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Real-time Bowling Green Weather Radar
Yesterday’s Weather
Well, yesterday was (again) an 90 degree day. I’m tired of the 90s. The decade may have been good, but the temperatures aren’t working too well for me. I’m ready for the 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s, etc. Just something that doesn’t make me feel like I’m gonna catch on fire when I go outside.
Forecast Summary
Today: Partly cloudy skies, with scattered storms this afternoon. Highs around 89°F. Overnight, look for partly cloudy skies, with lows around 70°F.
- Bus stop: ☀️ 69°F
- Lunch hour: 🌤 86°F
- School is out: 🌤/⛈ 89°F
- Evening time: 🌤/⛈ 85°F
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, with highs in and around 86°F. Overnight, look for partly cloudy skies, with lows around 71°F.
- Wake up: 🌤 72°F
- Lunch hour: 🌤/⛈ 84°F
- Evening time: 🌤/⛈ 83°F
Sunday: Partly cloudy, with scattered afternoon storms. Highs around 84°F. Overnight, look for mostly clear skies, with lows around 63°F.
- Wake up: 🌤 72°F
- Lunch hour: 🌤/⛈ 81°F
- Evening time: 🌤/⛈ 82°F
Discussion
This forecast was a bit challenging to make, but also was just kinda monotonous.
At least we have storms in the forecast! I am excited about that for once. Looking at the overall flow of the atmosphere, it makes sense to expect an active period the next few days.
Overall, the atmosphere likely won’t be doing any extremes or showing us any extremes the next few days. It will be fairly non-boring, but not crazy. There is currently a trough over the northern Plains states, and this is forcing a weak and broad surface low across that same region.
This I will get to in a second. Closer to home, the mid-level flow has become generally southwesterly as that weak trough pushes up against the ridge to its east. This will act as a medium for weak, but effective forcing mechanisms to travel through today, especially. We should see a couple of weak shortwaves propagate towards and through the region, forcing scattered thunderstorms this afternoon.
Highs will reach the upper 80s. Overnight, look for partly cloudy skies with lows in the lower 70s. To start off your weekend, we’ll see weather very similar to that of today’s.
The trough will be approaching, but won’t really start impacting us completely until Sunday. However, the southwesterly flow in the mid levels of the atmosphere will advect more weak forcing mechanisms into the region, which will force more thunderstorms across the area.
Highs tomorrow should reach the mid to upper 80s, with lows overnight falling into the lower 70s again. Sunday looks to finally be the day.
The cold front associated with the trough looks to finally make an appearance across the region, and will likely spark some showers and storms along it. This front is looking to be a slow mover, so it may be even slower than Sunday afternoon. However, that is the current timing of the guidance.
Highs on Sunday should only be in the low to mid 80s, so it won’t feel terrible. Overnight Sunday, look for mostly clear skies and lows in the lower 60s.
Extended Outlook
In the long term, the pattern looks to favor warmer than average temperatures, which is what the CPC is forecasting across the region.
