Looking Good for the Game

The sight of rain may have been a slightly unsettling sight to some this morning. No one wants a rainy football game. Many people have big tailgating plans this afternoon, and of course the actual football game between the Hilltoppers and LA Tech is at 7 PM. So will we have to put up with wet conditions for the game? The answer turns out to be no! Most of the showers that were around during sunrise have already dried up, and now we're just left with some cumulus clouds mixed in with the sunshine. All systems are go.

By game time, the temperature should be down to 77°. Throw in partly cloudy skies, and you’ve got a great forecast for the game. So go all in with those Topper festivities. Gather up your friends and grill some food because it should be a great evening. Temperatures will cool through the 70s as the game goes on, and you probably won't need a jacket on your way home. A big cooldown coming, but it won't be in full force until the weekend.

Satellite imagery from this afternoon reveals some puffy clouds over south-central Kentucky, with all the rain to the east

We won’t have any more of these morning lows in the 70s for a while. Tonight will drop to 63° while remaining dry, but that will change tomorrow. Another cold front will find us, and is due to move through tomorrow afternoon. This will bring the chance for some scattered showers and perhaps a thunderstorm or two. Highs will be slightly cooler, around 82°. The one-two punch of these fronts will really push our temperatures down into the weekend. Tomorrow night will be our first night in the 50s in quite some time. Partly cloudy skies will return on Saturday as temperatures will only manage to make it to the low/mid-70s. The same is true for Sunday even though there will be much more sunshine. Into next week, the sun sticks around as highs climb back into the 80s.

Tonight: Low of 63° with partly to mostly clear skies. West light winds.
Friday: Cooler with a high of 82°. A 40% chance of showers, mainly in the afternoon. Northwest winds at 5 to 10 mpm.
Friday night: Mostly cloudy with a few showers and a low around 82°.

Go Tops!
- Caleb Chevalier