Good Saturday everyone and welcome to the annual Battle For The Bluegrass. The Kentucky Wildcats and the Louisville Cardinals will fight and scratch tonight out at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington and we have the weather part of the battle covered.
For those folks who have been with me for many years… today is the day I usually have a little fun at the expense of the Cards. Those days are behind us as the blog had to grow up and act our age at some point. Growing up sucks, but what do ya do? 
The game itself looks to feature weather more typical of October than September. Kickoff temps will run in the upper 60s and drop into the low 60s during the second half. A little breeze will be blowing as skies remain partly cloudy. Tailgaters will have to deal with a fair amount of clouds with temps topping out in the low 70s. I am hoping these clouds don’t have a sprinkle or light shower with them.
For those not interested in the game forecast… our Saturday will be dominated with partly to mostly cloudy skies and temps near 70 in the east with mid 70s west. A couple of showers will try to crank up across the far south and west.
Track todays weather here…
Current Temps
Moisture will increase on Sunday with a slightly better shot at a shower or thundershower in the afternoon and evening hours. Highs should range from the low to mid 70s.
Rain chances will really ramp up into early next week as we are likely to go into a very unsettled weather period. Showers and scattered thunderstorms will dart across our skies Monday and Tuesday with a gradual increase in the action from Wednesday into the end of the week.
This happens as the models continue to suggest a cutoff upper level low across the region for the second half of the week into next weekend. You can see that very well on the 6-10 day 500mb Height Anomalies…
Those two models disagree a bit on the exact placement of this upper low… but the end result is basically the same as temps come way down and rain chances go way up. The GFS rain totals for next week are impressive for much of the country…
Does that look like a map from the middle of what is normally a fairly dry month? Didn’t think so.
That’s all you crazy kids get for now. I will have updates as needed so check back. You can also follow me on twitter… Kentuckyweather .
Have a great Saturday and Go Big Blue. (I never said I was fully grown up yet ) Take care.
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I have been reading your blog for about a year. Very informative. Thanks for all you do. I live in Spencer County.
Chris, we still miss you so much in Lexington! I bet you are glad you aren’t still here, though. Your replacement, Todd, now has to be on TV practically nonstop. He is on from 5 to 7 on WKYT, then 7 to 8 on FOX, then 10 to 11 on WKYT, then 12 to 1 on WKYT. That’s a LOT! How many times does he say the forecast per day?? 🙂
Looks like quite a bit of rain on that radar this morning!
be truthful CB, cause im going too. really hard to RAG ON a team that lost to WHO?? last week.
UK defense will shutem down and its sad that the CARDINAL program has fallin so much as UK really should drop the game. its no contest anymore ever since the MIRCLE with STEVIE JOHNSON.
UK 24 TARDS 9.
Thanks for the update, Chris. And, as far as growing up goes, I hear its waaaaay overrated! 😉 (I refuse to grow up totally. Life is a LOT ore fun that way.) 🙂 Have a gREAT Saturday, everyone. Not going to make it to Commonwealth for the game, but I WILL be at Lindsey Wilson Blue Raider Stadium this afternoon for their game. So I can say this for BOTH teams….GO BIG BLUE!!!!!
That rain map looks good for a lot of Texas next week. Hope it happens for them.
Cats win, but enjoy it while it lasts. There is only one maybe two more wins left in the season, Jacksonville State and maybe…maybe Vandy.
If the Cats lose today, you can kiss any chance at the BBVA Crappy Bowl goodbye.
Boy you sure are positive this morning.
Well, I don’t have to play nice. Can’t wait to get to the game so I can see those flat brimmed hat wearing, line beard sporting, wife beater clad filthy Tard fans. UK is breaking out extra security to protect the campus copper fixtures. GO CATS!
You nailed the Tards fans to a tee.
As for me, I don’t want to have to watch them in the BBVA Compost Bowl again anyway!
Line beard sporting, wife beater clad, filthy, copper stealing? I didnt know the Cards had fans in Eastern Kentucky!
A gentle reminded that the word ‘tard’ is deeply hurtful to some people who must contend with mental development issues. I am sure that you did not mean to hurt anyone at all. Chris’s blog attracts good people. But, as I am a person who has a family member with Down’s syndrome I did feel the need to speak up. Thanks for hearing me out.
bill, as a full time reader and a part time commenter on here, i must say that i do not think eyewall meant any disrespect to you or any family member at all by what was said. it was all in good natured fun and sometimes i think sometimes out of respect toward you that some people actually look for nit picky negative things to talk about, so with all that said, i would suggest that just maybe you lighten up a little bit and not take things to serious on a weather blog.
SEE YA BIG BLEW !
BIG BLEW NATION lost to WHO ??????????
I agree, so many things get taken out of context and then there is DRAMA!
I don’t have to play nice either. Stereotyping works both ways. Let’s talk about the pill snorting, meth making trash in the hollers. You know, the kind that pulls for UK, but never finished middle school. CARDS 24 CATS 17
Sorry, CB, have to defend my school and town. Thanks for posting more positive stuff about UofL the past few months. Lots of L’vill area folks are reading your blog these days……
My post was written with the utmost of respect and as lightly as possible. I am a full time reader also. I post more when it is snow time. I do know that people look for ‘nit picky’ things. To the millions of people who are touched by this issue, this word will never be in that category. The word ‘tard’and ‘retard’ are almost always used in ‘good’ fun, which is why they continue to be used. I won’t post anymore on the issue here. Maybe you you will help me to make it a little less welcome. No drama intended Chelle. Also, Go Cards!
http://www.r-word.org/
I took it exactly as you meant it, respectful and very kind hearted. Sometimes it’s not the one who post something so much as it is others who try to make into something it’s not.
Sooooooo WHO’S READY FOR BASKETBALL AND SNOW 🙂 🙂
Thank you and Bless you. I LOVE this blog / forum, but the issue is dear to my heart. I am LOVING the fall leaf change that is starting. I am looking for early winter signals!