Good Friday everyone and welcome to the weekend. Our weekend will get off to a booming start with scattered showers and thunderstorms today and some of those now look to stick around into the weekend. 
I am only the messenger here so you can put the guns away. haha
A cold front will dip into the area today and lead to showers and thunderstorms developing… especially across the southern half of the state. This is the area that could see some of the storms become strong or severe this afternoon. Here is the updated outlook from the Storm Prediction Center…
Your storm tracking radar…
The front is not going to make it very far to the south and will hang up near the Kentucky/ Tennessee border on Saturday. This will mean the threat for scattered showers and storms will be with our southern counties… at least. The farther north you live… the better as drier air will hold the rains at bay a little longer.
Low pressure will develop along the front to our southwest and lift northeast on Sunday and Monday. This will bring a good slug of moisture in here with showers and thunderstorms increasing from south to north Sunday then becoming widespread Sunday night and Monday. This could lead to some very heavy rains yet again and the chance for a few strong storms… especially Monday.
Here is how the GFS is seeing it play out..
Saturday Evening
Sunday Evening
Monday Afternoon
Cooler air and a few showers would then linger behind the departing low pressure for Tuesday and possibly Wednesday.
If you are looking farther down the road… I am not seeing much in the way of hot weather coming on over the next few weeks. As a matter of fact… the pattern looks like it should remain quite active across the country for the rest of the month.
I will udpate things if the storms get cranking today so check back as needed. Take care.
Oh well…’tis the season. Thanks for helping us plan the weekend weatherwise, Mr. B.
With all the rain chances we’ve had this week, there’s been no rain at my place.
Im fine with an active weather pattern provided we do away with the cool spells (high temps > 70 please) and especially no more flooding rains like what hit us on May 2nd. Severe weather in our region has been tolerable thus far.
I guess as an addendum to my previous comment temps have been running above normal this month in Lexington and Covington but it still has seemed cool to me for some reason. Still an active weather pattern is an interesting one as long as things don’t get too out of control. 🙂
Why did the storms get going and then just die suddenly..?
Our concerns back in late March and through April, where it was dry and 35 degrees above average, about having a drought this year are quickly being put to rest. May has turned out cool and wet and this pattern looks to continue. Wow.
I for one don’t mind the cool temps. PERFECT camping weather (execpt for the rain of course).
Severe T’storm Watch now up for a good portion of KY:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0170.html
Tornado Warning for Christian and Todd County in KY until 12:45pm CDT.
Hail the size of Hen Eggs being reported with the storm in Christian Co.
Funnel cloud being reported by spotters on that cell in Todd County.
location location location it all depends on where your at. In my area we have had about half the average rain fall and we are about and we are .3 degree over all above average according the the NWS so far for this month