Clearing is Coming!

As Chris alluded to in his blog this morning, the weather here in Bowling Green has resembled more of Seattle than south-central Kentucky. Cloud cover has been fairly consistent over the past few days with a light mist being the dominant precip mode. Though the rain has been slow and steady, we still picked up some decent rain totals. Monday night was the wettest this week as a weakening squall line rolled over the area and almost stalled. The atmosphere has been working to clear the air of this system ever since. 24-hour rain totals ending on Tuesday in Bowling Green reached just over 2.5". Meanwhile, 24-hour totals ending at 7 AM this morning logged 0.46", but the precip finally departed today. In fact, some blue sky was noted during the evening hours. We're no longer in the land of grunge music and Frasier.

The most rain on Wednesday fell in Butler and Edmonson Counties

This clearing will continue through tonight, and we should wake up to mostly clear skies as the sun rises. We've been under the average temperatures for mid-October, but tomorrow will be a return to warmth. With clouds mostly gone during the day, sunshine will offer us some heat. In addition, winds will be from the southwest, which should aid in transporting some warm air our way. We've had our quota for rainfall and then some, but you may be interested to know that rain chances are virtually none for the next week. Tomorrow's temperatures will be the exception however, not the rule.

A weak cold front should work from northwest to southeast through south-central Kentucky tomorrow afternoon and evening. There will be no moisture associated with this front, so clouds should stay relatively thin. The noticeable effect will be the change in temperatures. The evening should cool off rapidly and the low should be very close to tonight. However, Saturday's highs will be significantly different. It shouldn't get any warmer than the mid 60s. During this time, the winds will rotate to a northwesterly flow, and high pressure will overspread the Midwest.

Tonight: Low of 48° under mostly cloudy skies. Light south winds.
Friday: Sunny and a high around 77°. Winds from the west at 5-10 mph.
Friday night: A low near 47°. Mostly clear and northwest winds around 5 mph.

Thanks for reading!
- Caleb Chevalier