Good Tuesday, everyone. March is roaring in with a potent storm system working across the Ohio Valley. This system isn’t too dissimilar from the one we were tracking a week ago. It’s bringing strong thunderstorms and mild temps, followed by a temp crash and some snowflakes.

Here’s a breakdown:

  • Showers and thunderstorms quickly develop in western Kentucky this morning.
  • These boomers roll into central and eastern Kentucky this afternoon and carry us into the early evening. Some of the storms could be strong or severe.
  • High winds will be the main threat from any storm that blows up. There appears to be just enough shear available for some of these storms to rotate. That could lead to an isolated tornado threat.
  • Heavy rainfall will be likely through this evening. Local 2″ amounts will be possible.
  • Temps in the central and east spike into the 60s from late morning into the early afternoon. Those numbers take a gigantic plunge as the front moves in. Readings will drop more than 30 degrees in just a few hours.
  • A period of light snow and flurries will be possible as the cold wraps in.
  • Lows by Wednesday morning reach the middle 20s with wind chills in the teens.

From there, we watch another ugly weather maker move in for Thursday. One more weak system follows that on Saturday, and keeps temps below normal.

All of that changes in a hurry early next week. We go into a very warm and windy pattern that could bring rounds of big time thunderstorms from the plains into our region.

Speaking of thunderstorms, I have you all set to track today’s action:

Today’s risk area

Latest Day 1 convective outlook

Current watches

Current Watches

Possible watch areas Current MDs

I will have another update later today. Take care.