Good Thursday everyone and welcome to a taste of some AWESOME weather. A cold front pushed across the state last night with very little in the way of showers. That was expected as this looks like a true Fall front. The main news from all this is the very nice brand of air that has taken up residence here for a couple of days. 
There isn’t a whole lot that can be said about the weather into the start of the weekend. Sunny skies will be the rule for the next several days. Low humidity levels will give us a early fall feel out there through Friday. Highs today will range from the upper 70s north and east to the lower 80s across the west and southwest. The same can be said for Friday as the same air mass hangs in here. I simply cannot stress enough how comfy it is going to feel for this time of year over the next few days.
Friday morning lows will make for the coolest temps we have seen around here since the middle of May. Readings should be in the 50-55 degree range with some of the traditional cool spots having a shot at some upper 40s.
The cooler temps can’t hang around forever… it is still August, ya know! 
Highs will head back into the middle 80s and higher for Saturday and Sunday as the sunshine remains. Early next week will see a ridge of high pressure setting up shop across the eastern half of the country. This means our temps will return toward something starting with a 9 and ending in a 0. Humidity levels will be on the increase as well and this COULD lead to a isolated storm.
A better chance for some showers and storms should be on the menu as we get closer to our Labor Day Holiday Weekend as another trough swings into the eastern part of the country. This should also try to knock our temps down some by that time. No matter how you slice it… next week is going to be a toasty one.
In the Tropics… the Hurricane Wave Train appears to have left the station and may be taking on more passengers in the coming days. Hurricane Danielle is heading toward becoming a Major storm and we have Earl likely to try to pull the same thing in the a few days. A tropical wave coming off Africa may also develop very soon and may become Fiona. Here is a look at the “train”…
Danielle will likely remain well to the east of the east coast of the U.S. . While that is the LIKELY scenario… a few runs of the various Ensemble models have tried to threaten parts of New England. Here is the latest track from the National Hurricane Center…
![[Image of 5-day forecast and coastal areas under a warning or a watch]](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT06/refresh/AL0610W5_NL_sm2+gif/023114W5_NL_sm.gif)
While we keep an eye on the tropics… you get out and enjoy the awesome weather of the next few days. Have a great Thursday and take care.
I realize there are more important things than the weather, but when you LOVE and have a fascination for weather and it’s been this BORING for this LONG, it takes it’s toll!
Feels great outside! You can’t ask for much better weather than this.
30 degrees and heavy snow!lol
Yuck! LOL
Thanks, Chris! I am really enjoying this weather! Nice tohave a reprieve after the sweltering heat of the past few weeks. I will take it, although I am not yet ready to let go of summer….
Have a GREAT day out there everyone! And thanks for keeping an eye on thr tropics, too, Chris. Have family in FL on the eastern side, so hurricane season always makes me a little tense, especially when the storms seem to be trying to get cranking up ike an assembly line!
well lets split the difference, we’ll keep this weather until 30’s and heavy snowfall… 🙂
OOPS! forgot to put my name in…LOL
Had the boss in from out of state today, and he noticed how stressed the vegetation looked in the area. I love the cooler, sunny weather, but we are approaching 5 weeks with under a quarter inch of rain total north and west of Lexington.
It’s getting awfully dry and the 7 day doesn’t look good for any…..what’s up with the lack of weather makers??
Its that time of year folks, August-October is almost always our dry months. We usually get a couple of Tropical remnants come through but other than that, theres just not much going on weather wise. This is easily my fav time of year. I Love the dry cooler weather. Its almost time for FOOTBALL!
True. Statistically, Fall is our driest season and October is our driest month of the year.
Having said that, during the past 5 years September and October have been VERY wet months in central Kentucky. Last year, I recorded over 8″ of rain in September.