Quiet December weather much of this week
Temperatures may bounce up and down a bit as a dry front moves through mid-week
It was nice to see the sunshine return on Monday across Central and Eastern Kentucky after a cloudy finish to the weekend. The sunshine didn’t do much to help warm us up as temperatures struggled to reach the 40 degree mark for afternoon highs. The good news is that we should do a little better Tuesday and overall it should be a pretty quiet week of weather across the area.
High pressure will settle off to the southeast on Tuesday, allowing a return flow to bring milder air into the area. Despite starting out quite cold in the mid to upper 20s, a breezy southwest wind combined with the sunshine should help drive afternoon highs back into the upper 40s and low 50s.
The only speed bump in the forecast in the short term will be a dry cold front that will slide through the Ohio Valley into the mid-week. While it should pass with very little fanfare and most people won’t even notice it, we will see a slight drop in temperatures. With winds shifting around to the northwest and a re-enforcing shot of cooler air arriving, afternoon highs will back down into the mid-40s with a mix of clouds and sun on Wednesday.
We’ll climb the ladder temperature-wise late this week and into the weekend as another area of high pressure slides in and eventually moves to the east of the commonwealth. Afternoon highs will slowly work back through the upper 40s and into the low 50s this weekend. Much of the model data has been jumping back and forth on a southern system throwing a little moisture into the southeastern part of the state by Sunday and the latest runs have that scenario. At this point we could see a few showers to end the weekend but we’ll keep an eye on it in the coming days.
ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST
MONDAY NIGHT: Clear skies and cold. Lows in upper 20s.
TUESDAY: Lots of sun, breezy and pleasant. Highs in the upper 40s and low 50s.
TUESDAY NIGHT: A few clouds, cold again. Lows in the upper-20s.
