Friday Afternoon Update

Current Observation For Bowling Green:

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Current Radar:

This Afternoon – Scat’d Showers & Storms – High 76˚ / Tonight – Iso’d Showers Early – Low 52˚

3pm: 75˚ 6pm: 70˚ 9pm: 63˚ 12am: 58˚ 3am: 54˚ 6am: 52˚

Good afternoon, scattered showers and storms are still on tap for later this afternoon and this evening as the cold front continues to inch south. A combination of southwesterly winds and some breaks in the clouds has allowed our high temperature this afternoon to climb into the middle 70s.

Latest visible imagery satellite showing some breaks in clouds across Southern Kentucky this afternoon. (Courtesy: NOAA)
Latest visible imagery satellite showing some breaks in clouds across Southern Kentucky this afternoon. (Courtesy: NOAA)

These scattered showers and thunderstorms will be hit or miss later today, and most areas that do see any precipitation will see less than a quarter inch of rain.

Precipitation will end pretty early tonight and skies will become partly cloudy overnight with lows dropping into the 50s.

Sat – Partly Sunny, Iso’d PM Showers – High 78˚ / Sat Night – Partly Cloudy – Low 57˚

Some ridging aloft will take over as the day progresses tomorrow, allowing temperatures to get near 80 degrees by the afternoon. Skies will be partly cloudy, but some areas could see a stray shower tomorrow afternoon. These showers will be very light, and not much to worry about. Overall, tomorrow will be a nice day and a great day to spend outdoors.

Dog on a jetski.

Sun – Partly Sunny – High 80˚ / Sun Night – Scat’d Storms – Low 61˚

Sunday will start off beautiful as an area of low pressure off to our west will usher in southerly winds to our area. Winds around 10-20 mph on Sunday will help high temperatures make a run at 80 degrees once again.

Skies will start off partly cloudy, but we will see an increase of clouds throughout the day as the low gets closer. By  late Sunday night we will begin to see precipitation moving in from the west. Here is a look at what the latest run of the NAM model thinks the radar will look like by Sunday night:

12Z NAM 4KM Simulated Reflectivity valid at 7pm Sunday night. (Courtesy: NOAA)
12Z NAM 4KM Simulated Reflectivity valid at 7pm Sunday night. (Courtesy: NOAA)

Next week could start off wet as precipitation will increase overnight on Sunday night and into Monday, so be sure to take advantage of the calmer weather this weekend.

That’s all I’ve got for this afternoon, for more frequent updates you can follow @WxOrNotBG and @WarrenCountyWX on Twitter. Enjoy the weekend!