Good Tuesday, everybody. Strong to severe storms rumbled across Kentucky last night and we have a few more to go through out there today. This is ahead of a cold front, bringing a much better brand of air, albeit smoky, into the region for the next few days.
Winds gusting to better than 60mph showed up with the thunderstorm complexes impacting central Kentucky Monday evening. That produced wind damage and power outages.
The chance for a few more strong to severe storms is with us through the first half of today across parts of central and eastern Kentucky. The greatest threat for severe weather today is across the east and southeast. This is the area being highlighted by the Storm Prediction Center…
A cold front moves in from northwest to southeast today, bringing much better air behind it for the next few days.
Skies will look a little smoky and hazy with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s Wednesday and Thursday with a little warmer air in the west.
The next system moves in here later Friday into the weekend as a slow-moving upper-level system moves across the region to start the month of August…
Spiraling bands of showers and storms look likely into early next week…
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Temps under that will be held way down and may not get out of the low and mid 70s for any day that’s overcast and rainy.
As that system departs, the pattern looks busy with several cold fronts dropping in from the northwest later next week into the following week. Each system will bring the potential for showers and storms…
As always, I leave you with your daily storm tracking toys…
Current watches
Possible Watch Areas
Make it a terrific Tuesday and take care.
