Nice August weather hangs around a few more days
Other than a passing wave with a sprinkle possible overnight, conditions look dry with a slow warm-up into the mid-week
After a postcard weekend of weather by August standards across Central and Eastern Kentucky with sunshine, low humidity and unseasonably mild temperatures we saw more of the same to begin the new week. Early morning lows dipped down into the mid to upper 50s so it felt quite nice to say the least if you were out early. Yet again the afternoon hours featured sunshine, a few fair weather clouds along with the lack of humidity. With afternoon highs barely sneaking into the low 80s it felt fantastic to be out and about. Luckily we have a few more days of decent weather before it feels more like August again soon.
A weak wave of energy in the upper level should produce a bit of cloudiness as it slides through the Ohio Valley into the early hours of Tuesday. While some of the data is advertising a few scattered showers with the feature you have to remember the air-mass at the surface and lowest levels of the atmosphere is very dry so anything that does make it to the ground should be in the form of a light passing shower or a sprinkle. This should happen while most folks are sleeping and by the time we hit daybreak conditions should be improving. We should see more in the way of sunshine on Tuesday with afternoon highs just a bit warmer as temperatures climb back into the mid-80s. Luckily the humidity levels will stay low for this time in August but changes will be on tap mid-week.
Of course a number of school systems across the commonwealth return from the summer break this week, including Fayette County on Wednesday and all things considered it should be a decent day. Our muggy-cast shows the humidity levels slowly rising toward the late week and out temperatures should pick up a bit as well with highs on Wednesday into the upper 80s, which is right around where we should be this time of the year. A few isolated storms can’t be ruled out in the afternoon warmth on Thursday as the return flow from the south finally begins to bring the more humid air back into the region.
Our best window for organized rain and storms should be as we close the week on Friday. With a wave of low pressure moving through the Great Lakes and a trailing frontal system sliding through the Ohio Valley, we are looking at some legitimate showers and storms so plan on that at this point with afternoon highs remaining in the upper 80s. After the wet and unsettled period a couple of weeks ago, it’s dried out the last few days so we could use another round of rain to get additional water in the ground and the potential is there for some spots to see 1 inch play totals by the time storms chances back off a bit into the weekend.
ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST
MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy, a few sprinkles. Lows in the low-60s.
TUESDAY: Becoming mostly sunny and warm Highs in the mid-80s.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear and pleasant. Lows in the low-60s.
