Good Thursday, folks. Our long cold spring is over as summertime air continues to surge into the Commonwealth. This will give us our warmest run since way back in early September of last year. For those looking for some dry weather… We have ya covered there, too.

Lexington FINALLY hit 80 on Wednesday, making this the latest 80 degree temps since May 22, 1972. If you’re keeping score, that summer went on to be rather tame.

Temps today spike into the 80-85 degree range for many with a few clouds going up. There could still be a popcorn shower or storm going up, but don’t hold your breath on that one.

Low and middle 80s will be common Friday into the weekend when a few spots try to make a run into the upper 80s. The EURO is doing EURO things and the temperature forecast from the model comes down as you get closer to any one day. Remember this one, young weather mets who read this and pretend they don’t! 😉

The model is still trying to throw 90 or better in here by early next week…

Again, all those numbers show up lower as you get to any one particular date. Still, this is some toasty stuff for this early in the season. Can we get a 90? I can’t totally discount it.

The longer range keeps us toasty through next week, but we find the EURO Ensembles going back to a trough digging in here Memorial Day weekend into early June…

The Control Run agrees…

This is also a drier than normal two week stretch…

Look at that plume of tropical moisture aimed toward Texas and Louisiana then up the plains states. That actually argues for a tame summer around here. Why? As our summertime southwest flow becomes established, it’s coming off ground that’s soggy and doesn’t allow the air to really heat up. I say this as some of my most recent analogs have some toasty periods around here.

I leave you with some summertime tune action…

Make it a great day and take care.