{"id":77434,"date":"2026-05-08T00:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=77434"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:59:07","slug":"looking-down-the-may-road-toward-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=77434","title":{"rendered":"Looking Down the May Road Toward Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Friday, everyone. We’ve made it to the end of the week and we’re starting out our Friday with a kiss of frost in some areas. This will be followed by warmer temps with a few storm chances showing up for Mother’s Day Weekend.<\/p>\n

This update is a rather lengthy one as I talk about the emerging El Nino and the impact it may have on our weather.<\/p>\n

Let’s begin with today and the temps that are into the mid and upper 30s to start and the 70s to end. Skies are partly to mostly sunny.<\/p>\n

A quick hitting system brings scattered showers and storms in here tonight and early Saturday but this blows out of town very quickly. Highs top out in the 70s for a really nice looking day.<\/p>\n

Another system moves in later on Mother’s Day into Sunday night, bringing a few showers and storms along for the ride…<\/p>\n

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Temps come way back down to chilly levels on Monday with the chance for some more frost Monday night and early Tuesday as temps hit the 30s…<\/p>\n

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Another system drops in late Tuesday and Wednesday with a few more showers. This unleashes another round of well below normal temps. Temps next week as a whole are pretty ugly compared to normal…<\/p>\n

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Looking down the road toward summer, we see an intense El Nino that is developing along the equatorial waters of the Pacific Ocean. This warming event is forecast to become a strong El Nino that can reach rare Super El Nino status. The forecast for region 3.4 is off the dang charts…<\/p>\n

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Those numbers would make this El Nino one of the strongest ever recorded. The top 3 strongest El Ninos ever recorded are from 1982, 1997 and 2015…<\/p>\n

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What did the average of those 3 summers look like across the country? This is a lot real estate with below normal temps from June through August…<\/p>\n

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Those 3 summers also averaged wetter than normal around here…<\/p>\n

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While that’s a small sample size, it’s all we have to go by in terms of Super El Ninos, but it gives us a glimpse into what this summer may look like.<\/p>\n

I leave you with your Kentucky Weather\u00a0<\/a>Radars to track the evening showers and storms toward the state…<\/p>\n