Good Friday, folks. KWC continues to undergo some maintenance so things might be a little wonky for a bit. As far as the weather is concerned, it’s another big blast of wind blowing into the region later today and tonight as a stout cold front sweeps through here.
Clouds thicken out there today with a stray shower or two going up in the afternoon as winds begin to crank. Those winds will cause our temps to spike into the 50s and we may very well stay there into the overnight ahead of the front.
Wind gusts of 40mph to 50mph will be noted through tonight…
The best chance for showers arrives late this evening and lasts into early Saturday before quick clearing takes place from the northwest. Still, some quarter to half inch rain amounts will be possible…
Here are your radars to follow along with the showers…
Temps drop behind our front with a seasonable brand of cold for the rest of Saturday and that takes us into Sunday. A weak system passes through the Tennessee Valley and has a small chance at bringing some precip to the far west and south, but most of it stays south.
A much stronger storm system targets the region late Monday through Wednesday with rounds of rain. The Canadian is most aggressive…
The GFS is a little more disjointed…
This is the setup I’ve talked about in possibly producing too much rain and the models continue to spit out some impressive totals but vary on whether the heaviest rains are in Kentucky or Tennessee, or both.
Another system then follows that up by late Thursday and Friday and has the chance to tap a little more cold air but I’m not ready to really get amped by any winter chances. I’m more concerned with another round of heavy rain…
GFS
CANADIAN
Again, we are right on in between the southeast ridge and the cold to the north and that’s how we can get in some trouble with too much rain next week.
The EURO is the most threatening as it essentially keeps rounds of rain going all week long and into next weekend and would be a terrible setup…
I continue to point toward the middle of the month for our cold and winter pattern to take shape. This is still showing up very well on the Ensembles for the week of the 12th as that massive block over Greenland continues to flex. Look at all the lower heights being across the northern hemisphere…
That forces cold air into the region…
That’s the week of December 12th, folks.
With the cold comes the snow chances that are also showing up on the Ensembles…
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A dreary forecast.
Thanks Chris, hope your blog gets back to normal soon. It will, it just takes time to correct. The only thing I have are the maps are slow to load. The rest of your blog has normal connection on my end.
Appears that La Nina and the amplified ” Southeast Ridge ” are winning the battle at the present by bringing the Ohio Valley the milder and the much needed rains over the next several days. The NAO has to become very negative ( down to -3 to -4 ) and the Polar Low or the AO has to weaken before that frigid Arctic air comes south into the lower 48. This along with the great blocking would win out over this years La Nina. Hope this happens as a warm rainy Christmas is not what Snow Lovers want, but we may just as well be content as to what weather type we may receive.
Please correct me if I’m incorrect on the actions of the two teleconnections. Have a great day everyone !