Good Sunday, everyone. Our big storm system is finally pulling away from the bluegrass state, but another one is ready to take its place in a few days. That system looks to arrive by Halloween, but this one will be a little different. It has very cold air coming in on the backside of it.
High winds caused quite a bit of damage in western Kentucky as the remnant low from Olga moved through. Heavy rainfall was noted into many areas and that’s putting some of us close to record territory for October. That’s right, October has a chance to go down as one of the top 10 wettest on record for some cities.
That is likely to happen with our next storm system moving in for Wednesday and Halloween Thursday. This looks to be another potent low pressure with high winds and heavy rains for much of the region. Unlike the recent storm, this one has quite a bit of cold air to work with on the western side of the storm…
That could be another good sized rain event around here, with gusty winds causing issues. This could play a big role in trick or treating hours and that’s something officials may have to start looking at soon.
Notice all the snow on the northwestern side of that storm. There’s the chance for history making snows to our west and northwest with this storm. If you squint, you can see the possibility of a few flakes just north of the Ohio River. Meh.
Check out the temp crash coming on Halloween, with the cold settling in for the first day of November on Friday…
That blast of cold will make for a nice start to the wall to wall Christmas music season. 🙂
Looking down the road at the WeatherBell European Weeklies from this past Thursday, we find a continuation of the active pattern through the first week of December. Much above normal precipitation looks to take place…
The flakes forecast through the same period…
All that should be saying to you is that winter has a chance to start earlier than normal this year. That’s already the case for much of the country, so that certainly gives us some confidence to the trend.
I will have another update later today. Until then, make it a good one and take care.
Richmond did not seem to get a lot of rain overall- at least not the 1-3 forecast. Lexington appears to have got a lot more than Richmond. We got hardly anything during the game, though heavy rain at there. Went to walk the dog during commercials thinking it would be pouring hard- just a drizzle.
Correction: your area of Richmond.
Nothing on my front porch was where it was suppose to be, and collected a thing or two from the front yard, but all is well. Have a great Sunday everyone and be blessed!
Thanks CB!
That flake forecast keeps creeping down. As a layman learning from you and this site, does the flake forecast show the potential for a significant snowpack to our NW? Can that alter the flake potential significantly?
Again, TY….and Go Cards!
The Chicago Metro Area received a soaking rain Saturday afternoon and evening – hours of continuous, moderate-to-heavy rain leading to widespread 2-3 inch totals throughout the area.
O’Hare Airport received 2.18 inches of rain yesterday, which was an all-time record for the date. For the month, 5.64 inches of rain has fallen there, more than twice the normal for the month. For the year, precipitation at O’Hare is now at 45 inches exactly, which is only about 5 inches off the all-time wettest year of 50.08 inches, set in 2008. That record can certainly be broken, especially with the above-normal precip that is forecast in the long-range outlook.
Looking forward to the late-week storm approaching the Midwest, as the area of snow is so close to Chicago!
Good Lord! Your in Chicago? The weather in Chicago and the weather here in Kentucky are two different worlds. lol