Good Friday to one and all. We have finally made it to the end of the week and the weekend is staring us right in the face. Our week has been straight out of summer with lots of 80s for highs and records biting the dust. We may end things on a booming note with showers and some strong thunderstorms.
A big upper level low will work eastward across the state today into Saturday. This cold pool of air aloft will combine with some afternoon heating today to trigger thunderstorms. Some of these storms may be strong or severe with large hail the primary threat. These things can carry some high winds with them, as well.
I have you set to track today’s action…
Current Risk
Current Watches
Possible Watch Areas
Highs temps today will spike into the upper 60s and low 70s. The more sunshine we can get into… the better the threat for some booming storms.
Showers and storms will continue into Saturday and Sunday with readings coming down a few degrees. Many areas should stay in the low and mid 50s for highs.
Skies will brighten early next week with warmer air surging back in here. Highs should hit the 70s once again during this time.
I will have updates as needed today and will have updates as needed on the blog and via twitter.
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Have a great Friday and take care.
This weather is causing me to have horrible allergy problems and I never have allergy problems.
As CB’s graphic above touches on, the SPC has parts of our area with a slight risk of severe wx this morning.
http://spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html
At least the tornado risk is very low, a high of only 2%.
http://spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1probotlk_1200_torn.gif
Somewhat higher probability of strong winds and especially large hail.
We’ll have to see how this wx evolves during the afternoon.
LMK did a nice write-up on warm Marches, and the Aprils that followed. Statistically, it’s unlikely to have a harsh April. So far, this is the warmest March ever recorded at LEX.
Wxman, I hope you are right about not a harsh April. My Mom wants to come up for easter but she is waiting to make sure we don’t have a freak snowstorm or tornadoes in the forecast! I would love a bright, sunny, warm Easter day for the kids to hunt Easter eggs!
When I say harsh, I mean freezing weather. We all remember March 2007 but that month wasn’t an all-time warm March like this current one is. Statistically, following a record setting warm March we are unlikely to have a cold April. That’s what I meant to say.
I do still believe severe weather is going to rake the nation over in April.
Marie…the way it looks right now those egg hunts may be COLD…YUCK!!! models showing a trough developing in the east around easter…winters last grasp?…who knows yet…but it sure looks to be alot colder that it has been..UNFORTUNATELY!!..and the weather blog talk is a possible snowstorm somewhere along the east/northeastern part of the US. during this time as well…I dont know whether I buy that just yet…but it has happened before…so who knows…and also I read a few minutes ago that the summer may be COLDER than normal…and parts of the Upper mid west may be seeing the warmest temps. they see all summer…. now would’nt that just be messed up!! Im all for cooler/wetter summers = nice,lush green vegetation!!!
That happened a few years ago in the Northeast. They had upper 80’s and low 90’s in April and then May through the rest of the summer they were way below normal. I would be happy with that this year. The past two summers have been horrible here with heat and humidity.
We are heading to Greenup from Paintsville tonight for a softball game and I’m wondering if the rain will knock us out of playing? Will the showers and storms be hit and miss or widespread into the evening?
Unfortunately, kind of looking like lots of storms for eastern Ky later in evening. With any luck, the storms will wait until after the softball game, but that may be wishful thinking. There is already a severe t-storm watch for much of western Ky.
All of these storms could have strong damaging winds and large hail. But no where near the tornado threat of March 2, not that there can’t be an isolated twister or two.
Dara, we continue to have your area in our thoughts and prayers. Still recall CB’s dismay at he watched that tornadic supercell approaching his hometown of Salyersville.
Possible tornado touchdown in Louisville, relatively minor damage at this point. Here’s livestream:
http://www.wave3.com/