Good Friday to one and all. We continue to track a big fall storm system blowing in for the weekend and early next week. This will bring a lot of wet weather with it to go along with below normal temps that will give us that full on fall feel.
Temps today spike into the 80-85 degree range for many with a mix of sun and clouds. Humidity levels will also increase as moisture creeps back in from the south and southwest. This will set the stage for a few showers and storms to go up across areas of western and southern Kentucky through the evening hours.
Here are your radars to follow along…
Rounds of showers and storms then kick in for Saturday and Sunday ahead of our fall storm moving slowly in here from the west. The flow means the action will be coming at us from the south and southwest. While it won’t rain all the time, heavy down pours are a good bet Saturday through early Monday. Some wraparound clouds and showers may then be noted Tuesday and Wednesday as our system pushes to the east…
Rainfall during this time will be heaviest across central and eastern Kentucky with some 1″-2″ amounts through Monday…
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Much of that rain falls along and ahead of our big upper low spinning through here…
The tropical Atlantic continues to churn with Earl and another system developing way out there…
There is no threat to land anytime soon.
Kay is still on track to bring wind and heavy rain into southern California…
Have a fantastic Friday and take care.
Definitely good news for Cal.
Looks like the coldest core of that ” upper level low pressure system ” is spinning through the Southern Great Lakes to me, but maybe I’m interpreting the European weather model incorrectly ? If I’m interpreting the model correctly we would be in the warmer sector of the system which would give our area a more ” tropical like system ” rather than an early ” Fall like system. ”
The Gulf of Mexico may be opening up for tropical activity. If that happens down the ” old weather road ”
maybe we could get on a ” good soaking rain ” that is more wide spread than this widely ” scattered shower stuff ” here lately ?
Latest on La Nina is that it is becoming more persistent in the Tropical Pacific as we enter the Autumn Season and is likely to continue through our Winter months or it could revert to ENSO- Neutral at anytime through the period ?
Kind of rare for a Tropical Storm to affect California. I don’t remember if I ever seen such, but I hope it happens and they receive the much needed rains in the Agricultural areas of the State.
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