Good Monday to one and all. As we’ve mentioned before, September is usually a calm and tranquil weather month here in the bluegrass state. There has been nothing normal about this month. From a leftover tropical system to severe thunderstorms to flooding rains to record cold… The weather of September 2012 won’t soon be forgotten.
The next 24 hours will really show just how crazy this pattern is. We are starting things out this morning with widespread frost and possible record cold. Hit the fast forward button to Tuesday and we get clusters of strong storms and temps in the 70s. Never a dull moment around here.
Readings this morning will start out in the low and middle 30s for much of the state. Frost should be fairly expansive and is coming about 3 weeks ahead of schedule. Record lows may fall and some cities may see the coldest temps on record for this early in the season. Here’s a glimpse of some of the lows this morning…
Highs this afternoon will range from the mid and upper 60s east to low 70s in the far west. A few clouds will increase later today as warmer air across the plains states pushes in. This will usher in a pattern ripe for rounds of showers and thunderstorms for much of the rest of the week. That action gets started Tuesday and some of the storms may be strong. Here’s how things look to shake out from Tuesday through Friday…
Parts of the state may pick up an inch or two of rain before the week is out, but this will not be a washout. Temps will be rather warm with mid and upper 70s for highs. Some low 80s will be possible for areas getting in on enough sunshine on a given day.
The weekend weather has some question marks with it as many models are developing quite the storm across the Ohio Valley. The European Model is in that camp…
Looking farther down the road… signs of a renewed chilly pattern continue to show up as go toward the second week of October. The GFS and GFS Ensembles are all over another massive trough across the east with a big ridge in the west…
Man… I have given you guys a lot of maps to look at today. Yep… must be getting closer to winter. 😉
Enjoy your Monday and take care.
In my opinion (having lived here in Lexington for 16 years) that “one of” the worst thunderstorms I’ve seen was in September! Major wind, lightning and rain (almost 7 inches) and it went ON and ON and ON for three hours. It was like a three hour down burst and it all happened around midnight. It was an awesome storm!
Was that the storm that had several roads closed due to high water and those two young women got swept into a storm drain? I spent that afternoon helping to set up for a big fund-raiser and after everything was done, the rain came and the party had to be postponed and moved. It was a huge mess.
Yes, that’s the one!
No frost where im at in Perry Co.
35.4 this morning in Lawrenceburg, 35.6 yesterday morning. Slightly more frost that yesterday morning but not a heavy frost.
Looks like the first freeze of the season won’t be for awhile.
Lots of fog here this morning, and a little frost. Not too heavy, though.
Hope it stays warm in the sunshine state for a few more weeks, as we are headed down for some R&R the 5th of October.
Chris, lok into your crystal ball and tell me please, that we are not going to have to deal with anything tropical while there.
Other than that, I have a feeling that the maps you keep showing are some hints thrown out about the coming winter. 😉
Did have a friend say that they saw a wolly worm the other day, and it was black from end to end…..maybe there is hope yet!
Patchy frost on the farm again this morning. A touch more than yesterday. The temps we’ve been having lately have been fantastic. No complaints here!
It was not as cool here this morning as Sunday morning also no frost either
saw alot of frost on rooftops on the way into work this morn,
is there a reson why my area of Ky is never on the temp map above! There is always a whole there with no readings,
Apparently there are no KY Mesonet stations in the Flatwoods/Ashland area. You might contact the KY Mesonet to see if/when this will change, as they continue to activate new stations.