Good Monday everyone. The last few days of the Summer of 2010 are going out in a blaze of glory… or should I just leave it at a BLAZE?! A September heat wave is taking hold of the Ohio Valley this week and we are not to be left out of the hot party. As a matter of fact… there is the chance we approach some record highs before the heat wave comes to an end late this week.
Let’s start it out with the news of today…
High temps will come down some today across the eastern half of the state while the west bakes…. AGAIN. Highs in the east will be in the middle 80s and we will see temps get hotter the farther west you live from there. Readings back into the lower 90s are likely in the west.
Tuesday will see temps soar back toward 90 or just beyond across the whole state. The ground is very dry and this means temps will outdo what the models are saying. Some middle 90s are VERY likely across the western half of the state.
A weak front dips toward us from the north Wednesday and this may come close enough to bring some clouds and even a scattered shower or storm…
NAM Wednesday Evening
The chances are NOT great… but the clouds may keep temps down a few degrees from Tuesday highs. When talking about the rain odds… why is this scene from Dumb and Dumber coming to my mind…
Mary: Not good.
Lloyd: Not good as in, one out of a hundred?
Mary: I’d say more like one out of a million.
Lloyd: [smiles] So you’re telling me there’s a chance!
The heat will really build in here for Thursday and Friday and those are the days when records may be in jeopardy. Take a look at the GFS Ensembles temp anomalies for Thursday and Friday…
That is just flat out ugly looking!! Temps into the 90s are a good bet for these two days. The good news is a cold front will move through here Friday night and Saturday. The GFS and Canadian Models both suggest a big time cool down for the weekend and they both give us the threat for some showers and storms along the front. The European model bounces around with each run and the latest run has a huge cutoff low pressure bringing showers and cool temps for several days in a row. We shall see.
No matter what… this is going to be a hot week! Have a great Monday and take care.
Higher temps true, but I’m more interested in the dew points for this week. Chris, are they going to stay in the 50s to low 60s as they have been in Central KY this week or head higher? As long as the dew points stay in that range, fans will still suffice and we can leave the AC units off.
Looks like we are not going to have much of an autumn this year. I bet we will go straight from hot to cold, just as we went from cold to hot this past spring. We should probably remove those two seasons from our calendar and just have a summer and a winter. Winter would be December through March, and summer would be from April through October.
Well, I forgot November. I guess it could go either way depending on what mother nature decides. 🙂
No complaints here, afterall it is mainly just a dry heat.. the dewpoints are not that high.
Before we know it the temps will be in the 30’s all cloudy and dull and we’ll be wishing for sun and warmth. I’m going to enjoy this last gasp from Summer.
Thanks, Chris. At least it is cooling off more at night. This morning, it was a very comfortable 62 degrees here…not bad, not bad at all!
Everyone have a GREAT Tuesday Eve….(sounds better than Monday) 😉
Me too. Camping anyone?? Cave Run Storytellign festival this weekend is going to be really nice.
Make no mistake about it, this weather is awesome. I’d take this over a typical January day anytime. I think those of us complaining are not complaining about this nice weather so much as we are just complaining about the drought. And yes, we are officially now in drought here. I HATE drought.
No complaints from this way, either. I sure would take today over a cold, sunless, chiiled to the bone winter day. I agree WXMan, the drought conditions are not fun. I am starting to wonder if my yard will ever recover. I hate it that the WEG visitors are seeing nothing but dead and brown. KY is a beautiful state but dead and brown is not pretty. It’s just a dust bowl out there. 🙁
Speaking of WEG
I had a thought today. All those people and all that water being used. What a shame that all everyone is going to see is dead and brown.
Keeping with the spirit of Dumb and dumber, the atmosphere needs some turbolax!
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