Good Monday everyone and welcome to another weather week of big changes. The changes get started today as scattered showers and thunderstorms develop across the region. The real change comes by late week into the coming weekend as our temps get set to take another major tumble. That air looks cooler than the stuff we had this past weekend.
We have a weak system crossing through the Ohio Valley today and this will kick off a few storms. Much of the action today will be centered across the western half of the state then slowly work east tonight and early Tuesday. I can’t rule out a few strong or severe storms today in the west. Here’s what you need to track this possibility…
Watches
Temps today will hit the 80s across the entire state then come down a few degrees by Tuesday as leftover showers slowly depart. Highs tomorrow may have a tough time getting past 80 in the east.
Wednesday and Thursday look good with warm air and partly sunny skies.
Showers and storms will kick in late Thursday into Friday ahead of a very strong cold front. This front will usher in a serious blast of cool air for the coming weekend. The upper levels show a pattern that looks nothing like the month of August…
A deep trough like that could produce record or near record cool temps during that time period. The GFS temp forecast looks the part…
There’s a little BRRR factor to those maps!
Have a great Monday and take care.
Loving the early fall weather. Keep it coming, Chris!
Looks like parts of western KY getting some good rains today, sadly it is fading the closer it gets to Frankfort area, the old dry pattern of a few weeks ago is here in Frankfort again!
Hey all you WKy folks…glad you’re getting in on some rain!
The clouds will keep nCentral Ky out of good rains, doubt very much refires this afternoon because of low instability chances. A solid line of strong to severe stuff from south central ky to Alabama. Glad to western ky get some rain but for the crops it’s way to late at this point!
driving home, rainy and 66 degrees. our high was 83
let me correct that our high was supposed to be 83
Severe t-storm watch just issued, includes far western KY and TN:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0577.html
Destructive wind and hail threat for most part, the tornado threat has been lowered to 2%.
When was the last time we had a weekly forecast without a high in the 90s?
Crazy KY summer continues, when it rains in central and east KY no rain in western KY, when it rains their, no rain in central and east, why can’t we just have a front that produces rain widespread from east to west like the good ole days?? I guess that only happens in winter!
eeek!! not too cool to fast. i want to keep my garden going a little while longer.