Good Saturday, everyone. After a nearly 10 year run of posting here on Kentucky.com, today marks the end of our run. Blogs are being phased out from the corporate level, so this is where we part ways. I’m thankful for each and everyone of you who have clicked on this blog through the years. It’s been a pleasure to log daily weather updates for the fine folks at Kentucky.com and the Lexington Herald Leader. For those of you who may or may not know, I’ve always had another site that’s fully my own and it predates the blog you’re reading now. If you want to continue following my weather updates ..read more

Good Friday to one and all. We have another seasonally chilly November day in the making, but it’s all eyes on a strong cold front this weekend. Gusty winds, showers and a blast of cold will accompany our front. Winds will begin to gust on Saturday as our cold front approaches from the west. Those winds will absolutely crank Saturday night and Sunday as the front slams in here. Gusts may top 50mph at times. There’s some nice agreement among the models… EURO NAM GFS A few showers show up ahead of the front later Saturday, but this action becomes widespread as we go into Saturday night and ea ..read more

Good Wednesday, everyone. Today is a special day… The day we honor all those who have served our amazing country. All I can say is a heartfelt thank you for everything you’ve done for us as a nation!  On this Veterans Day, we have a cold front plowing across the state today and it’s bringing wet weather with a big time temperature drop compared to where we’ve been. This actually kicks off a pattern skewed normal or a little below normal for the rest of the week. Once into the weekend, a stronger cold front will usher in well below normal temps into the first half of next week. Today’s fro ..read more

Good Thursday, folks. It’s been very mild across the region for the past several days, but the next several days will be even warmer. Readings are likely to reach the 70s for the upcoming weekend in what’s a gorgeous stretch of fall weather. Temps out there today are in the mid and upper 60s with more clouds rolling through compared to the past several days. No worries, those clouds will not be producing rain. Highs from Friday through Monday will hit the 70-75 degree range across all of central and eastern Kentucky. If you’re not making outdoor plans… Get after it! ETA continues to weaken ov ..read more

Good Tuesday, everyone. We are all winning when it comes to our Election Day weather. Blue skies and pleasant afternoon temps rule the day and it only gets better from here. Temps turn milder as the week wears on. Let’s review just how cold it was to start the week… Folks, this has been a fall featuring some stout cold shots, the likes we haven’t seen around here in many years. This has been a totally different pattern from the past several years. Temps for our Election Day will start in the upper 20s and end in the 50s under mostly sunny skies. Daily highs hit the 60s from Wednesday through ..read more

Good Monday, folks. The coldest air of the season is right on top of the region today, but the rest of the week looks fabulous. Big changes are on the way next week and we will take a look at that and take a look down the road to winter. The day starts with readings in the low and middle 20s for most of the area and this could be within a few degrees of the record low of 22 in Lexington. Wind chills are in the upper teens. By the afternoon, highs range from the low to mid 40s with mostly sunny skies. Election Day continues to look really good with upper 20s to start and 50s in the afternoon. T ..read more

Good Sunday and welcome to November. We have a strong cold front blasting through the state today and this is bringing a quick-hitting shot of cold air. The next few days are more like December than early November. Today’s front will bring a few showers along and ahead of it as temps spike into the 50s early on. Once the front blows through here, the numbers crash from northwest to southeast. That will be accompanied by a strong northwest wind that has an outside chance to spit out a few flakes in the mountains of eastern Kentucky this evening. Here are your radars for the day: Overnight low ..read more

Good Saturday and Happy Halloween. We are putting the wraps on October with much colder than normal temps. Things turn colder as we flip the calendar to November with a strong cold front blowing into town. Before we kick off the weather portion of the program, a reminder: Turn your clocks back one hour before going to bed tonight. It’s also a good time to change those batteries in the smoke detectors. Upper 20s and low 30s show up to begin Halloween and then top out in the 55-60 degree range. Some clouds increase during the afternoon and evening, but it’s a nice day overall. As the front slams ..read more

Good Friday to one and all. A lot of rain has fallen across the bluegrass state over the past few days, now we have much colder air sinking in to close out the month. This is just a taste of the cold shot blowing in for the first few days of November. Widespread rains of 1″-3″ fell across the region over the past few days, including a new daily record in Lexington. Our Friday may start with a few showers lingering across the east: Temps out there today stay in the 40s for highs. Normal highs right now are in the 60-65 degree range.  As skies clear Friday night, Halloween morning will st ..read more

Good Thursday, everybody. Rounds of heavy rain continue to roll across the Commonwealth through tonight. This is leading to a local high water threat into early Friday. As this system passes by, temps tumble on a colder wind. Let’s break down the forecast: Rounds of heavy rain continue to spin across the state. Rainfall amounts by Friday morning will be in the 1″-3″ range for most of our region. Local stream and street flooding is possible. We will need to watch some of the street drains that could be blocked with leaves. That would increase the ponding of water. Winds may gust to 30-35mph at ..read more