Fantastic Friday ahead of a few weekend rain chances
Meteorologist Dillon Gaudet has the latest in your full ABC 36 Storm Team forecast
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Happy Friday! Beautiful conditions out there to close out the workweek and kick off the weekend. Afternoon highs will be reaching the upper 70s under mostly sunny skies. Humidity plummets today leading to pleasant feeling conditions. It’s a CRC Roofing ‘Go Day’ as well so go out and enjoy the nice weather!
There have been some changes to the weekend forecast. Rain chances are increasing across the region. Isolated showers are possible on Saturday during the midday and afternoon. We don’t expect anything heavy on Saturday and most of the region may stay dry. Sunday is where we could see an increase in the rain chances. A few storms could be possible as well, but those should be isolated. The timing of the rain is still up in the air. Our in house weather model wants to clear the rain chances out by the evening, while other models suggest the best chance of rain could be during the afternoon and evening. Regardless, keep the rain gear handy over the weekend.
We are expected to dry out into next week, but the question is when. The GFS or American Model, as well as our in house Futurecast, both want to bring a round of showers into the southern half of the ABC 36 viewing area Monday into early Tuesday morning. The European and Canadian models both keep this system to our south and keep us mainly dry both day. We are keeping an isolated chance for Monday and Tuesday until we keep some better confidence.
However, we are expected to dry out by the middle of next week. This could last into late next week as well. On top of the drier conditions, we are expecting temperatures to return to slight above average into the mid-80s by the middle of next week as well.
Stay with the ABC 36 Storm Team for more updates.
ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny and feeling great. Highs in the upper 70s.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear skies. Lows in the mid-50s.
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. Highs in the upper 70s.
