Good Monday and Happy Labor Day. Today’s weather is absolutely awesome with pleasant temps and lots of sunshine, but this is just a preview of what’s ahead for the upcoming weekend. That’s when a blast of true fall air arrives.
Today’s highs range from the middle 70s to low 80s depending on where you are across Kentucky. Humidity levels are way down with partly sunny skies making this a gorgeous final holiday of summer.
Lows tonight drop into the upper 40s and low 50s…
Tuesday is another winner of a weather day with lots of sun and pleasant temps.
Clouds increase on Wednesday as a storm system along the Gulf Coast throws some moisture northward along the Mississippi River. This may bring a few showers and storms into the south and west on Wednesday with a much better chance Thursday into Friday as a powerful fall cold front sweeps in from the northwest.
Here’s how the EURO sees all this…
And the Canadian…
Check out all the chilly air sweeping in over the weekend…
Lows by Sunday and Monday mornings can make a run at the 40 degree mark in some spots. Highs from Saturday through Monday may struggle to get past 70-75.
As mentioned, the air coming in behind this is pretty darn chilly for this time of year and puts our region right in the heart of the coolest air, relative to normal, across all of North America…
Look at the extremes on that map, folks. There’s some absurd heat showing up with pockets of extreme chill in between. This is the setup I envision for the fall and, likely, winter months. If you’re a winter weather lover, here’s hoping we get caught in more of those colder than normal shots than the above normal areas. Potent storm systems are a good bet with those kinds of gradients.
Back to the shorter term, the trough bringing the chilly air pulls out with temps likely rebounding later next week, but a weaker trough then hangs around the southeast…
What the heck is going on with the tropics? If this is going to be a blockbuster hurricane season like most forecasts called for… It had better hurry up. Things are still fairly quiet as the systems being monitored are still just that… Systems to monitor…
Make it a great Labor Day and take care.
Thanks Chris. Only about a quarter of an inch of rainfall yesterday. I don’t think this will change until we get closer to positive on the PDO. I have my doubts about real Fall temperatures having ” staying power ” the next three months. If we stay in ENSO / neutral it could bring our area colder temperatures this Winter, but I have my doubts on any Snowfall, especially in my area of Kentucky. The Tropics are most active during ENSO / La Nina years, but the Tropical storm activity may increase as we get closer to phasing from ENSO / neutral to ENSO / La Nina.
Enjoy the day everyone !
We still have one more push of heat to come. Book it. 🙂
Jeff, 90’s are showing up after the 12th in my extended forecast. Autumn doesn’t really have the coolest temperature until after the 23rd as the average goes.
Absolutely right. October still has an 80 or two in it as well.