Good Saturday, folks. It’s another warm day in the bluegrass state as we track a strong cold front in from the west. This front brings the chance for a few strong to severe storms into Sunday before cold air crashes in for a brief stay.
Much of the state will see temps in the 75-80 degree range this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds. There’s a small threat for a storm to go up, but most of the day is dry.
A few storms may fire up in western Kentucky later in the evening and overnight. I can’t rule out a strong or severe storm, but the greatest threat today is to our west. Here’s our Saturday Severe Weather Outlook from the Storm Prediction Center…
The cold front plows across the state on Sunday and should bring a few strong storms to central and eastern Kentucky. There’s another low-end risk for severe storms in these areas…
Colder winds blow in behind this front and some flakes will fly to the north of the Ohio River and into the highest WV mountains…
Temps crash all day on Sunday, setting up an interesting gradient for Monday. Temps in the north and northeast may struggle to 50 while the southwest gets deep into the 60s. Check out the model forecast highs for Monday…
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GFS
Temps turn much warmer from west to east Tuesday and then really take off by Wednesday and Thursday. Highs in the upper 70s to low 80s are likely…
That will be followed by what looks like a severe weather setup later Friday into Saturday, with another cold blast to follow…
The last week of the month looks pretty darn chilly. Slow your roll, green thumbs!
I will try to throw you another update later today. Until then, I have you all set to track the late day severe threat into the west…
Current watches
Possible Watch Areas
Make it a wonderful Saturday and take care.
Thanks Chris. I’ll be glad when Winter weather is through with the Northland. Then maybe the severe storm threat will cease. Planting season for annuals and perennials and other tender plants begins after May tenth.
Schroeder I never had any luck with flowers What is your secret?? We had a downpour in the afternoon we needed it but makes for bad driving lol ☔️ ☔️
Gardening is trial and error. When I had the nursery there was a lot of failures with certain plants. My favorite plants were America Holly, Azaleas and Rhododendron and Mountain Laurel. I’ve propagated all these plants with great success. In the 1970’s we registered around 40 Azaleas with the Royal Horticultural Society and a number of Hollies and Rhododendron as well. Mountain Laurel was grown from seed collected in various areas here in Kentucky. I have no secrets for growing any plant. If anyone gardener needs help, I’m here to give out advice.
It looked like rain yesterday, but it never came. Stopped short. Already dug around for the sprinkler in case tomorrow comes up dry as well.
Yesterday we received about .16 inches of rain. We are running well below normal on the rain here in Maple. April Showers have been replaced by April Wind. If El Nino forms late this Summer that may change to April Floods for next year.
Yesterday we received about .16 inches of rain. We are running well below normal on the rain here in Maple. April Showers have been replaced by April Wind. If El Nino forms late this Summer that may change to April Floods for next year.
Crystal, if you’re on facebook there is a guy in Frankfort that has a page called Planting by the Signs. I find it helpful when I’m planting my flowering plants.
I doubt it will be that cold.
You know the models Jeff, their hardly ever right.
It’s going to get cold enough to snow in the Chicago Metro Area Sunday night/Monday morning! This after four days in a row of temps in the low 80s, including today. It’s only going to be in the 30s on Monday morning, with a strong wind gusting near 40 MPH making it feel even colder.
O’Hare Airport has received a minuscule 19.7 inches of snow this season, so maybe they’ll finally hit 20 inches yet if the snow can stick. Here in the SW Suburbs, even less snow has fallen this season, just 16.0 inches (the normal snowfall for a season is around 38 inches).
The snowfall forecast map from the computer models on this post shows ridiculous amounts of snow on Monday for Northern and Central WI, over a foot in some locations. Since this is the middle of April and not the middle of January, I doubt they’ll get anywhere near that much.
That’s still a lot of Snow Mike. I think next Winter it will be Kentucky’s turn for a Snowy Winter if El Nino forms in the right place in the Pacific, and the Polar Low is on our side of the Earth.