Good evening, folks. It’s a windy and warm day across Kentucky as we threaten to break record highs for the day. Once into Friday, changes blow in and those changes will take us into a colder than normal setup for the closing days of April and into early May.
Highs today reach the low and middle 80s with a mostly sunny sky. Dry air and gusty winds will help fuel additional forest fires, so please abide by local burn restrictions.
The system moving in later Friday and Saturday looks a little speedier and that’s a good thing. Scattered showers and storms move into western Kentucky tonight and then into central and eastern Kentucky late Friday. Showers and storms will move through quicker on Saturday with some clearing taking place as colder winds settle in behind this boundary…
With a faster front, the sky for Sunday also looks better, but there’s a catch. It now looks like a frost and light freeze threat is also with us for Sunday morning in addition to Monday morning. Green thumbs are on high alert.
Temps do rebound a bit into the middle of next week ahead of another storm system. The models waffle a bit on the track of this thing as evidenced by the Euro being a bit south with it…
That’s likely coming farther north into our region, but the colder than normal numbers aren’t going away anytime soon. Look at the temp departures from normal from this weekend through next week…
The average of the ENSEMBLES for the closing week of April…
How about the first 5 days of May on those same ENSEMBLES? Ugh…
Colder temps in Spring absolutely stink.
Make it a terrific Thursday and take care.
The ensembles have been wrong before.
I hope their wrong. We had our share of the undesirable.
A Red Flag Warning is effective today from Noon EDT/11:00 am CDT until 8:00 pm EDT/7:00 pm CDT, and will affect all of Southern Indiana, North Central Kentucky and South Central Kentucky. This includes Warren County and the Bowling Green area.
With winds gusting 25-30 mph and humidity values of 20 to 25%, any fires that develop are likely to spread very rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
We have a total ‘ Burn Ban ‘ here in Maple because of the vast Forest. No one is allowed to burn anything.
Thanks Chris. I got confused when I read ” Good Evening ” instead of ” Good Thursday. ” It’s Okay, as I read the date. I wish the Winter’s here in Kentucky that we would receive Winter weather during the Winter months ( DJF ) and Spring weather during the Spring months ( MAM. ) This won’t happen because of Kentucky’s location on Earth. As the climate warms, mild Winters are becoming more and more likely to occur in our area, and then we pay for it with colder, drier Springs. UGH !!!
“The system moving in later Friday and Saturday looks a little speedier and that’s a good thing.”
That’s not a good thing unless you have an outside social event planned. We need a good soaking rain. Been working in the woods and it’s as dry as toast. Lawns and new growth are showing signs of stress already.
Yeah, I was rooting for a steady rain.
The ensemble’s are pretty reliable except when it comes to snowfall amounts. My guess is a ratio rating of around 75% accuracy.
That’s good point. Most of the storms within those fast moving systems produced intense downpours, which, when they came down on bone dry ground, ran off rapidly and resulted in flash flooding. This pattern won’t change until we get a system that cuts off right on top of us, but then we’ll face flash flooding.
We can’t seem to win…
Rainfall coverage and the intensity over these many years has decrease except for areas of the Pacific Northwest. For our area I blame the westward progression of the Bermuda High weakening precipitation chances. It’s really prominent this year.
We may be heading into a drought ? Hope not !
When I was in the Nursery business. Plants had to be maintained artificially. Water water water almost everyday for over 50 years.
When I was in the Nursery business. Plants had to be maintained artificially. Water water water almost everyday for over 50 years.
What is artificial water? Mixing hydrogen gas with oxygen gas?
Sorry I missed read your commentary.
My first thought was that you were developing an artificial water substance.
I meant that growing non- native plants one has to water water water to keep them alive. Grown under artificial conditions.
A Tornado Watch has been issued for most of Northern IL and Southern WI until 8 PM CDT this evening. A line of non-severe showers and thunderstorms moved through the area late this morning, but now the skies have cleared somewhat to help destabilize the atmosphere with temps in the mid-70s and gusty South winds.
Strong storms are now developing in Western IL and are expected to intensify as they move to the NE.
Our active severe weather season this Spring continues.