Cold front passes as storm clean-up begins on Memorial Day
Meteorologist Dillon Gaudet has the latest in your full ABC 36 Storm Team forecast
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 News Now) – What a day it was across Kentucky on Sunday. Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms tracked through region, bringing confirmed tornadoes to western Kentucky and numerous wind damage reports across central & eastern Kentucky. The National Weather Service confirms that one person has died after a tree fell on a house in the Hardin Heights area of Mercer County during the storms last night.
We finally see some improvement today as a cold front sweeps through. There will be isolated showers and thunderstorms firing up ahead of the passing front but those will likely stay below severe criteria. Far eastern Kentucky does have a Level 1 Severe Risk due to the isolated chance of a few stronger storms there. As the front passes late in the afternoon, skies will clear out and give way to nice conditions during the evening hours.
As people head back to work on Tuesday we anticipating a slightly cooler stay with a spotty showers two possible through the day. Temperatures will struggle to get out of the mid-70s for most of the region. The cooler than normal pattern will continue through most of the week. Temperatures will be about 5 or so degrees below where we should be for late May. We will see the chance of a few isolated-to-widely scattered showers on Wednesday before everyone dries out to end the week.
Though there are a few rain chances in the coming days we aren’t expecting anything impactful weather-wise through the end of the week. Rain chances will see an uptick Saturday into Sunday as another system will approach from the west to kick off the month of June.
Stay with the ABC 36 Storm Team for more updates.
ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST
MONDAY (MEMORIAL DAY): Partly cloudy with isolated-to-scattered midday rain chances. Highs in the upper 70s.
MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear and quiet. Lows in the upper 50s.
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy with a stray shower or two. Highs in the mid-70s.
