Good Saturday and welcome to the weekend. We have a big storm system rolling toward the region and this will bring heavy rain and gusty winds tonight into Sunday. This is part of the very busy setup that’s showing signs of slowly going toward more of a traditional November look.
Let us begin with today and roll forward. Highs are in the 60s with clouds thickening through the day. A very strong easterly wind will flip around and become southerly by this evening as our storm system and cold front inch closer.
Scattered showers and storms will be noted across western and far southern Kentucky by the evening. From there, this rolls across the rest of the state in waves tonight through Sunday. Heavy rainfall is likely with a corridor of 1″-3″ rains likely setting up in a southwest to northeast corridor.
The area of heaviest rains will likely setup across the central part of the state. As usual, there’s a little bit of difference showing up in the models on where this is located. Here’s a look…
Winds are also going to be a big player with 30mph-40mph at times tonight into Sunday.
Better weather takes control for Monday and Tuesday with highs staying in the 60s. The next system drops in late Wednesday into Thursday, bringing another round of showers and a few storms into the area. That will be followed by a quick shot of normal November chill…
The longer-range look from the GFS Ensembles continues to show a different look as we get into the week of November 18th. Watch how heights continue to lower across much of the country as blocking builds across Greenland and Canada…
That blocking is a good sign, but it’s muted some by a very hostile Pacific pattern. I suspect we will see this fight more than once in the weeks ahead.
As always, I leave you with your shower and storm tracking tools…
Have a sensational Saturday and take care.
On Wednesday, Schroeder mentioned his Catawba rhododendrons were blooming. I wrangled leaves yesterday and can report that our rhododendrons have beautiful blooms, the clematis has sprouted new foliage, the tiger lily beds all have new growth, and the knockout roses we planted in the green space of the nearby cup-de-sac are loaded with early spring-like blooms. By this date the turf is often stunted by repeated frosts, but ours looks like early spring. The germination rate of our fall seeding is exceptionally high.
“cul-de-sac”
Never seen Rhododendrons blooming and beginning to grow in November. I wonder how the wild Maximum Rhododendrons are doing in the national forests ? It would be interesting to note this interruption in their growth cycle. Very strange year indeed !
Dottie, if your reading this, my Brother harvested a nice size 7 point Buck Deer this morning.
Congrats to your brother on his buck Schroder. This is probably the nicest opening day I can remember in a long time.
Thanks Chris. I think we can let Winter go in our part of the country. I’ve been living here in South Central Kentucky since 2008, and the most impressive Winter weather event was the Ice Storm in 2009. We did have one Snow event in 2015, which was a Winter where El Nino was in charge.
Have a Great Afternoon Folks !