Good Friday everyone. We can now officially declare the heat wave over!! 
We have had a nice run of 90s across the state this week and all of that is coming to a booming end today with showers and thunderstorms pushing through ahead of a cold front. This is the beginning of an overall pattern change that will take us through next week. It’s a change that will bring normal temps and above normal rains to the area.
Today will feature rounds of showers and thunderstorms that will carry us into the overnight hours. We now have a lot of moisture available for these storms to work upon so heavy rains will be a good bet. This could be enough to cause… believe it or not… some local flash flooding issues.
You can track all of today’s storms here…
Temps today will me MUCH cooler than in recent days. Highs will reach the upper 70s and lower 80s today… but the humidity levels will be sky high giving us a tropical feel.
Showers and storms will linger into the morning hours Saturday before clearing out by midday. A mix of sun and clouds will then be with us into the afternoon hours as highs reach the 80-85 degree range. Sunday looks great as well with sunny skies and low to mid 80s for highs. Much better!!
The overall pattern into next week looks to feature normal summer temps, high humidity levels with showers and thunderstorms a good bet. A cold front will move toward the area later Monday as storms increase by later in the afternoon and evening. This should set us up with a wet period that would carry us into the middle of the week if not longer as the front stalls out across the region. The GFS is in la la land as it has convective feedback issues. The European Model is very wet around here during this time and has been for several runs in a row and is the way to go. As a matte of fact… from today through next weekend… the European Model shows several inches of rain falling across the entire area.
Ok… that is all I have for now. I will have updates today on the chance for some strong storms and heavy rains as needed so make sure you check back. Have a great day and take care.
I am wondering right now how the rest of the sumer looks? I really would prefer seasonal cause this heat sucks and I can’t take it.
Jake
So the HIGH pressure kept the front sitting in the plains for DAYS…..Now it wants to come through here like a banshee tomorrow, possibly bringing the most probable convection to the southern most outlook area……….UGHHH!!!!! I hope we get some good rain tomorrow or I will be PI##ed!
I woke up to rain hitting the windows and roof. I came to my front door and opened it to see and smell the rain. 🙂
Thanks for all your work Chris.
yeah, and unfortunately us folk south of the Hal Rogers parkway is missing out on the rain so far… 🙁
Maybe later on today we’ll get our chances as well.
you lucky dogs in the lexington area, getting all that SWEET rain this morning…
It’s the most beautiful sight out the window today! Things are gonna green up in no time.
Dare I ask….Chri’s forcast for about 22 days of 90*+….have we fulfilled the quota!?
share the wealth gang!!!…we are parched down here along the border, and all the rain is moving east and north of us…BOO HOO….:(
not to mention its pushing 90 AGAIN! sitting at 87, while lexington and surrounding areas are reporting rain/73…must be nice!!!… 🙂
THROUGH 1245 PM EDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON…
WEST CENTRAL CLAY…
CENTRAL LAUREL AND
NORTH CENTRAL KNOX.
AT 1214 PM EDT…A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PITTSBURG…
OR NEAR LONDON…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE…BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO…LONDON AROUND
1220 PM EDT…LONDON-CORBIN AIRPORT AROUND 1225 PM EDT…LEVI JACKSON
S.P. AROUND 1230 PM EDT…LESBAS AROUND 1235 PM EDT…DEER LICK
AROUND 1240 PM EDT…
RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN…WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN
ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR…GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH…FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS.
DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS. SOME SMALL STREAMS OR CREEKS MAY ALSO RISE
TO BANKFULL
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
ESTILL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY…
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY…
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 1218 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA. ANOTHER COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 12:30 AND
3 PM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING TO OCCUR…ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW
WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
INCLUDE…BEATTYVILLE…IRVINE…AIREDALE…ALUMBAUGH…BANFORD…
BELLE POINT…BLACKBURN…CALLOWAY CROSSING…CARYTON…COBHILL…
CORGLETON…COW CREEK…CRESSMONT…AND HEIDELBERG
ANDERSON-BOURBON-CLARK-FAYETTE-FRANKLIN-JESSAMINE-MADISON-MERCER-
SCOTT-WOODFORD-
1207 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010
…THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING…
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
BLUEGRASS REGION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON.
HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE WILL FALL ON GROUND THAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN SATURATED FROM FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THIS
MORNING.
In Lexington, we’ve had 12 so far- 8 in June and for in July.
Well we still haven’t seen any rain…dryer than a sand castle here….it has been thunderin’ though. Hopefully we’ll get some rain soooonnnnnn. 🙂
oops my bad spell check “drier”
anyway it’s like friggin’ sand here
We got some hard rain about a mile from the Laurel County Line 😉
Nice steady rain here in Western Franklin Co. We have already received 1.6″ earlier today. Looks like we might hit the 2″ mark. No lightning, just rain. We were beginning to need it.
TORRENTIAL rain in Lawrenceburg again now! 2.44″ on the day and adding up FAST!…
Some thunderstorms headed Chris’s way too..coming from an odd direction…the Northeast… How far south will they go?
Wow!, this was a real quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this too – taking time and real effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I keep putting it off and never seem to get something done.
Wonderful ! ! Thanks for doing all the research for this.