Better rain chances arrive into early Friday
After a few spotty showers along a cold front Thursday, more widespread rain is possible through Friday morning
Our stretch of unseasonably mild/warm and record setting temperatures come to an end on Thursday as a cold front dropped through the area. The front moved through the Lexington metro area about 8am Thursday dropping temperatures from the low 70s to low 60s over a roughly 2 hour period. As I mentioned yesterday I wasn’t overly excited about the rain chances and unfortunately that verified with just a few spotty showers here and there along the front. The expected clearing and return of some sunshine into the afternoon played out nicely here in Central Kentucky, helping temperatures to recover back into the upper 60s. Luckily we have a better chance of rain into early Friday but the bonus sunshine Thursday really helped some of the lingering fall colors to pop.
A secondary wave of energy will slide by to our south into early Friday pushing some much needed rain back into the commonwealth. The favored areas will be Southern and Southeastern Kentucky where the on-going wildfire situation continues to worsen. While it won’t be a ton of rain, we’ll take every drop we can get especially with another extended stretch of dry weather possible in the extended forecast. the rain should end from northwest to southeast through the late morning and early afternoon with highs topping out in the upper 50s and sunshine by the end of the day
The latest Drought Monitor now has about 40% of Kentucky in the “Moderate Drought” range and unfortunately it may get a bit worse before it gets better. The overall weather pattern favors a quiet spell with dry conditions persisting much of next week so this is something we’ll have to continue to monitor.
Heading into Veterans Day weekend it should be a pleasantly cool start with afternoon highs in the mid-50s both Saturday and Sunday, which is just below average for this time of the year. Conditions still look really nice for November football at Kroger Field as the Cats take on Alabama on Senior Day with a high noon kickoff. As mentioned the last few days, a little inverted trough should pass to our south Sunday with a few clouds and an outside shot at a sprinkle or two down south but most locations should remain dry.
High pressure should take over to begin next week with highs recovering into the low 60s Monday. There will be a dry front sliding through early Tuesday which will knock out temperatures back into the upper 50s for highs but otherwise it will have little to no impact. Temperatures will recover back into the low 60s into the middle part of next week as the tranquil November weather rolls along.
ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST
THURSDAY NIGHT: Clouds increase with light rain. Lows in the upper-40s.
FRIDAY: Morning rain then clearing out. Highs in the mid to upper-50s.
FRIDAY NIGHT: A few clouds and cold. Lows in the mid-30s.
