Plenty of dry time this weekend, watching severe storm chance Sunday

WLKY Meteorologist Daniel Johnson has the latest weekend forecast.

Plenty of dry time this weekend, watching severe storm chance Sunday

WLKY Meteorologist Daniel Johnson has the latest weekend forecast.

VISITOR SPENDING. NOW YOUR WLKY WEATHER WITH METEOROLOGIST DANIEL JOHNSON. DRY SKIES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. THAT WASN’T THE CASE YESTERDAY. ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE VIEWING AREA AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT HAS REALLY DROPPED. IT’S GONE DOWN AND MOST OF US WILL STAY DRY. WE ARE BATTLING CLOUDS THOUGH. THAT’S BEEN THE CASE ALL DAY. TODAY WE WOKE UP WITH THAT DENSE FOG DURING THE MORNING. THAT TOOK A WHILE TO BURN OFF, BUT IT DID WARM UP. IT’S 82 NOW. IT FEELS LIKE 86. SO THERE IS A HEAT INDEX OUT THERE BECAUSE OF THAT HIGH HUMIDITY. DEW POINTS ARE NEAR 70. THAT IS MUGGY. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOW TO MID 80S DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE. SCOTTSBURG 80, SEYMOUR 82. A PAIR OF 79 AND PAOLI IN ENGLISH DOWN THROUGH E-TOWN AND HODGENVILLE. WE’RE IN THE UPPER 80 OR UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80. THE SKY PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, BUT THE RADAR IS CLEAR. THERE ARE SOME STORMS. WELL OFF TO OUR NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT, AND AS THAT FRONT GETS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, SOME OF THESE STORMS TO OUR NORTH COULD TAKE A DIVE SOUTH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THOSE WILL FALL APART AND OR MISS US AS WE ROLL THROUGH TONIGHT, SO WE’RE NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF STORMS, JUST A COUPLE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY TONIGHT, THEN TRENDING DRIER LATE TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES, MILD IN THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 DEGREES. HERE’S YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST FOR SATURDAY AS WE WAKE UP. IF YOU’RE RUNNING ANY ERRANDS OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, KICKING OFF YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND, I SHOULD SAY A LOT OF CLOUDS EARLY IN THE MORNING, BUT IT SHOULD BE DRY BY AND THEN SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS, TURNING PARTLY SUNNY FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A LOW TO MID 80S ONCE AGAIN JUST LIKE TODAY, IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A PICTURE PERFECT SUNNY WEEKEND. WE’RE GOING TO BE BATTLING THE CLOUDS AT TIMES, BUT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF DRY TIME IF YOU WANT TO HEAD TO THE POOL OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TONIGHT, MAYBE A POP UP SHOWER OR STORM. MOST OF US STAYING DRY. CLOUDS AS WE WAKE UP SATURDAY. NOTICE A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THEN HEADING INTO SUNDAY, WE’RE DRY FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY. WE’RE MAKING IT A SEVERE ALERT DAY BECAUSE STORMS BEGIN THEIR APPROACH LATE IN THE DAY. SUNDAY. SO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SO THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER THERE IMPRESSED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. SO THEY PUT US IN AN ENHANCED RISK. THAT’S A LEVEL THREE OUT OF FIVE HERE ON THE CHARTS. SO WE’LL BE WATCHING IT CLOSELY. THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. AND AS WE GET THROUGH THE WEEKEND WE’LL GET MORE AND MORE DETAILS LATE SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THAT’S OUR BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS. SOME COULD BE SEVERE ALL HAZARDS POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL, WIND, MAYBE EVEN SOME TORNADOES. WE’LL WATCH IT CLOSELY. THIS IS WHAT RADAR MAY LOOK LIKE ON SUNDAY. A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH THAT PUTS US IN THE UNSETTLED PERIOD. AND LOOK AT THIS. A COUPLE OF LINES OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE’S GOING TO BE A LINE FROM LOUISVILLE UP THROUGH CINCINNATI. AND INTO PORTIONS OF COLUMBUS THAT ROLLS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY NIGHT. IT’S GOING TO PACK A PUNCH, SO WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT FOR SURE. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SEVEN DAY FORECAST, BECAUSE IT DOES SHOW THE SEVERE ALERT SUNDAY. THAT’S THE ACTIVE DAY. THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF LEFTOVER SHOWERS MONDAY MORNING. THEN TRENDING DRIER AND LOOKING NEXT WEEK. NICE LOW HUMIDITY, 70S AND NEAR 80 FOR HIGHS. SO JUST GOT TO GET THROUGH SUNDAY. THAT’S THE ACTIVE DAY WE’RE KIND OF SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO DRY DAYS OVER THE WEEKEND. WAY TO CLOSE OUT MAY THOUGH. THAT’S RIGHT. NO
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Plenty of dry time this weekend, watching severe storm chance Sunday

WLKY Meteorologist Daniel Johnson has the latest weekend forecast.

WLKY Meteorologist Daniel Johnson has the latest weekend forecast.

WLKY Meteorologist Daniel Johnson has the latest weekend forecast.

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