Good Wednesday, everybody. We have a super active setup taking shape over the next few days and that spells trouble. Rounds of showers and thunderstorms will come at us, putting down a ton of rain. This will cause an increased risk for flash flooding and river flooding through the end of the week.
A Flood Watch continues for much of the state through Thursday night…
A general 2″-4″ of rain will be likely for much of the state. Here’s what I’m expecting…
I’ve talked about how the models were going south with the heavy rain and that’s a trend still showing up. The GFS now looks similar to my map…
In addition to the flood threat, a few strong or locally severe storms will be possible, especially west. Here’s the Severe Weather Outlook from the Storm Prediction Center…
Here are your radars to track the rounds of heavy rain and storms today…
The cold front finally blasts through here Thursday night, with crashing temps behind it. Readings may hit 70 ahead of the front, then drop into the 20s behind it by Friday morning. A brief period of light snow is possible as the cold sweeps in.
Friday’s weather looks good with highs struggling to get past 32 degrees. Lows by Saturday will hit the teens with 30s for highs again.
The next system moving in arrives on Sunday, with a bigger system right behind it early next week. Rain, snow and a mix are all possible during this time…
New GFS
GFS
I will have updates later today. I leave you with your tracking tools for the day…
Current watches
Possible watch areas
Have a good one and take care.
Looks like a flood watch has just been issued for the rest of the state now as well.
Thunder at my house this morning in Southern Ohio.
Old wives tale… thunder in winter, snow in a week.
Where’s the cold air when u need it. Currently the cold air is locked up in the Northwest.
Thanks Chris, not looking forward to all the rain.
Winter is alive and well in Canada and along the west coast and the north central plains.
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Your welcome Jeff Kidd !
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Nothing to do with Kentucky
All weather events are connected.
You just answered your own question.
You just answered your own question
Looks like some interesting weather from Saturday and the next following weeks to come. Models trending south and colder.
Something to look forward to. Good !
I think we were saying the same thing late December.
And January
I will believe it whe I see it. Models have not exactly panned out like we want them to in the past.
However, I do like where the endecies are heading along with the MJO. Just think that Feb and March are not the months to get sustained cold. More overrunning storms IMO with mixed bags of precipitation.
Plain rain better than ice.
Can’t wait to see local rivers after this weekend. The ground is already saturated, and any small rain raises the Ohio noticeably it seems. We could have a repeat of last spring.
Looks like the rain train is here to stay
I have 40’s and 50’s every day after Saturday. By that time we will have burned through half the month. We are almost to the finish line in the year without a Winter.
If it doesn’t snow big in February then maybe in March but hopefully not in April.
Once we get through half the month average highs get 50s in the southern half of state. Spring is on the way with a little minor bumps here and there. Only about 20 days until the end of meteorogical winter. No complaints from me.
One of the meteorologist out of Louisville is talking about TORNADOES as a possible threat tomorrow in addition to the flooding threat.
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