Good Tuesday everyone. We have a very hot and humid pattern settling in for the next few days as our feel like temps hit 100 degrees. The muggy air is going to continue to spit out some storms today as we gear up for more widespread action later Wednesday into Thursday.
The recent rains have done a number on the drought across the eastern half of the state. The new Palmer Drought Index moves this area back into the near normal range…
Much of central Kentucky remains in a moderate drought with the west experiencing an extreme drought.
The storms out there today will be tropical in nature and be able to put down torrential rains for some areas. Here’s your regional radar to track those bad boys…
Highs today will range from the low to mid 90s with a heat index from 100-105. Slow down and take it easy.
Showers and storms will become more widespread late Wednesday into Thursday as a cold front drops in from the northwest. These storms will combine with our tropical feel to produce more torrential rains. I suspect most areas pick up an inch or more of rain before the week is out.
If the models are to be believed, we are into a fairly active pattern that could produce rounds of thunderstorms working in here on the periphery of a southern plains heat ridge…
That’s something for us to keep an eye on as it could become a severe weather produce from the upper midwest into the Ohio Valley.
Have a great Tuesday and take care.
Thank you Chris. You mentioned a heat ridge out west and active weather for us. But how long do the models say this will continue?
I was looking through my records last night, and honestly, except for June we’ve been doing really great all year with precip. Each month has seen at least a few inches of rain and some more than that, including July so far. So we’re really not doing all that bad in the Frankfort/Lexington vicinity.
The south east side of Frankfort where I live is about 6inches below normal for the year, I know my back yard is not the official measurement area but I take daily rain gauge measurements and they are fairly accurate, I guess it’s all about location with this scattered heavy rain shower stuff!
Here’s something interesting. Minneapolis is at approximately the same year to date rainfall as Lexington, and at that, they are five inches ABOVE normal, while Lexington is five inches BELOW normal for the year…………
So I guess Lexington needs more rain to survive than Minneapolis?
6th afternoon in a row we’ve had heavy rain Perry/Breathitt Co. Its amazing how fast the lawn can go from burnt brown to lush green. Its going to be huge by the time it dries out enough for me to mow!
still nothing here, it rained in Ashland but not a thing at my house just outside of Flatwoods.
I guess this is a disturbing trend…I don’t spend that much time outdoors but it used to be a high of 96 and low of 76 (which is what was observed today at CVG) would greatly bother me. Too hot and humid.
Today? Meh.