Wet and Windy Christmas Eve

Good morning!

This is going to be a wet and windy Christmas Eve.  The low pressure system and the associated cold front will be moving though our area today, and chances for rain showers will continue behind them.  The winds will also pick up significantly once the front passes this morning and could result in gusts as high as 30-35 mph possible.  As shown in the graphic below, areas to our east are under a wind advisory this afternoon and evening when the system will be arriving there.

Weather forecast graphic valid for Wednesday, December 24th courtesy of the NWS Louisville Forecast Office

The passing of this front will also bring us a shift in our temperatures.  As we move into the colder air mass on the back side of the cold front, temperatures will begin to decrease.  Although we are starting off warm in the mid-50s this morning, temperatures will drop into the mid-40s this afternoon.

If you are out traveling today, be careful since the roads will be wet.  Check back this evening for your Christmas Day forecast.  It looks as if tomorrow will be colder, but it will finally stop raining just in time for Christmas!

Forecast: Cloudy skies, a 70% chance of scattered showers, temperatures falling into the mid-40s by the afternoon, and winds out of the west at around 8-15 mph with gusts as high as 30-35 mph possible.

Thanks for reading, and have a very merry Christmas Eve!

-Arden Gregory