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Real-time Bowling Green Weather Radar
Yesterday’s Weather
It was horrible feeling outside yesterday. Just horrible. Dewpoints were wildly high, with many areas in the upper 70s, and even some 80s across the region. This yielded heat index values into the 100s by early afternoon. By that point, though, isolated storms were forming to help cool us down.
Forecast Summary
Today: Partly cloudy, with scattered thunderstorms. Highs around 92°F. Overnight, look for partly cloudy, with lows around 74°F.
- Wake up: ⛅️ 73°F
- Lunch hour: ⛅️/⛈ 90°F
- Evening time: ⛅️/⛈ 87°F
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, with scattered storms in the afternoon. Highs around 90°F. Overnight, look for partly cloudy skies, and isolated storms with lows around 74°F.
- Wake up: ⛅️ 74°F
- Lunch hour: ⛅️/⛈ 89°F
- Evening time: ⛅️/⛈ 87°F
Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with widespread thunderstorms possible. Highs around 83°F. Overnight, look for scattered storms to remain, with mostly cloudy skies. Lows around 72°F.
- Wake up: 🌥 75°F
- Lunch hour: ⛈ 80°F
- Evening time:⛈ 78°F
Discussion
STORMS! What a wonderful surprise!
I am excited about them this week. Last week was very hot, and we had a relative lack of storms with respect to the rest of the summer, so that was a bit of a disappointment! We needed some to cool us off honestly. We did have some on Wednesday, but that is neither here nor there.
It was still hot. Today is still looking hot and humid, but storms by this afternoon should help keep that from reaching its full potential. Many of you will wake up to temps in the mid 70s, with dewpoints in the mid 70s. Basically, when you walk outside, the air will stick to your skin.
Look for highs today to end up in the lower 90s, with isolated to scattered storms forming by early this afternoon. This will help to cool us off a bit, but before that, it looks horrible out.
These storms are forming in response to a weak frontal boundary just to our north, and the presence of this is what has really been the spark that we needed for our storms.
Overnight tonight, look for partly cloudy skies, and lows in the mid 70s. Tomorrow looks to be more of the same, but just a tad bit cooler.
The weak frontal boundary near us today will be fairly close to being completely disorganized by that point, but even so, isolated thunderstorms still look likely tomorrow afternoon and evening.
Troughing will begin to be noted within the mid levels of the atmosphere by Wednesday evening, and this may have an impact on thunderstorm formation. However, the major forcing with that won’t be here until Thursday, so we don’t need to worry about that yet. Look for highs to hit the lower 90s again.
Overnight, look for isolated storms, with lows in the mid 70s. Now Thursday? Thursday looks interesting.
With a mid-level low pressure system deepening, height falls will be common across the Ohio Valley, leading to widespread lift across the region. This will likely yield widespread rain and thunderstorms. Additionally, a plume of high precipitable water values is forecast to move into the region on Thursday, so heavy rainfall is a high threat.
The WPC has plenty of rainfall forecast over the next 3 days, so be on the lookout for flash flooding as a threat on Thursday.
Highs on Thursday should only hit the mid 80s at the max, and skies will stay mostly cloudy. Overnight, look for scattered storms to remain a possibility. Lows in the low to mid 70s.
Extended Outlook
Well, the extended looks a bit stormy, at least from days 3-6. We look to be under the influence of a trough across the eastern US, and small shortwaves will likely propagate towards us within that, creating isolated storms consistently. Beyond 6 days out, the CPC has above average temperatures and precip forecast for us.
Thats all I have for ya! Thanks for checking into WxOrNotBG this morning, and be sure to follow @WxOrNotBG and @WKUweather on Twitter and like Landon Hampton on Facebook for the latest Bowling Green Weather information. Have a great day folks!