Good Tuesday everyone and thanks for blogging. The weather is kind of boring right now so I am not going to bore you with a lot of talk about nothing. Oh wait… I make a living doing that. 
Our mid september weather pattern rolls on and is with us all week long.
Low pressure is cranking up across the mid atlantic states and will likely throw a few clouds back our way… especially across the east. A few very light showers will be possible across the extreme east and you can track those here…
Temps today should be very close to what we had across the area Monday with upper 70s to low 80s for a lot of people. Again… the sun verses clouds battle will have a lot to say about the exact temp in your backyard.
A cold front will swing in here later Wednesday bringing another shot of September air to end the week. Temps ahead of the front will warm into the 80-85 degree range for Wednesday. This should be a mostly dry frontal passage as it won’t have a lot of moisture to work with. Still… I can’t rule out a scattered shower or storm.
Temps behind the front will come back down for Thursday and Friday with highs upper 70s to low 80s for most areas. Lows by Friday morning will dip toward the low 50s for many. We have an outside shot at an upper 40 here or there.
Looking toward the weekend… temps will rebound pretty quickly as we soar back into the upper 80s to near 90. The core of the heat for next week should remain to our north… but it will get relatively hot and humid next week. The big question comes in terms of rainfall. There is likely to be something trying to develop in the tropics not to far from our own shores. A lot of next week will depend on if this happens. Either way… the tropical season is ramping up. We have Hurricane Danielle well out in the Atlantic and this should be of no concern to the U.S. . We also have the African wave train up and running with another storm likely to kick up behind Danielle.
Have a great Tuesday and take care.
While we are waiting for weather changes, etc, how about your forecasts for the coming winter?
Look at this map for the United States year to date rainfall. Look at KY! Looking at that map, you would think everything around here would be lush and green. Crazy isn’t it…
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/rfcshare/precip_analysis_new.php
Chris, your doin’ a great job. Just wondering if you can keep us updated on the weather for Washington D.C. this Saturday for the “Restoring Honor Rally” Glenn Beck is hosting? Thanks
Can somebody please tell me how it is that Africa produces the low pressure systems that sometime become hurricanes? I think of Africa as a dry desert but forecasters always look to the African west coast for potential tropical systems. Does our west coast ever produce something that becomes a cyclone? (and why do cyclones never hit California?) Thanks!
Bluegrass Airport has reported .15 of rain total for August-would that be the driest August on record if the .15 holds for the next week? We didn’t have much the last 2 weeks of July either.
I’m still watching the models daily hoping for some glimmer of a shot at rainfall for those of us in bone dry conditions.
BTW… In the Atlantic vs. Hurricane Forecasters game, it appeared the Forecasters were going to get shut out. But they finally got a storm that might become a strong ‘cane…maybe. So at least they haven’t gotten shut out. LOL.
I blame the fact that we got almost 11″ in May. Stuff here in Nicholasville greened up a little and despite the cooler temps everyone is having to water. When established plants begin to droop and look dry we are in somewhat of a drought.
The other forecasts that were posted for this week are getting DESTROYED. Props to Chris for nailing the temps again. Too bad he didn’t play “Man vs. Computer” this week.
KP, I’m not entirely sure, but I do know that the area off of Africa known as the Cape Verde islands is a breeding ground for storms, because of a.) the warm wind currents coming off of Africa, b.) the cooler water coming from the ocean north of the islands. The Cape Verde islands are fairly “mountainous” terrain, fromw what I can recall..so atmospheric conditions are prime there for a few months a year for wave after wave of low pressure to develop and move east.
mild here across covington area very nice day 😀
Well, guess it’s time to cover the pool for the summer..50’s will kill the water temp and it most likely won’t recover unless we have an unusually hot Sept. Im ready for cooler weather; it’s been too hot this summer.
Not all of Africa is dry. That section of Africa is mainly jungles and storms move off the mainland and become tropical waves. Hurricanes form off Mexico’s west coast all the time but the waters off Cali’s coast are cold, protecting them from Hurricanes.