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
Current watches
I will have another update later today. Take care.
Can’t wait for storm season this spring
Sounds like flash freeze, thanks Chris.
Sounds like a flash freeze but no worries of that happening pavement temps are way to warm. Temps will stay above freezing till after midnight. By then precip will be long gone and pavement will have enough time to dry out.
accuweather is giving inch or two of snow for London Thurs night …. no mets are talking about this, is accuw way off or are they seeing something the local mets aren’t ?????
Accuweather is ill named. There is nothing accurate about it.
Looking forward to the Spring severe season. Time for the next round of blog excitement.
Temps have risen 16 degrees in just a couple of hours in London ahead of our storms. Beautiful sunny day so far! Wondering if, by looks of the radar downstream, today’s storms will have a higher impact than expected. Looks to be a setup for supercells starting to form ahead of the main line.
From 26 this morning to 68 now in Perry Co. Quite impressive.
First it’s slight risk for the whole state…..then it’s marginal risk….then it’s slight risk for South Central KY….can’t the SPC make up their minds?
I have truly never heard a bigger group of babies in all my life, if you don’t like what they are saying simply leave, no need in beating on your chest, jumping up and down while trying to bash them. Geesh
Risk of severe weather has abated. Check the radar and the latest forecasts. Nothing to see here.
Still 55 in Lex, waiting for winds and cold to kick in. Doubt there will be enough moisture left for even festive flakes.
Not looking to the morning temperatures though!