Dodging a few showers but it shouldn’t be a wash-out this weekend
A frontal boundary will dive in from the northwest into Saturday with a few spotty showers possible.
It was a picture perfect finish to the week across Central and Eastern Kentucky with plenty of sunshine, a fresh breeze out of the west and overachieving highs into the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. The much advertised dry and mild air that settled in behind a secondary boundary late Thursday really put the finishing touches on a delightful Friday across the board. Our weather looks pretty ideal as folks get their weekend kick started Friday evening and with sunset right around 9pm Eastern now, there is a lot of daylight deep into the evening to enjoy the weather.
Heading into the weekend we’ve talked about low end shower chances the last couple of days and the overall picture is starting to come into focus on what to expect Saturday and Sunday. Winds will shift around to the southwest early Saturday allowing moisture to stream back into the area. At the same time, much of the data is advertising a weakening thunderstorm complex that should develop out west and move our direction. If anything this will mean a few clouds in the morning/during the day and a few stray showers from time to time. With those clouds around, afternoon highs should be held in check somewhat with most spots in the mid to upper 70s. Of course there are plenty of big events around the area this weekend including Kentucky men’s baseball hosting the Super Regional against Oregon State at Kentucky Proud Park. Right now it looks like the rain chances should begin to taper off as we head into the evening hours with a 6pm first pitch Saturday.
The frontal boundary should stall out down along the Kentucky/Tennessee border heading into Sunday and with a wave of energy sliding along it, this will be the more favored area for organized showers to wrap up the weekend. There may be a decent gradient between where it stays wet down south and where it should be drier farther north into the Bluegrass region. Afternoon highs should remain into the upper 70s across the board.
As the weekend system departs into Monday, a wave of energy in the northwest flow aloft may help squeeze off an isolated shower or two on Monday but most locations should be dry. Given the wind direction, scattered clouds and the shower chance, afternoon highs will stay out with readings topping out into the mid-70s.
Getting deeper into next week the bubble of summer warmth that’s hanging in the Central Plains will finally work eastward slowly but surely. Even though it will be a gradual process temperatures and humidity levels will increase and by the time we reach Wednesday and beyond, afternoon highs will climb through the mid and into the upper 80s with a more muggy feel to the air. The timing is perefct opf course as we rapidly head toward the end of spring and the official beginning of summer within a few weeks.
ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear and pleasant. Lows in the mid to upper-50s.
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy with a few showers. Highs in the mid-70s.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Mild with scattered showers, some thunder. Lows in the low-60s.
