Good Tuesday to one and all. We have another blast of September air firmly in control of the weather out there today, but stormy changes are lurking by the weekend into much of next week. That will likely bring the potential for too much rain to our region as we close out June.
A cold front is moving away from the region early today, leaving behind a mix of sun and clouds and much cooler air. Clouds may linger across the east and southeast early on, so be patient. There’s even the chance for some showers around early on…
Let’s be honest, this air feels absolutely awesome as 50s start the day and 70s end it. Highs across parts of central and eastern Kentucky may not get out of the upper 60s and low 70s in a few spots.
Lows tonight will be on the cool side and may be borderline chilly for this time of year with some 40s showing up…
The rest of the day looks amazing with highs in the 70s and low humidity levels with plenty of sun. This sets us up for one more cool morning on Thursday…
Temps recover for Thursday and Friday as we wait on another stormy pattern to kick in. This likely happens over the weekend and takes us through next week and likely through July. You can see the storms coming at us in waves this weekend and early next week…
This pattern may even give us another tropical system down in the Gulf of Mexico by the 4th of July weekend. The GFS shows this well and shows our stormy pattern rolling on…
The EURO Ensembles show well above normal rainfall through the 5th of July…
Notice how the wettest weather relative to normal is right on top of our region. The new EURO Weeklies are out and go through August 5th and keeps the bullseye right on top of us…
The control run of the weeklies for the same time period is crazy wet for our region…
That run has a friend in the control run of the GFS Ensembles through the last week of July…
Again, it’s hard to get any kind of true summer heat with this type of a setup.
Make it a great day and take care.
I really hate the summer forecast. Way too much rain.
The National Weather Service also confirmed there was an EF-0 tornado (winds between 65-85 MPH) where I live in Plainfield (in NW Will County) on Sunday night! The tornado touched down less than a mile to the NW of where I live, had a path of 3.2 miles, and caused considerable tree damage in its path. I took a walk Monday to look at the damage, and there were several dozen large branches ripped off trees in one affected neighborhood, which were all gathered on the grass by the side of the street. No damage in my neighborhood other than small tree branches being blown down.
Here is the updated link from the NWS regarding the tornadoes and damages: http://weather.gov/lot/2021jun2021
Here is an article along with several updated videos about the tornado and its aftermath from a Chicago TV station: http://abc7chicago.com/weather/ef-3-tornado-touches-down-in-dupage-co-damaging-trees-homes/10815597/
The National Weather Service also confirmed there was an EF-0 tornado (winds between 65-85 MPH) where I live in Plainfield (in NW Will county) on Sunday night! The tornado touched down less than a mile NW where I live and had a path of 3.2 miles before dissipating. There was considerable tree damage along its path. I took a walk on Monday through one of the affected neighborhoods, and there were several dozen large branches that had been snapped off trees that were all gathered to the side of the street on the gra-ss. No damage on my block other than small tree branches being blown off.
Here is an updated link from the NWS regarding the tornadoes: http://weather.gov/lot/2021jun2021
Here is an updated link along with several videos from a Chicago TV station regarding the tornado and its aftermath: http://abc7chicago.com/weather/ef-3-tornado-touches-down-in-dupage-co-damaging-trees-homes/10815597/
Tuesday thru Thursday looks great.
This is the second major severe weather event to affect the Chicago area in less than a year. Last August 10th, a derecho slammed through the area, causing much damage and power outages to hundreds of thousands of homes, including my home for 32 1/2 hours.
In the past 48 hours the Kentucky Mesonet recorded 0.77″ of rainfall, which was much needed for the crops in my area.
I will really, really be surprised if that much rain falls through the Summer months, but I do believe we will get short breaks of cooler, drier weather before longer heat and humidity days return.
A typical Summer for the Ohio Valley. I just hope we have Autumn weather with frosty mornings in mid September.