Good Friday, folks. Our powerhouse of a storm system is now moving away from us as winter pushes in for all of one day. While the weekend is looking much better, the overall pattern continues to be skewed active. That’s a trend that shows no signs of letting up.
Heavy rain and severe storms caused all kinds of issues across the state on Thursday. My Twitter feed has all kinds of pics and videos showing the power of a 2″-5″ rainfall across many areas. Here’s one from my hometown…
On going flooding in Magoffin County, KY. Vehicle stuck in flood waters on Route 7, everyone appears to be out of the vehicle. Turn around, don't drown!! #kywx @brobwx @Kentuckyweather @JimWKYT pic.twitter.com/2ETrE0B4Gs
— Austin⚡️ (@AustinGibson201) February 17, 2023
There’s still the chance for some early morning high water issues across eastern Kentucky as the final round of heavy rain rolls moves out. The rain is being pushed by cold winds coming from the northwest and these winds will likely spit out some flurries and snow showers across central and eastern Kentucky.
Here are your radar to say bye to the rain and hello to the Friday flakes…
Temps today are in the 30s with a wind chill dipping into the upper teens and low 20s.
The weekend looks good with temps rebounding quickly. Highs by Sunday will reach 55-60.
The pattern looks busy again for the week ahead. We start things out with a weak system by Monday and Tuesday, with a bigger system to follow Wednesday and Thursday. Heavy rain and strong storms will be possible once again…
GFS
CANADIAN
As mentioned, this patttern is still loaded and that doesn’t look to change much going forward. The Ensembles continue to show well above normal precipitation around here over the next 2 weeks…
This is a trend we should continue to see all the way through the month of March. The new EURO Weeklies go through April 2nd and continue to show the bullseye of above normal right on top of us…
The control run of the EURO Weeklies are even more absurd…
That has the look of an active start to the spring severe weather season, doesn’t it? Ugh.
As I said a few weeks ago… We are going to get ourselves into some trouble if this pattern doesn’t change. We are finding that out very quickly.
I’ll have another update later today. Make it a fantastic Friday and take care.
serious flooding going on. sign the change petiton for anything besides good friday by bailey year around. maybe FINALLY FRIDAY.
A total joke of a season.
I wish I had a windmill.
I could at least harvest something out of this depressing weather.
But I will say this at least the weekends have been nice.