that is unless you get trapped under repeat storms as the 70s will be your daddy. 
Wednesday has the chance to be a hot one as temps are likely to soar toward 90 in most areas. High humidity levels will increase the muggy factor as well. This could also lead to a scattered afternoon storm.
A cold front will approach the area Thursday and will bring a couple rounds of thunderstorms to our part of the world. The stage is being set for some of these storms to become severe and that is something we will be watching for.
Here is the NAM for Thursday…
Afternoon
Evening
The front never makes it through here and will become stationaryjust to our north. A major surge of heat will push into Texas later this week and weekend and the leading edge will make a run at us. That leading edge will meet up with this front that slowly presses southward into the area. This combination will likely lead to rounds of thunderstorms cruising into the Ohio Valley from the west and northwest. That is a setup that can lead to severe weather from the midwest through the Ohio Valley and likely to the east coast.
GFS Sunday Morning
This is likely to be a pretty busy first week of June in terms of the weather. Speaking of active… thunderstorms caused quite the stir around the Ashland area very early this morning. Our blogger Pastor Chris caught the lightning show on video and I thought I would share it with you guys…
By the way…winds with the storm knocked down several trees around the area and it did so without a warning coming from the NWS in Charleston. Shocking! 
Have a great Tuesday and take care.
Yes PastorChris
As soon as I started watching the video I could tell it was an HD camera based on the sound. Cool vid! I noticed those storms on radar last night and they looked intense, but there were no warnings at all. That’s one thing I’ve never understood about warning. I can be looking at the radar and there is a severe thunderstorm warning and it doesn’t look that intense on radar, then you see a really intense looking storm and there is no warning. But I’m no meteorologist, so there must be other factors I’m not aware of.
Hey Chris.
I just typed out this pretty decent sized message and clicked submit and it sent it to moderation. I never know what I say in the message that causes that. It’s so RANDOM! I don’t think I used any characters or words that would cause it to go to moderation. It seems to happen only when I type out really LONG posts and I’m not about to type it again (LOL)……..I should have copy/pasted but I can’t remember to do that half the time.
I know we had a ton of rain in the month of May. But in the Richmond Road/Man O War area we haven’t had any rain (except for a few sprinkles) for over a couple of weeks now. There have been scattered storms near us but all have missed. End result, my yard is getting VERY dry. Is it me or does the land in Eastern Kentucky hold moisture longer than the soil in Central Kentucky? Give me knowledge weather bloggers:)
I hope we get some rain, its been all around us, but it hasnt rained in Versailles in 11 days, the grass is beginning to turn dormant, with the sunny weather, weve had storms all the way around us, but not in Versailles, hopefully we can get some soakers there.
Great video of the storm. I also could not believe that the Charleston NWS office didn’t issue a warning or at the very least a special weather statement. I wish the NWS would put the northeastern part of KY either with the Jackson office or the Wilmington, OH office. Charleston doesn’t seem to care about the warnings for this area of the state.
Thanks for sharing my video, Chris! That lightning storm was like a strobe light for about an hour and a half. The only reason I came inside after shooting some video was because the wind started blowing a little rain onto the porch. There were people all over the neighborhood just standing outside and watching it.
I, too, was surprised there was no statement from NWS. While I wouldn’t trade the BaileyCast for anything, it is a shame that we never really know what to expect from those who are charged with officially getting the word out on weather. Thank the Lord for Chris and his dedication!
In Lawrenceburg, I finished May with nearly 11 inches of rain, and an average temp. of around 67 degrees, both of which are significantly above normal. I am now very interested in the potential hurricane season coming up, and the impact it WILL have on the oil disaster regardless of the anti-fear message NOAA is spreading.
Central KY has a loamy soil that can hold a lot of moisture. However, the soil tends to be shallow. Eastern KY tends to have a lot more forested land and less agriculture which helps keep the soil moist. Northern facing sloped will be even wetter.
If your yard is like my then you have a different problem. My developer, trying to make an extra buck, removed all the top soil and put the sod on top of heavy clay and rock (Thanks Ball Homes).
does anyone agree that the NHC taking the storm surge factor out of the saffar simson scale is nuts???
mcs complex over northern missouri heading our way. could be a rude wake up call if it maintains it’s self overnight.
this mcs to our northwest is looking like it could make a run at us around dawn. hopefully chris will have more on it.
Thanks for the answer. I’ll have to look up the term “loamy”.
Why would Ball Homes do that? Level out the landscape or simply sell the top soil? Either way, my home was built in 1984 and they apparently didn’t have to remove much top soil. Still, after a few days of no rain my yard dries out pretty quick, especially the front that faces the sun.
Hi, mate! I am completely agree with that way of assessment and everything connected.