Good Sunday to one and all. It simply doesn’t get much soggier than this across the bluegrass state. It’s rained 22 of the last 26 days across our part of the world. In addition to the rain, we have been in a very chilly May pattern. That part of our weather is about to change as summer temps surge in this week. Notice I’m not saying the wet pattern changes.
Today’s weather looks much better across the region, but a leftover shower or two will be possible across the eastern half of the state. Temps will hit the 70s.
Monday looks great with highs from 75-80 under a mostly sunny sky. Tuesday looks even better with readings hitting the 80-85 degree range.
This is when we start to see summer weather really moving in here. High humidity levels move in on Wednesday and could help spawn some big thunderstorms…
The pattern setting up for the second half of next week through Memorial Day looks steamy and stormy…
Borderline hot temperatures could give us our first taste of 90 degree temps at some point…
Rounds of showers and thunderstorms will be common during this time. With such high humidity levels, this is a setup for some severe storms that can dump a ton of rain.
The models have been trying to develop some kind of tropical looking system off the coast of Florida. Some of the Ensembles have been showing whatever that is, to become cutoff across the southeastern part of the country. The GFS is even showing this as we close the door on May and usher in June…
That could continue our tropical feel with… Wait for it… Wait for it… unsettled weather with more showers and storms.
The pattern over the next 2 weeks is soggy for much of the country…
I will have a summer forecast out for you this coming week on WKYT-TV.
Make it a great Sunday and take care.
Weather question:
Look at the map of the hot forecast temps. Notice how the mountains of NC always have that stripe of cooler than everything else surrounding it, because the mountains are cooler than the plains, right? But eastern KY has mountains, so does east TN. So why do you only see that stripe of about ten degree cooler temps only running up through western NC into VA? I’m from Western NC originally and it could get hot and humid, but not nearly as hot and humid as if you were outside the mountains.
Take a look at an elevation map. The Appalachian mountains are at a significantly higher elevation than eastern TN or KY.
*In Western NC and VA
The weather service office in Jackson, KY is actually at a lower elevation than Lexington. Perhaps, that’s why the East KY temps look like that.
True, but there is still elevation difference between the mountains of KY and the rest of KY, yet the temps look pretty uniform on that map. If anything, on that map, eastern KY looks a tad bit warmer
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