Scattered late week storm chances
Updated: 5:48 AM EDT May 23, 2024
NEWS. WE SEE SOME CLOUDY SKIES OVER DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE, BUT WE ARE DRY TO START OUT THIS THURSDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES THAT ARE MAINLY IN THE 60S 68 AT ALI INTERNATIONAL 66 BOWMAN FIELD TO 64 MADISON AND BARDSTOWN A LITTLE COOLER IN E-TOWN FOR YOU AT 62. AS WE LOOK AT THE DOPPLER RADAR, WE LOOK OUT MAINLY TO THE WEST. THERE’S A STRONGER CELL, EVEN PROMPTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING JUST WEST OF OWENSBORO FOR PERHAPS SOME QUARTER SIZED HAIL THAT IS STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF WEAKENING. AND THAT’S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE THAT’S MOVING OFF TOWARD THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. I THINK IN A COUPLE OF HOURS TIME, AS WE GET INTO THE 7:00 HOUR, THIS LITTLE BATCH OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE METRO. WE’LL WATCH IT CLOSELY FOR THE PEAK OF THE MORNING RUSH. ALSO, KEEP AN EYES IN THE SOUTHERN KENTUCKY DOWN SOUTH OF GLASGOW. THEY HAVE SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS THAT MOVES OFF TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. WE’LL WATCH OUT ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PARKWAY FOR OUR SOUTHERNMOST COUNTY, ADAIR COUNTY. COLUMBIA. YOU CAN SEE SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. IT’S THE REASON FOR IMPACT WEATHER TODAY AND TOMORROW, AS WE’LL SEE A SCATTERING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT ALL DAY WASHOUTS, BUT IF YOU FIND YOURSELF UNDER A STRONGER STORM, SOME BRIEF HIGH WIND GUSTS, EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL CAN’T BE RULED OUT. BUT I AM WATCHING A LITTLE CLOSER ON THE HORIZON FOR SUNDAY. SOME SIGNS THAT SOME STRONGER STORMS WILL BE MORE LIKELY IN OUR WEEKEND SKIES. BUT FOR TODAY, A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS DURING THE DRY TIME WHERE 75 MIDDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 80. BUT WE’LL WATCH FOR SOME SCATTERED STORMS INTO THE AFTERNOON. AND THEN AS WE GET LATER INTO THE EVENING. OVERALL, WE’RE GOING TO START TRENDING DRIER. 71 DEGREES BY 10:00, DRIER FOR AT LEAST THE OVERNIGHT FORECAST. RADAR SHOWS THAT SCATTERING OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. TODAY, WITH SOME DRY TIME IN BETWEEN, WE’LL CARRY THE THREAT OF A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE EVENING, BUT THEN DRY AIR LATE NIGHT AND INTO MOST OF TOMORROW MORNING. IN FACT, A GOOD CHUNK OF OUR FRIDAY IS GOING TO BE ON THE DRIER SIDE. I’M TURNING ATTENTION TO ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS THAT’S GOING TO BE POISED TO MOVE ON IN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AGAIN, ANY LINES THAT SET UP SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY EVENING COULD PUT DOWN SOME BRIEF HIGH WIND GUSTS, SOME HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. SO WE’LL KEEP CLOSE TABS ON THAT FOR YOUR FRIDAY. SATURDAY LOOKS DRY. AND THEN AGAIN, WE WATCH SUNDAY CLOSELY WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS AND STORMS, BUT SOME THAT COULD AGAIN BE ON THE STRONG, POTENTIALLY SEVERE SIDE BY MONDAY. MEMORIAL DAY. WE ARE DRIER AT 80 DEGREES COOLER SEVEN DAYS TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. TUESDAY BRINGS AN ISOLATED LATE DAY SHOWER CHANCE, B
Scattered late week storm chances
Updated: 5:48 AM EDT May 23, 2024
WLKY Meteorologist Matt Milosevich has the latest on scattered storm chances for the end of the week, plus a look ahead to the holiday weekend.
WLKY Meteorologist Matt Milosevich has the latest on scattered storm chances for the end of the week, plus a look ahead to the holiday weekend.