Good Friday to one and all. We have another chill spring airmass surging back into the Bluegrass state today as the latest in a series of cold fronts rolls through. This pattern repeats itself a few more times before we slowly turn things around.
Today’s showers are more prominent across central and eastern Kentucky through the first half of today. Some lingering showers hang tough in the east through the afternoon and early evening.
Here are your Kentucky Weather radars to follow along…
Temps across the eastern half of the state stay in the 40s for most of the day as clouds look pretty expansive. Farther west, temps hit the 50s with more in the way of sunshine.
This sets the stage for another cold night with some frost and another light freeze. Temps reach the upper 20s to low 30s for most of the state Saturday morning with temps reaching the 50s during the afternoon as skies become mostly sunny.
Sunday looks like the best of the weekend with the 60s returning as skies continue to run on the sunny side of life.
Highs for Monday hit the 70s on a strong southwest flow ahead of a cold front barreling in Monday night and early Tuesday. This front has the chance to touch off a few strong to severe storms and the Storm Prediction Center is highlighting this possibility…
This front brings a blast of spring chill back into town with another front rolling in later next week. That brings the chance for a few showers and storms before a quick shot of chill to start Easter Weekend.
The EURO shows both our fronts for next week…
The setup behind this should ease a bit with milder temps kicking in, bringing the threat for a few thunderstorms for the final full week of April…
The EURO Weeklies are picking up on this milder trend as we inch toward the closing days of the month…
Gimme all the spring warmth!!
We could sure use it our there today. Enjoy this chilly Friday and take care.
According to the Climate Prediction Center, ENSO-neutral conditions returned in March, and there is a greater than 50% chance that those conditions will be maintained through the Aug-Oct 2025 period. There is a 43% chance of ENSO-neutral & a 38% chance of La Niña during Nov 2025-Jan 2026, while the chances of an El Niño developing are less 20%
Whatever helps us have above normal temps and near normal precipitation gets my vote for summer. 🙂
Jeff, I’m betting on slightly above normal temperatures and near normal precip, but before we get there I feel that the above normal severe weather will be with us through May, and maybe the beginning of June. The twist is I’m not figuring that we’ll get a greater number of storms, instead the storms we do see will be more intense.
While I’m in the mode to stick my foot in my mouth, I’m also thinking that the Atlantic hurricane season will be above normal, both in number of storms and intensity.
Well if that’s the case, look for the tap to turn OFF on us aside from getting any remnants… we all know what active hurricane seasons seem to put the pattern on HOLD.. UNLESS they form in the gulf and come up our way…
@ SCHROEDER… are you still alive??
I’ve been hoping Schroeder will check in soon.