Good Tuesday, folks. We are back into a VERY mild pattern for the closing days of October. This mild up is ahead of a cold front set to arrive on Halloween, bringing gusty showers and a few thunderstorms into the Commonwealth.
Today finds temps reaching 75-80 in most areas with some low 80s in the west. Southwest winds reach 25mph-30mph at times in the central and west. Skies will feature a mix of sun and clouds.
Wednesday looks about the same as winds continue to really strengthen ahead of our cold front sweeping in from the west on Halloween. Winds are also a big player along and just ahead of this front. Gusts to 40mph will be possible…
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The entire state will get some rain out of this, and some areas can pick up a half to 1″ of rain. Those show up in streaks across western and central Kentucky with much lighter amounts in the east and southeast…
Some of the storms moving into western Kentucky Thursday afternoon may even be on the strong side, so keep that in mind.
Chilly winds come in behind this system for the first day of November on Friday. Highs reach the upper 50s to low 60s with morning showers moving away.
The focus from there is on several big systems developing across the Plains states and the potential for something tropical to form down in the Caribbean. This is where the National Hurricane Center continues to highlight for possible development over the next 7 days…
The GFS continues to slowly develop this system and take it off the southeastern seaboard as a deep trough sweeps into the east next week…
We shall see how this all shakes out in the coming days.
Have a terrific Tuesday and take care.
Thanks Chris. Not too confident on the Rain forecast for my area on Thursday, but more confident on the temperature forecast for Friday.
Make it a Great and Safe Day Everyone !
Polar Vortex guru Dr. Judah Cohen’s most recent post gives us a few clues as to how the Winter of 2024/25 is shaping up. A weak, short duration La Nina may tend to help. But more important is the likelihood that the warmer than average pool of surface waters in the North Pacific will promote ridging over Alaska, and set up a corresponding dip in the jet stream over Central Canada. This would support more incursions of cold air into the Midwest, but as with everything else in recent weather history, it’s almost certainly subject to change.
https://www.aer.com/science-research/climate-weather/arctic-oscillation/
Thanks for sharing a very interesting article Joe.