Good Wednesday, folks. Let me start out by saying a HUGE thank you to all those who have served, and are currently serving our country. Our Veterans Day finds a cold front working toward the bluegrass state. That system arrives later tonight with gusty winds and a line of showers and thunderstorms.
Before the front arrives, we actually have some pretty nice weather. Temps this morning will be in the frosty 30s, but should warm nicely into the low 60s by the afternoon. Some higher numbers will be likely in the west and south.
A line of showers and storms pushes into western Kentucky late this afternoon into the evening. That’s the area to keep the closest eye on for possible strong and severe storms. That line then pushes across the rest of the state into the wee hours of Thursday.
Gusty winds will be the main issue Wednesday night and Thursday. Wind gusts will hit the 30-40mph range. Your tracking tools in a bit.
Chilly air comes in for Thursday with another front bringing colder air in for Friday and Saturday. Highs may not get out of the 40s with mid and upper 20s for lows. As a matter of fact, a bit of a breeze may give us our first wind chill temps of the season. 🙂
The pattern looks super busy next week with a slow-moving storm impacting our region from Monday through Thursday. The models continue to take turns on who gets to show the deepest system following that one up. Similar to a recent run of the GFS I posted in the last update, the European Model as a rather wintry looking trough digging in…
Remember kiddos… that’s a 500mb trough we are looking at. That is not the 540 thickness line you’re seeing. 😉
Let’s get back to tracking today’s action in from the west. Don’t forget to use the interactive radar to zoom in on the storms to our west. Live storm chaser cams will be up and running…
The rest of your trackers…
Current watches
Possible watch areas 
I will have another update later today. Enjoy it and take care.
Thanks Chris, I live in far western part of the state will certainly keep an eye out as this storm rolls thru. Have a good day and happy veterans day to a all that is serving and has served.
Can someone tell me the significance of Chris’ statement above “that’s a 500mb trough we are looking at. That is not the 540 thickness line you’re seeing.”? I often here the 540 line treated as significant but I don’t know why. I even find myself cheering for it. “Wow, look at where the 540 line is!” but I don’t know why. What’s special about it?
Thanks,
The 540 line is usually about where precip goes from rain to frozen precip in winter.
Thanks CB! I am getting really excited about the cooler weather. Can`t wait to see how this El Nino will play out this winter!
PS. Thanks to all Veterans who have served or are serving!
What’s wrong with the Louisville Radar? It’s been down for days.
Well I guess I spooked it to come back online.
when is our best chance for our first measurable snow fall? Any time soon?
Are they talking about getting snow this thanksgiving week
Looks like the main big storm chances are more west now. Okay by me 🙂
Doubtful we will get much in Harlan from this system either as we got the “red death” this evening with the beautiful red sky for “sailor’s delight.” This has been a lousy pattern:(
Hoping we can soon start getting some healthier precip loaded systems!