Good Saturday to one and all and welcome to the weekend. The weather across the state played out as we expected with a band of rain working across the area creating a big swing in temps. Now we increase the threat for showers and thunderstorms today and some of these could be on the strong side.

We have a cold front working in from the west and this will produce a couple of rounds of storms. The first round is likely to be ongoing to start the day across the southern counties. Locally heavy rains will be possible from this stuff as it works out of the state fairly early on. We will then see some scattered storms going up into the early afternoon hours. This action will become more widespread as we head into the late afternoon and evening hours as the front approaches. It looks as if the atmosphere will have just enough juice for a few of these storms go be on the strong or severe. That will especially be the case if we can get some breaks in the clouds allowing for the sun to destabilize things a bit.

Here is the all inclusive severe weather map for today from the Storm Prediction Center…

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The radars should be pretty active today and you can follow all the action here…

For those heading out to Commonwealth Stadium this evening for the Kentucky-Western Kentucky game… take the ponchos as they should come in handy. That should especially be the case for tailgating and early in the game as the storm action may shift off to the east of Lexington during the evening hours.

Temps today will be almost impossible to forecast for any one location. Areas that have more clouds and rain will stay in the 70s… a little more sunshine means some low 80s are a good bet. Sometimes it is just that simple.

Leftover showers in the east Sunday morning will quickly scoot off to the east leaving the entire region with a very pleasant day. A mix of sun and clouds and temps in the upper 70s will make for a nice end to the weekend. Western Kentucky will see some lower 80s for highs.

Temps early next week should be the warmest of the next week as readings spike into the low and maybe middle 80s… especially Monday.  A cold front should pass through here later Tuesday with very little in the way of clouds or moisture. It will bring another shot of some pleasant temps into the middle of the week.

The pattern by the end of the week into next weekend will try to go wet as yet another trough digs in from the northwest. The models have been advertising this to have a decent amount of rain with it and that will be something to watch for. 

I will have updates as needed today and will use Twitter to send out some quick updates as well. You can follow me @Kentuckyweather . These updates also show up in the twitter feed in the top right hand corner of the blog. Have a great Saturday and take care.