Good Thursday, folks. We have a potent cold front blowing across the state today, and it’s brining along the potential for strong and severe thunderstorms. This is a typical spring cold front that can cause some local issues before the day is over.
The main threat today comes from damaging winds as a couple lines of storms race eastward. I will get your tracking tools in a bit.
Colder air comes in for Friday with 30s in the morning giving us the potential for a few flurries to mix in with some sprinkles. Temps by the afternoon may not get to 50 degrees across central and eastern Kentucky.
Easter Weekend is looking better as our Sunday storm system shows up a littler later on the scene. That could mean we stay mainly dry until Sunday evening and night…
As of now, temps should hit the 60s on Saturday with a mix of sun and clouds. With a slower arriving system, temps on Sunday may wind up in the 70s…
Temps by early next week come back down before they bounce back up by the middle of the week. This would lead us into the likely cold spell for early April. Watch the collapse on the WeatherBELL GFS Ensembles…
I leave you with your daily dose of tracking toys…
Wednesday’s risk area
Current Watches
Possible Watch Areas
I will update things as needed. Make it a good one and take care.
These cold spells are getting shorter by the week. Looking forward to a few 80s sooner or later. 😉
Not many cold spells left. As a winter fan I enjoy colder temperatures more so than the oppressive summer heat. That said I always love spring and early summer. But come mid July visions of fall foliage start filling my head. LOL
Thanks Chris. Looks like we are getting ready to get hit with a bit of a storm right now. Radar showing heavy rain anyway. So far it’s not doing much. I saw dogwood blooms forming on the trees, so that first of April cold spell would be about right. And that one usually lasts a week or better. Guess we will see. Have a great afternoon everyone. Stay safe in the event of any bad storms! Thanks again Chris.
The chances of strong/severe storms seems to have ramped up a bit in Southern Indiana. I wonder if that will migrate over to Kentucky.
At least for northern Kentucky (and much of Ohio), the SPC says in a recent “Mesoscale Discussion” that a watch is highly unlikely at this time as the risk is rather isolated with perhaps a few strong winds from t-storms.