Good Tuesday, folks. It’s another cooler than normal day in the Commonwealth and this is a sign of things to come. Temps remain below normal for the next week or two, at least. We are also tracking the threat for additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms.
Rainfall over the past week has been plentiful across central and eastern Kentucky with many areas picking up more than 2″ of rain in under a 5 day span…
You can see a few doughnut holes of much lighter amounts, especially across the west.
Focusing on today, we find a mix of sun and clouds with the threat for a few afternoon and evening showers and storms going up. The best chance is across the northern half of the state. Your radars are keeping you company…
This cooler week is being brought to you by this big monster trough in the eastern half of the country. Does this look like summer?
That’s a highly anomalous pattern that will also feature waves of rain and storms rotating around that big upper low. The rainfall map through Friday shows a complete circle of rain around this system…
We are on the southern edge of this with a few showers and storms rotating through here over the rest of the week. Once again, the best chance for rain is across central and eastern Kentucky with an emphasis on the north and northeast…
Temps won’t be quite as cool and may actually get closer to normal for a day or two, but this is not a pattern even close to producing hot weather. As a matter of fact, temps are likely to average below normal again next week as another deep trough moves into the eastern half of the country.
I’ll ask again… Does this look like Summer?
That type of trough should be able to fire up additional showers and storms…
Meh… Summer is overrated anyway. 😜😎
Have a great day and take care.
Summer is definitely NOT overrated, unlike winter.
Just curious do you ever agree with what he says? You always disagree or have a negative comment lol
I’ve agreed with Chris far more often than a lot of folks. My comments are not a knock on him whatsoever. I, like many others, have seen models not be right in the past, thus my skepticism.
Furthermore, you are simply incorrect that I am always disagreeing or negative.
Thanks Chris. The continuing upper level low is interesting to me. I just wish the center was to our South. Then our chances for more widespread Rains increases. I’m going to answer your rhetorical question anyway. ” Does this look like Summer ? ” My answer is no it doesn’t. It looks like an Omega Block pattern. This could very well be a precursor to a major pattern change this Fall and Winter. Which is not that far off.
I appreciate everyone’s concerns about my safety during times of severe weather. It is true that my area doesn’t receive the warnings, but I can spot cloud rotations, and Tornadoes as I have a great view to our South and West, and I know when to go to the basement. We have NOAA weather radio access plus the local Campbellsville radio station. If there’s a 100 % chance of a heavy Snow event like we had in 2015, emergency services will call us on the telephone, and tell us to stock up on the essentials.
The only complaint I have about this weather pattern is rainfall. I am about 3 1/2” below normal at my location.
A small price I will pay for having nearly perfect temperatures.
But I do feel bad for agriculture.
Going into town this morning the corn crops looked less stressed. Hoping it Rains several days before it turns off hot and dry during the corns pollination time. We are probably 6 to 7 inches below normal for the year on Rainfall.
Going into town this morning the corn crops looked less stressed. Hoping it Rains several days before it turns off hot and dry during the corns pollination time. We are probably 6 to 7 inches below normal for the year on Rainfall.
Omit one of the above of my post.