Good Monday, everyone. Our new week is off and running with some scattered showers across western Kentucky and this is a sign of things to come. While this isn’t a soaker of a week, we will see a few rounds of showers and thunderstorms bringing much needed rainfall to many.
Today features a mix of sun and clouds across the region with temps ranging from the mid 70s to low 80s, depending on where you are. A scattering of showers and a rumble of thunder will be possible in the west, and your friendly Kentucky radars are looking for any drop that’s out there…
From here, a system drops in from the northwest late Tuesday through Thursday. This brings scattered showers and thunderstorms into the region during this time with some lingering stuff possible into Friday.
This isn’t washout material, but it’s the best rain chance in a while…
The models are spitting out some pretty decent totals this week with some 1″-2″ rains showing up for some. As one would expect, the models disagree on placement of the higher totals…
Let’s see if mother nature can actually deliver the goods here in the closing days of September. Our fall colors are starting to show, and the rain should go a long way in helping those colors pop a little more.
With clouds and some rain around, temps come down, especially Wednesday and Thursday.
Much of what happens in after this week hinges upon the tropics. The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor several systems, including Tropical Storm Philippe…
We still need to watch the east coast for a new system to spin up this weekend into next week. This is something the models are seeing now…
That kind of slow-moving system means another traffic jam of weather behind it across the lower 48. That means October may start above normal around here.
Have a magnificent Monday and take care.
It’s nice to see rain in the forecast, but as usual, South Central Kentucky will likely be left high and dry.
The two Atlantic tropical systems should present no problem for the US mainland, but that potential Gulf system should bear watching, especially since Gulf water temperatures continue to hover around 90°F. If that system can latch onto one of the troughs we’ve become so familiar with this Spring & Summer, things could get very interesting!
We had a very light shower around 3:00 this early morning, which amounted to 0.01. ” I’ll take it at this point, as this is the driest September since I’ve been living here in Maple. The active Tropics are destroying our seasons. The Atlantic and Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures are insanely warm to hot. A dramatic change will have to take place next month, but there aren’t any signals suggesting such will happen. Trending warmer as we get closer to the weekend. Frost and freezes normally occur after the middle of October, but with the new normal in place, I have my doubts.
Actually… I don’t see this as a new normal since I’ve noticed this very thing happen over and over and over when it comes to the tropics. Every year the seasons can be different..
It’s been a long time since we had a Tropical storm out of the Gulf, to bring our area a widespread rain. We had numerous events in the past. The precipitation pattern has really changed.
A total of a 1/4” of rain has fallen in Louisville for the whole month.
Literally a drop in the bucket.
I got three drops on a brickbat early this morning.
My yard has been mowed so it can rain all it wants.
My yard and field are turning brown. I think my mowing season is over ?
Bring on leaf season! LOL
The trees have stored enough sugar in their sap, so the foliage should begin to change as soon as we have our first Frost. This stops the production of chlorophyll and all the colors of Autumn come out.
Anyone bothered by the high Ragweed count I am lol?? Wonder how long that will last? I always look forward to the first frost to help with the allergies. I wonder how we will do this winter? Everything I have read said our area will have more cold and snow. It will be interesting to see if that pans out.
I was allergic to Ragweed pollen, but I must of grew out of it. I had really bad reactions when I was younger, especially when I went Fishing. NOAA told me that it was ” too early to tell what El Nino impacts may be on Kentucky this coming Winter. ” However, our last El Nino 2015-16 event produce a late Cold and Snowy period in February, but it was a ‘ warm pool / central Pacific type ‘ and very strong. This one looks to be a ‘ Cold tongue / eastern type ‘ and said it would have very little impact on Kentucky. I guess we just wait and find out. If I find anything on this El Nino that’s different, I will post the information.
Ragweed is ranging from moderate to high, Crystal, depending on where you are located. One thing is for sure, people who are allergic in areas where there is a combination of ragweed and near drought conditions, are feeling particularly miserable, especially when a breeze kicks up.
Our Zyrtec bottle has been getting a workout!
My Zyrtec bottle is too Joe
I had to get allergy injections when I was younger.