Good afternoon, everybody. It’s another chilly and dreary day in the bluegrass state, but the focus of the forecast is on a potent storm system coming our way later this week. This will try to merge with the leftovers of Zeta to bring a lot of rain and gusty winds to Kentucky.
Temps this afternoon are mainly in the 50s with a few 60s in the far southeast. Clouds are common and will spit out a few showers from time to time. Here are your radars…
Tuesday actually looks a little colder with some areas back into the upper 40s for highs. There’s also a better chance for rain showing up, with some downpours a good bet across the west and north.
Hurricane Zeta is still on a collision course with Louisiana later Wednesday. Here’s the latest from the National Hurricane Center…
Notice the cone is a little farther south, but that’s only tracking the center of circulation. Actual tropical rains will be well out ahead of this and should arrive in Kentucky on Wednesday.
At the same time, we will watch our storm system rolling in here from the southwest. That tries to absorb what’s left of Zeta or, at least, pulls in a lot of the moisture from it. The end result would be rounds of heavy rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds around here through Friday.
Here’s how the models handle it…
The NAM only goes through Thursday evening…
The GFS continues to be the most progressive…
The Canadian is steady as she goes…
The EURO looks a lot like the Canadian…
That turns into a big northeastern snowstorm. Here’s what it means for us…
- Rounds of rain and a few thunderstorms Wednesday through Friday.
- Rainfall amounts of a few inches will be possible.
- Wind gusts of 30mph or a little greater may also show up.
- Temps will spike during this time, but come crashing down for Friday. Highs then are only in the 40s.
Another cold front follows that up for Sunday with even colder air to kick off November. The EURO is close to spitting out some flakes on a northwest flow…
Enjoy the rest of the day and take care.
It has been a long time since I have seen any blue & purple on the state radar.
(Central Illinois)
We had our first snow flurries in the Chicago Metro area this morning mixing in with light rain, but no accumulation. It’s a breezy, chilly, very raw day here with cloudy skies and temps in the upper 30s. Looking forward to going on my power walk in the forest preserve by me in a few minutes.
Looks like all the rain from that big system later in the week will stay south of the Chicago area.