Let’s Warm It Up

Good Thursday everyone. Our weather day is starting out on a very cold note with temps back into the 20s for many areas. While today will go down as another below normal temperature day… we have MUCH warmer air set to surge in here for the upcoming weekend. Yippee!

High temps today will slowly head toward 60 degrees in many areas with low 60s in the south. Skies will continue to run partly to mostly sunny.

Friday will see readings starting out in the high 30s and warming well into the 60s as a few clouds increase ahead of a warm front that sweeps through here early Saturday. This warm front may produce a scattered shower or thunderstorm and this shows up on the NAM simulated radar…

Temps on Saturday will surge into the 70s and then likely hit 80 or better by Sunday into Monday. That warm spell is ahead of the slow-moving plains storm we have been highlighting for a few days. This will be a massive severe weather producer out there for the next several days. It does have a shot to bring us some big boomers early next week.

Here’s how the European Model sees that storm playing out…

Have a terrific Thursday and take care.

8 Comments

Jerrod on April 12, 2012 at 12:35 am

Hey Chris,
Would you say after this week, it should be safe to start planting my garden. I was always told after mothers day. Think we might have one last frost? Thanks.

WendyT-MercerCo on April 12, 2012 at 9:46 am

These cold mornings have been a shock to the system. Glad the weekend looks great. Thanks Chris!

KP on April 12, 2012 at 2:39 pm

Our favorite weatherman is the star of today’s Lexington Herald-Leader. Awesome thing you did for those kids, Chris!!

http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/11/2147531/meteorologist-chats-with-students.html#storylink=misearch

(if this link doesn’t work, the story is on Kentucky.com and WKYT has a video link too)

Mark on April 12, 2012 at 4:26 pm

SPC already has a moderate risk (and a relatively high 45% probability) for severe wx for Sat in Oklahoma and Kansas. As if the good people there aren’t storm ready.

As others have already pointed out, this system may have minimal effect on us.

But as CB and others mentioned, a second system could nail us with severe wx early next week. Something to watch very carefully.

Came across unsurprising but still numbing statistics about the March 2 tornado outbreak.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/torn/fataltorn.html
All 13 deaths in Indiana, and 18 of the 22 fatalities in Kentucky were in mobile homes. If you know people that live in mobile homes, please encourage them to seek much safer shelter if we get severe wx next week.

tornadolarkin on April 12, 2012 at 4:45 pm

This plains system is probably going to be the largest tornado outbreak in several years though for them. This is a moderate risk 3 days in advance, and the fact that they use this wording….
…POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES AND VERY
LARGE HAIL ACROSS PARTS OF OK/KS INTO SERN NEB/NWRN MO/SWRN IA…

That is absolutely unreal wording for 3 days in advance. They didn’t use that type of wording for May 25th 2011 outbreak, the April 16th carolina outbreak. The last time moderate risk was issued for day 3 was on the April 27th outbreak of last year. I wish I could get a plane ticket to central Oklahoma.

RhondaB on April 12, 2012 at 7:27 pm

I think it is wonderful that CB went to the schools to help children understand and not be afraid after what they went through. I have a favor to ask of you, Chris…Could you put the same thing on the blog or somewhere that I could either read or watch it explained fully? Because I am afraid, too. Every time it thunders, or the clouds darken and fill the sky, I am terrified that another tornado is coming. Maybe hearing what you said to the children would help, not just me, but others as well. So, if you could and it isn’t too much trouble, I would really appreciate it!

Marsha on April 12, 2012 at 8:08 pm
I agree Rhonda I am scared to death when they start talking about more bad storms Chris please help us…..

Katie on April 12, 2012 at 10:55 pm

Hooray for warmth! 🙂 The storms do sound like a good idea, as long as no tornadoes are involved. x_x I just want a nice, soaking spring storm or two next week with a pretty lightning show to boot. That’s all. lol. We do need the rain though; it’s been a little dry around these central Kentucky parts for about the past week. My flower babies have had to endure not only the cold, but the lack of rain, too.

Jerrod on April 12, 2012 at 12:35 am
Hey Chris,
Would you say after this week, it should be safe to start planting my garden. I was always told after mothers day. Think we might have one last frost? Thanks.
WendyT-MercerCo on April 12, 2012 at 9:46 am
These cold mornings have been a shock to the system. Glad the weekend looks great. Thanks Chris!
KP on April 12, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Our favorite weatherman is the star of today’s Lexington Herald-Leader. Awesome thing you did for those kids, Chris!!
http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/11/2147531/meteorologist-chats-with-students.html#storylink=misearch
(if this link doesn’t work, the story is on Kentucky.com and WKYT has a video link too)
Mark on April 12, 2012 at 4:26 pm
SPC already has a moderate risk (and a relatively high 45% probability) for severe wx for Sat in Oklahoma and Kansas. As if the good people there aren’t storm ready.
As others have already pointed out, this system may have minimal effect on us.
But as CB and others mentioned, a second system could nail us with severe wx early next week. Something to watch very carefully.
Came across unsurprising but still numbing statistics about the March 2 tornado outbreak.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/torn/fataltorn.html
All 13 deaths in Indiana, and 18 of the 22 fatalities in Kentucky were in mobile homes. If you know people that live in mobile homes, please encourage them to seek much safer shelter if we get severe wx next week.
tornadolarkin on April 12, 2012 at 4:45 pm
This plains system is probably going to be the largest tornado outbreak in several years though for them. This is a moderate risk 3 days in advance, and the fact that they use this wording….
…POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES AND VERY
LARGE HAIL ACROSS PARTS OF OK/KS INTO SERN NEB/NWRN MO/SWRN IA…
That is absolutely unreal wording for 3 days in advance. They didn’t use that type of wording for May 25th 2011 outbreak, the April 16th carolina outbreak. The last time moderate risk was issued for day 3 was on the April 27th outbreak of last year. I wish I could get a plane ticket to central Oklahoma.
RhondaB on April 12, 2012 at 7:27 pm
I think it is wonderful that CB went to the schools to help children understand and not be afraid after what they went through. I have a favor to ask of you, Chris…Could you put the same thing on the blog or somewhere that I could either read or watch it explained fully? Because I am afraid, too. Every time it thunders, or the clouds darken and fill the sky, I am terrified that another tornado is coming. Maybe hearing what you said to the children would help, not just me, but others as well. So, if you could and it isn’t too much trouble, I would really appreciate it!
- Marsha on April 12, 2012 at 8:08 pm
  I agree Rhonda I am scared to death when they start talking about more bad storms Chris please help us…..
Katie on April 12, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Hooray for warmth! 🙂 The storms do sound like a good idea, as long as no tornadoes are involved. x_x I just want a nice, soaking spring storm or two next week with a pretty lightning show to boot. That’s all. lol. We do need the rain though; it’s been a little dry around these central Kentucky parts for about the past week. My flower babies have had to endure not only the cold, but the lack of rain, too.

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