Delightful weather to close out the final week of March
With more sunshine and a southwest wind, afternoon highs should surge into the upper 60s on Good Friday
Even with a cold and frosty start to Thursday with temperatures around freezing at daybreak it turned out to be a nice late March day across Central and Eastern Kentucky. We enjoyed much more in the way of sunshine across the board and even though it took awhile the higher sun angle and longer daylight helped push afternoon highs into the mid to upper 50s despite a west to northwest wind. The good news is that we should enjoy even better weather here in the commonwealth as we finish out the week on Good Friday.
High pressure to our south will settle over the Gulf Coast on Friday allowing winds to shift and pick up out of the southwest. This will aid in bring warmer air back to the state so temperatures should rebound nicely with plenty of sunshine through the day. Even with a cooler start in the upper 30s and low 40s, afternoon highs should run back into the upper 60s across the board with a few spots even touching the 70 degree mark!
As we head into Easter weekend and the final 2 days of March, a frontal boundary will move in and stall out just to our north across the central part of the Ohio Valley. We’ll be south of the boundary so temperatures look unseasonably warm as afternoon highs reach the low 70s both Saturday and for Easter Sunday. With that front laying close enough, a few isolated to scattered storms will be possible but the bulk of those should be to our north although we can’t rule a few out this far south during the weekend so keep that in mind. Our overall rain chances look low-end Easter weekend but we’ll pick up the pace as we welcome April early next week.
With waves of energy riding along the front that will remain stalled to our north on Monday, expect a little better chance of showers and thunderstorms on April Fools Day (no joke) as afternoon highs surge into the mid-70s! Of course we have entered our severe weather season now so any significant storm system always has to be monitored for the potential of strong to severe storms. While the best chances will stay to our west on Monday, we are monitoring Monday and into Tuesday as a stronger wave of low pressure drags a cold front through the area on Tuesday.
The Storm Prediction Center already have the entire area in the 15% risk area with their Extended Outlook for Tuesday so this is more of a heads up to you and to monitor as we draw closer in the coming days. By next Wednesday, much cooler air will follow with highs possibly struggling to get into the 50s on Wednesday.
ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST
THURSDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear, still chilly. Lows in the upper 30s and low 40s.
FRIDAY: More sunshine, breezy and warmer. Highs in the upper 60s.
FRIDAY NIGHT: A few clouds and breezy. Lows in the upper-40s.
