Good Sunday everyone. Here is hoping you are enjoying the weekend as we get set to wrap it up today. Showers and thunderstorms bracketed the state on Saturday leaving a large chunk of central and southern Kentucky out of the action. Some areas out west and in the east picked up more than an inch of rain from early day action.
The storms will become more concentrated today and this should continue into the next few days. As always… we will have all you need to track the boomers. Before we get to that… let’s talk weather headlines.
– Louisville finally had a below 90 degree day Saturday. This broke the streak of 20 straight days of 90 or above and comes in two days shy of the record set back in 2007. Take a deep breath Louisville! 
– Clusters of showers and storms will be working eastward across the state today. Some of these may be strong or severe with very heavy rains.
– The storm pattern should continue for Monday and Tuesday. This continues to be a setup that we need to be watching as the atmosphere is primed to put down some hefty rain totals. The NAM and GFS have both locked in on this…
– Wednesday and Thursday have a shot to be very pleasant around here as cooler and drier air tries to move in.
– A spike up in temps will be possible Friday ahead of the next front making a run at us into next weekend. Several models are suggesting a storm will crank up across the mid atlantic states during this time. If that is the case… another wet period is in store for our region and this may be accompanied by below normal temps for several days.
– Overall…this is a major pattern change we are seeing take shape across the country!
– We are getting to the time of year when I start really taking a look at the fall and winter ahead and drop some hints about my early thoughts. Here is your first hint. Brrrrr!
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Lots of thunder and a little rain in east Frankfort.
Heavy rain across parts of Louisville, primarily north of I-64. Lightning has been an issue as well.
A Southern Indiana dispatch office apparently has taken a lightning strike or a power surge.
Scottsburg fire dept has been dispatched to the dispatcher’s office because she smells what resembles burnt wiring.
Just woke up from a sound sleep here in the Gardenside area of Lexington due to the thunder and lightning going on currently. Wow, I haven’t seen the lightening like this in a long, long time!! I am not sure what the rain is like, but it certainly is rumbling out there!
I’ve been wondering when we might get a Fall/Winter Sneak Peek!! Thanks for the little one! Amazing how many people I have heard say….I’m ready for the snow and cold! I guess it looks like you think we might get it 🙂
Chris, we barely had a sprinkle here yesterday. This morning, we have had a thundershower, and that put down a little more, but not much. I hope we get some rain today, as we could really use it. We did have cloud cover yesterday which helped keep the temp down and a little more manageable. Still was very humid though. A refreshing shot of drier air would be nice….
That storm that came through this morning was NOTHING compared to what came through my part of Lexington the other morning when we had over two inches of rain and LOTS of lightning.
Did not realize until yesterday how dry it had gotten in my neck of the woods. The 0.90″ of rain we got at my location this morning was welcome.
I figure extreme weather pretty much rules the day anymore, so I wouldn’t be surprised at all if this winter is cold and snowy. 🙁
well the radar doesn’t look to promising for rain
we had an inch of rain yesterday morning in that storm, the thunder and lightening was pretty wild too. This morn we got .4inches of rain. It was much needed around here the grass is so dry and the leaves are amazing me how many have already fallen off the trees and are as brown as can be.
A huge disppointment in terms of rainfall today in the Liberty/Somerset areas. Rainfall once again split or dried up before reaching us once again. Really thought we would have gotten something based on the forecast for yesterday and today. Radar is not very promising for the remainder of the afternoon/evening. Hopefully the supposed forecast rains for Monday night into Tuesday arrive. I am beginning to be a bit pessimistic after the last two days. Also, I am not directing this at Chris, just discoraged by the lack of measurable rain. Also thankful not to be in Texas though too!
Another miserable day, dew point at 75. Anyone wanna make any guesses at when we’ll see the first day of 50s dew points?
Believe it or not, I would guess sometime next week.
In a matter of seconds we watched a pretty intense storm cloud develop over us here in Johnson County….hoping for a little rain for the gardens.