Good Thursday everyone. Gusty showers continue across the bluegrass state today as our pattern begins to take on a much cooler look. We have two shots of chill to track over the next week and change. The one next week is getting my attention and it should have the attention of green thumbs across the state. More on that in a bit.
Showers and cool temps are with us today as low pressure rolls across the Tennessee Valley. Highs are going to struggle to get out of the 50s for most of Kentucky. We should see some brightening skies later today as the rain pulls away.
Clearing skies will set us up for a cold night ahead as lows head close to freezing and this means some frost is possible. The same can be said for Saturday morning. Highs on Friday will warm into the low 60s in the south and west and upper 50s in the north.
Our Easter Weekend will see high temps in the upper 60s with a fair amount of sunshine. Some clouds will increase on Easter Sunday with a late day shower possible. Winds should increase as a stronger front inches closer to the region by early Monday.
The setup early next week is one that can open the floodgates to some Canadian cold air. The European Model is going all in on the chill…
Many of the other models have been looking similar to what the Euro is showing. The GFS is also on board the cold train..
That could really cause some issues from frost and freezing temps and is something for us to really keep a close eye on.
Have a great Thursday and take care
** 25th an. of the great april snowstorm that paralyzed east ky **
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=jkl&storyid=81396&source=0
Paralyzed east Tn as well! I was only a few years old so I have no real memory, perhaps partly because it would have melted so fast. For all I know, I might have been down with chicken pox at the time 😉
Even dumped 10 inches snow on parts of Alabama, including 6 in Birmingham.
Considering what 2012 has brought, a lot of us would rather remember April 3 as the anniversary of the 1987 “Dogwood Snow” than the anniversary of the 1974 tornado Super Outbreak. At least there’s been no real severe wx since March 2 2012. Indeed, things look relatively gentle, cool and dry in the near term (hope that’s not a sign of a long term drought). Although the Gulf waters are still very warm and juicy, La Niña is rapidly ending; historically, La Niña may increase the chances of larger, long-track twisters although such tornadoes can occur during neutral and El Niño years too.
We still need to get through April and May before we can more let down our guard regarding larger tornadoes. Historically, June on tends to have weaker twisters in Ky/Tn, still a threat but nothing like what March/April/May can bring.
00Z GFS still shows a good frost tomorrow morning. Also, a slight bit more moisture return along the front coming in on Easter. But I still think sunrise church services are in good shape.
Finally! 😀
Looks like now we will get March Temps in April, Ky weather, what a strange place to live!
“One of these days we’re going to have 1,000 or more deaths from a single tornado somewhere in the United States,” said meteorologist and Haag structural engineer Tim Marshall http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-douglas/tornados-climate-change_b_1403642.html
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Well “Dogwood Winter” coulda waited til the next week to come around since my daughter is on Spring Break….But I guess Mother Nature has a mind of her own….
Thanks for the updates Chris…
Maybe she’ll get a day or two with some warm weather….
lets go for some snow during this time! lol