Friday, June 1, 2012: Record Warmest Meteorological Spring... And A Very Cool, Damp Start to June
Good Friday morning, folks, and welcome to meteorological summer! In the weather statistics / climatology world, the months of March, April and May are considered meteorological spring. We have just finished the warmest such period in history across central and eastern Kentucky. Take a look at these stats, that span from March 1st through last night:
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May was fairly representative of the entire meteorological spring, with warm, drier-than-average weather across most areas.
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Unlike the character of the past three months, the past 12-18 hours have featured showers and thunderstorms across the area, and now we find ourselves much cooler than average on the first day of meteorological summer.
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Limited instability prevented us from dealing with a significant outbreak of severe weather last evening. With that said, there were some strong thunderstorms that produced gusty breezes and in at least one case, some hail.
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After a relatively dry spring, the lawns and plants are benefiting from some significant rainfall with this cold front. The Bluegrass Region has seen more than 1" over the past 24 hours, and showers continue across eastern Kentucky at midday. Meanwhile, southeastern Kentucky has seen less in the way of rainfall.
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Moving forward, the severe threat has exited to the east, and the showers are coming to an end from west to east. Temperatures will not recover much, though, with plenty of clouds overhead and a chilling breeze from the west. June first will end up much more like a cloudy April day, as temperatures hover in the lower to middle 60s for most of the afternoon.
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Have a great weekend! We'll need to wait a little while before pool weather, typical of June, returns.
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Geoff
