Good Wednesday, folks. It’s an active weather day across the state as a strong cold front works across the state. This is bringing the potential for strong to severe storms and will be followed up by a touch of winter weather here in early April.
A few showers and storms move into western Kentucky early today and slowly work eastward. Some of the storms in the west may even be strong or severe early on. This line moves into central Kentucky during the afternoon and should strengthen the farther east it gets during the afternoon and evening. This is when some strong to severe storms comes into play with the chance for damaging winds. There’s also the chance for a few tornadoes.
The Storm Prediction Center continues to highlight this area in the Severe Weather Outlook…
Cooler winds blow for Thursday but it’s nothing out of the ordinary. The out of the ordinary comes into play Friday and Saturday as a MONSTER upper level low spins through here. This brings some ugly:
- High temps Friday and Saturday barely get into the low 40s for some. There’s a chance for some upper 30s.
- Overnight lows will drop into the upper 20s and low 30s.
- Gusty winds will make it feel much colder. Overnight wind chills in the low and middle 20s are likely. Afternoon wind chills in the upper 20s and low 30s will be likely.
- Widespread rain and snow showers develop Friday and continue into Saturday.
- The best threat for snow showers will be Friday night and Saturday.
- Some light and slushy accumulations can’t be ruled out during this time.
The GFS and EURO are showing the potential for a touch of slush for some areas…
GFS
EURO
As a reminder, we had accumulating snows late in April last year.
Much better air comes in behind this on Sunday with upper 50s and low 60s with a mix of sun and clouds.
Temps next week spike in a major way and it gets warm for a few days. The threat for some showers and storms will be noted and some of that action may be strong or even severe before the week is over.
Remember me saying more cold shots are coming later in the month and into May? Well, here we go again. The ENSEMBLES have a very strong signal for well below normal temps coming by next weekend into the following week.
Let’s take a look at the period April 15-20th for temp departures…
EURO ENSEMBLES
GFS ENSEMBLES
That’s just rude, but it’s not like this is something we haven’t talked about happening for a long time now.
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Current watches
Possible Watch Areas
Have a wonderful Wednesday and take care.
I’ll believe the cold shots when I see them. 😉
We had 0.47 inches of Rain yesterday and More expected today. I hope the Severe Weather stays Away.
I Would be Surprised if We Receive Snow Showers Later in the Week.
Spring Weather should Arrive after the Fifteen. We Hope !!!
I would be happy with a few days in a row of dry weather. Would like to go outside and do a few projects.
My PWS recorded .0.68″ of rain, with 0.11 coming after midnight. The severe weather today should be east of the Warren County area, but showers and thunder will stick around for several hours. I continue to be concerned about the potential for severe weather in Kentucky during the late April to mid May period A significant amount of arctic air is in place over Canada, while dewpoints in the tropics and deep South remain above normal, and unless the predominate storm track changes over the next few weeks, the battleground between those air masses could span the Ohio/Tennessee valley region.