Good Saturday, everyone. The weekend is off and running with very nice weather across our part of the world. The nice isn’t going to hang out long, as a series of ugly weather makers roll through Kentucky in the coming week. That means rain chances go up and temps go down.

In the longer term, I’m seeing signs of hope for Kentucky Derby Week. 🙂

Today will feature a mix of sun and clouds with temps hitting the 60s for the entire state. Those clouds will continue to thicken on Sunday, with rain moving in to the west and far south later in the afternoon and evening. That surge of rain is from out slow moving southern storm system and will continue to throw rain at us into Monday. Another system then dives in from the northwest by Tuesday and Wednesday, keeping showers around…

The heaviest rains during this time will be across the southern half of the state…

Gusty winds and below normal temps will be common as both systems roll through.

The setup for the end of the week into the weekend isn’t looking much better, and  at actually look worse. Check out this ugly system showing up on the European…

The GFS is very similar and even some… Some… I can’t even…

That’s a very cold look coming from another deep trough across the eastern half of the country…

As that’s happening, bigger changes are going on in the Northern Hemisphere, leading to the possibility of the pattern flipping to warm as we head into May. Watch how the western ridge comes east, with the jet steam allowing the west to turn chilly for a change…

A pattern like that could bring 80s in the days leading up to Derby…

Keep your fingers crossed on that pattern actually developing!! 🙂

Make it a great day and take care.