Good Sunday everyone. I hope you guys are taking advantage of the awesome weather we have out there this weekend because things are about to turn a little nasty. October comes in with another rainstorm moving across Kentucky and this system is loaded with moisture. That will lead us into a pattern that looks pretty darn cold for much of the country over the next few weeks.

Today will be another great weather day with temps back into the lower 70s for many as skies remain partly sunny. You should notice a little more cloud cover rolling in from south to north during the afternoon and evening. This is ahead of our moisture packed storm across the deep south. This area of low pressure will lift northward into Kentucky late Monday into Tuesday and will bring us a lot of rain.

Showers and thunderstorms will increase on Monday as our winds become a little gusty. Temps will be held down by the clouds and rain. You can see what a healthy storm this is by looking at the NAM Simulated Radar…

We’ve had a lot of rain across the state in recent weeks so we will need to keep an eye on the creeks and streams during this time. Winds will also gust up and this may knock down some of the early color we are seeing from our forests.

This brings us to tracking another big temperature plunge that should arrive by the coming weekend. A cold front will be working into the region late Friday and we may see a wave of low pressure develop along this boundary. Some of the models have been hinting at this lately and that could create some interesting problems across the Ohio Valley.

Here’s the European Model…

That takes us into a pattern ripe for an early season freeze around here as we roll into next weekend and the following week.

Have a great Sunday and take care.