Good Thursday everyone and thanks for dropping in on the blog. The weather over the next 24 hours is going to be cool to watch as we have everything from 60s and the chance to thunderstorms… to near freezing temps and the chance for some snow… then a quick transition to sunshine and milder temps. Buckle up for the ride.
Low pressure will quickly work in from the west today. Out ahead of it… temps will be very warm the farther east you go with readings well into the 60s in the east before the rain works in. There will be just enough instability to produce a few thunderstorms into parts of the region late this afternoon or this evening and you can follow the action here…
The low itself will move right on top of us this evening meaning some locally heavy rains will be possible. As the low moves quickly to our east… MUCH colder air will move in from the north and should be able to catch the back edge of the departing rains switching it over to a period of wet snow or a mix over much of the region late tonight into very early Friday. You can see this happening here on the NAM model…
This Evening
Friday Morning
Any period of snow should be rather brief but it may come down just hard enough for a light slushy accumulation on elevated surfaces. Both the NAM and GFS snowfall maps suggest this to be possible…
NAM
GFS
The good news about this is that by late morning and early Friday afternoon… the sun is out and temps will be warming toward 50.
That bring us to the weekend and one that looks to be half and half in terms of the weather. Saturday looks great with sunshine and temps in the low 60s. Sunday… not so good as another low works in here with rain developing west to east during the day. Much cooler air moves in later in the day and into Monday.
Once we get past that chilly shot early next week… the pattern is screaming WARM. As a matter of fact… I can see us having a shot at an 80 in the first week of April.
Have a great Thursday and GO BIG BLUE!!! Take care.
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It sure was nice to roll the window down on my way home from work! The spring weather has felt wonderful. It’s hard to believe in a few hours we’ll go from warm air to possible flakes flying!
Go Kats!
Wow, what a forecast! I logged on this morning after watching the local weather and not believing what I heard. I came here to make some sense of it. Thank you for explaining weather so well, Chris. 🙂 It is definitely hard to believe all of the different sorts of weather we’ll have tonight into Friday!
Wow, what a forecast! I logged on this morning after watching the local weather and not believing what I heard. I came here to make some sense of it. Thank you for explaining weather so well, Chris. 🙂
It is definitely hard to believe all of the different sorts of weather we’ll have tonight into Friday.
Stuck in moderation on the 2nd comment? I logged on this morning after watching the local weather, not believing what I heard. I came here to make some sense of it. Thank you for explaining weather so well, Chris. 🙂
It is definitely hard to believe all of the different sorts of weather we’ll have tonight into Friday, but if you say it’s going to happen, chances are it’s going to. 😉
Stuck in moderation on the second comment? Really? I logged on this morning after watching the local weather, not believing what I heard. I came here to make some sense of it. Thank you for explaining weather so well! 🙂
It is definitely hard to believe all of the different sorts of weather we’ll have tonight into Friday, but if you say it’s going to happen, chances are it’s going to. 😉
That’s the way to end a post Chris!!!! I feel all warm and fuzzy now. 🙂
I would suggest a slightly different title for this blog entry:
Spring.. Winter… Spring!!! 🙂
What a strange season. November was very warm and dry. December-February was very cold and wet. And now March was very warm and dry! The same mix is always there…it’s just impossible to figure out the order it’ll come in.
The rain is already here. We are at 54 degrees right now, so hopefully, it will not get too cold during the day today. At least it is not going to get over the top of us and just sit there, at least not this time.
So tomorrow, we are looking at mostly cloudy after the system moves off? And then a pretty day on Saturday?
Spring is definitely teasing us!
GO BIG BLUE!!!!
oh the typical march weather, rain,snow,thunder and sunshine all in a days time…lol…
A great way to celebrate a Cats title victory would be 80s for highs! I am so ready for hot weather. 😀
Severe T-storm Watch in western KY. 🙂 I knew it was going to get rougher today than what we were hearing early this week.
Haven’t seen that much rain today. The radar looks worse than what I’ve seen.
Chris – This weather is crazy! Take a look at this article by UK Meteorologist Tom Priddy about La Niña:
http://www.ca.uky.edu/news/?c=n&d=578
Care to comment? Let’s say I’m doing research on small streams in southeastern Kentucky this year – am I in trouble? haha
GO CATS!
i have had .04 of rain today
Streams are already down right now. Central KY already several inches down on precip this year. Not a big deal now but having a below average spring combined with a dry summer could be bad. Doesn’t mean it will happen though.
Man the wind is really howling out there!!
Congrats Kats!!!
I pasted the wrong link, it would appear.
http://www.ca.uky.edu/news/index.php?c=n&d=569
heavy snow just north of me in hamilton county points north towards dayton i am feelin some big@SS flakes coming on!!!!!