{"id":77055,"date":"2026-04-02T00:44:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=77055"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:44:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:44:56","slug":"near-record-highs-ahead-of-easter-weekend-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=77055","title":{"rendered":"Near Record Highs Ahead of Easter Weekend Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday to one and all. Warm and windy weather continues to rule the weather roost across Kentucky as we make another run at record highs. Big changes are coming for Easter Weekend as a strong cold front crashes through the region.<\/p>\n<p>Temps out there today reach the low and middle 80s for many with a few upper 80s potentially showing up. Records are in jeopardy once again. For Lexington, we tied a record high on Wednesday, giving us 6 record highs in a 27 day span. Pretty wild, huh?<\/p>\n<p>Isolated storms are showing up across parts of the state with a better shot of storms to our north and northwest. A couple of those sneak back in here tonight and Friday. This HRRR future radar starts at 8pm this evening and rolls through 8pm Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hrrr.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77063\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hrrr.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps on Saturday surge back into the 80s on a strong southwest wind ahead of our powerhouse of a cold front. That sweeps eastward across the state Saturday night, bringing a band of showers and some thunder along for the ride.<\/p>\n<p>This action looks to move through fairly quickly, leaving us with increasing amounts of sun for Easter. Here&#8217;s the EURO showing it all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EURO.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77057\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EURO.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Easter Sunday looks much better with sunshine taking control with much cooler temps. Highs range from 55-60 for many&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EURO.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77056\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EURO.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EURO.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EURO-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EURO-768x612.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps remain below normal into the first half of next week before the pattern turns milder with more action taking shape. Here&#8217;s the European from late next week into the middle of the following week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EURO-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77060\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EURO-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a dip, the EURO brings above normal numbers back in during much of that time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EURO-3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77061\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EURO-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Until then, here are all the storm tracking tools for the day\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-anno-skip google-anno-sc\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" aria-label=\"Weather\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" alt=\"Watches\" data-src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWARNINGS.jpg\" alt=\"Warnings\" data-src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWARNINGS.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/builder.zoomradar.net\/zoomradar_weather_map\/weather_page.php?key=dlFZs5IY4VCw7bK\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/radar-large.asp?partner=netweather&amp;traveler=0&amp;site=KY_&amp;type=SIR&amp;anim=1&amp;level=state&amp;large=1#\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" usemap=\"#largemap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Current watches<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" alt=\"Current Watches\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Possible Watch Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" alt=\"Current MDs\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make it a terrific Thursday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday to one and all. Warm and windy weather continues to rule the weather roost across Kentucky as we make another run at record highs. Big changes are coming for Easter Weekend as a strong cold front crashes through the region. Temps out there today reach the low and middle 80s for many with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77055"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77064,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77055\/revisions\/77064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}