Good FRIDAY to one and all and welcome to an early start to the weekend. It has been a long week so I have dubbed today as part of the weekend just for the heck of it.

We have a couple of things to cover with this blog. The storms and heavy rain threat… chilly shot early next week and the bad past week to be living in a town called Kirksville.

We start with the weather today. Warm and humid conditions will be with us as temps hit the low to mid 80s. The combination of the high humidity levels and the afternoon heating will lead to scattered showers and thunderstorms… especially across the south and southeast. Locally heavy rains will be possible with these storms and you can follow their development on radar…



There is some good news with the weekend forecast in that the front moving through here Saturday looks like it has some giddy up to it and will not check up. That should help prevent low pressure from developing along the front keeping rainfall totals from potentially getting out of hand. Still… the front will spark numerous showers and storms across the entire region Saturday into Saturday night and will produce some heavy rains. Here is what the models are now spitting out over through Sunday morning…



That is still not good… but is a whole lot better than what they had been showing. Any area getting an inch or so of rain across southeastern Kentucky would certainly be prone to seeing possible flooding again. We will continue to monitor where the showers and storms set up over the next few days.

Behind the front comes a big time chill down. Highs will be cool in the low to mid 60s for Sunday and Monday… even with sunshine. By Monday morning… temps may reach the upper 30s and give some of the colder locations some light frost.

The rest of next week looks dry right now as temps surge toward the 80s for the end of the week into Memorial Day Weekend. We will need to watch for a sub tropical or tropical system trying to develop near Florida during this time as those bad boys can alter the overall pattern if they can crank.

It was one week ago today that a deadly tornado touched down in Madison County. The town of Kirksville was left beaten and battered. This past Wednesday, the town of Kirksville was hit again by a deadly twister. This time it was the town of Kirksville, Missouri. Here is some amazing video from a storm chaser…




WOW! Bart is one lucky dude after that close encounter!!!

I also found some good footage showing the damage from the “local” Kirksville…


Talk about an amazing weather event… deadly tornadoes striking the towns with the exact same name within a week of one another! I would love to go back and see if something like this has ever happened in the US. If it has… when? You may not be able to find where this has happened in the same year, let alone just a few days apart. Maybe some of you fellow weather geeks out there can do a little research on this. Hint Hint

Have a great Friday and I will update as needed. Take care.