Quiet weather continues as temperatures slowly increase
It will feel more like June the next few days with highs back in the 80s
We enjoyed another comfortable and tranquil day of weather on Tuesday across Central and Eastern Kentucky. With a little more in the way of sunshine thanks to less cloud cover and rather lights winds, afternoon highs were a touch warmer with most locations topping out in the mid to upper 70s. With high pressure nosing in we’ve had plenty of dry air at the surface helping to increase the comfort factor during the day. It was rather cool to begin the day with several locations dropping all the way into the upper 40s at daybreak. Once again a few spots saw a little patchy fog to start in some of the sheltered valley areas, which was the only thing of note on an otherwise delightful late spring day.
Heading into the mid-week the aforementioned high pressure center will drop through the Ohio Valley and settle in for a few days keeping things dry and slowly moderating out temperatures. After another pleasantly cool start on Wednesday look for more sunshine through the day with afternoon highs climbing into the low 80s in most spots, although a few could still hang into the upper 70s. Any way you slice it up it will be a continuation of a really pleasant stretch of weather heading into mid-June.
The much advertised warm up will really kick in late this week as the area of high pressure moves east of the commonwealth, allowing a return flow from the south to bring in unseasonably warm air along with opening the door for the big ridge of high pressure in the Central Plains to jog eastward. After a dry and warm Thursday with highs in the upper 80s, there will be a weakening frontal boundary that will drop through the commonwealth on Friday so expect a few isolated storms along that boundary but with limited moisture these should be few and far between. With an earlier arrival of the front and some clouds around, it now looks as if we’ll stay a bit short of the 90 degree mark for highs (for now) as readings top out into the upper 80s.
As the front weakens out moving south we aren’t expecting a big drop in temperatures heading into Father’s Day weekend. It will still be warm Saturday with highs in the upper 80s but at least humidity levels will stay fairly low. We really start to crank the heat up as we celebrate all the dads out there Sunday with low 90s possible for highs across the board. This would be one of our warmest day so far here in 2024 and the humidity levels will begin to rise some as well so a summer-like feel will be prevalent.
Speaking of summer, the official start of the season isn’t far off and we’ll be in more of a weather pattern indicative of the heart of summer next week. With lots of heat around and moisture streaming in from the southwest, look for afternoon and early evening thunderstorms to fire during the peaking heating of the day both Monday and Tuesday as afternoon highs continue to hang in the low 90s.
ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST
TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear and pleasantly cool. Lows in the low to mid-50s.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny and warmer! Highs in the upper-70s and low-80s.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Fair skies and quiet. Lows in the upper-50s.
