Strong Storms and Snowflakes Ahead

Good Monday, folks. It’s a wild week of weather taking shape across Kentucky as our weather pattern goes to the extreme… Again. We have everything from strong storms to snowflakes on the way later this week into the coming weekend. Oh boy… I can’t wait. 🙄

As usual, let us begin with today and roll forward. Highs are in the 60s with clouds increasing and the chance for a shower or thunderstorm going up in the afternoon and evening. Here are your friendly radars…

This is ahead of a more widespread round of showers and storms later tonight into Tuesday. This comes from low pressure working across the southern Appalachian Mountains and opens the door for a more potent system rolling in behind that later Wednesday.

A strong low pressure works into the upper Mississippi Valley and slows down. At the same time, it drags a cold front slowly across Kentucky as a wave of low pressure develops along it…

This puts central and eastern Kentucky in the risk area for strong to severe thunderstorms…

Here’s where the Storm Prediction is highlighting for the potential for severe storms…

This is another big wind maker as cold air crashes in here behind this on Thursday. With a major upper level low spinning over top of us, rounds of rain and snow showers look to develop Thursday night into Friday…

As the cold air strengthens, mainly snow showers will be noted for Friday night and Saturday…

Highs may struggle to get to 40 on Saturday with a wind chill in the 20s. What the holy what is that all about? Well… It’s the pattern we’ve talked about for a few weeks now, so it’s not a surprise.

Better news rolls in a few days later as a ridge develops across the eastern half of the country next week…

That’s a really warm pattern that can push temps to around 80 degrees on more than one occasion. It’s also one that can bring a severe weather threat in here.

Again, I don’t think we are out of the woods from another cold shot or two impacting our region. While this is similar to the past couple of springs, I think this spring has MUCH more severe weather with it.

Enjoy your Monday and take care.