Good Friday, folks. Better weather blows in today as we kick off the final weekend of February on a nice note. The pattern from here features everything from some snowflakes to a lot of spring temps and the threat for heavy rain and severe storms.
A few leftover showers will be noted early this morning across the southeast with lots of clouds and some drizzle elsewhere. Skies become partly sunny this afternoon with just a small chance for a popup shower into the afternoon across the east.
Here are your radars for the day…
Temps this afternoon reach the low and middle 50s but another system quickly zips through here tonight and Saturday. This is a clipper bringing a band of rain and some slushy snows to central and eastern Kentucky.
The future radar from the Hi Res NAM shows a bit of spin with the small low dropping through here…
The best chance to put some slush on the ground is across the north and east.
Highs Saturday stay in the 30s for many as gusty winds make it feel much colder. Watch those wind chills from 7am through 11pm Saturday…
Sunday looks better with temps spiking into the 50s with a mix of sun and clouds. There’s just a small chance for a late day shower going up, but most stay dry.
Temps surge into the 60s on a strong southwest flow early next week. This is ahead of a potent storm system that looks to bring rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region later Tuesday into Wednesday. Some of the storms may be strong or severe, especially Wednesday. Much colder air crashes in behind this and may bring some snow to us on the final day of the month.
The models look similar with this…
GFS
CANADIAN
Here’s the Severe Weather Outlook from the Storm Prediction Center for Tuesday…
The threat then focuses farther east into our region on Wednesday…
I will update this threat later today. Have a fantastic Friday and take care.
Thanks Chris. Looks like we may have severe weather next week I hope not and heavy rain. I hope it’s okay to post a link it’s about hurricane season if it indeed post forgive me if it doesn’t not good at this.
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/2024-hurricane-season-preview-outlook
Great information on what may happen with the Atlantic tropical storm season. Thanks for sharing Crystal.
Your welcome
One other factor that influences the formation of tropical storms is dust from the Sahara desert. The dust interacts with the moisture-rich air rising within the developing system, and is the catalyst for raindrop formation. Ocean water temperatures in the Central Atlantic are currently at levels normally seen in July, leading me to believe that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will be one of the strongest in the past decade.
Also it could cause a hot summer for the midwest and upper south due to the westward movement, and amplification of the Bermuda high pressure system. This would impede the usual west to east progression of cyclonic disturbances. Just the opposite, it could allow tropical storms moving north out of the Gulf of Mexico with lots of moisture into the Ohio Valley and the Appalachians for very heavy rains.
Joe that’s fascinating I never knew that. I guess it’s true we learn something new everyday.
I’m like you Crystal! I love winter weather and snow, but those severe storms scare me. I’m always afraid for my grandbabies getting on and off the bus! I know the schools will keep them safe but still I feel better when they’re with me!
Thanks for the update Chris. We received about 0.62 inches of rain from yesterday’s weak system. With zero phasing of the two jet streams that’s about all one can expect. Just more isolated incidences.
Enjoy your day everyone !