Storms This Afternoon

Real-time BG Radar:

This Afternoon: Showers and storms. High of 82ºF. Tonight: Showers and storms. Low of 65ºF.

This morning was CRAZY. I mean crazy. Some of that lightning was just ridiculous across the region. There were several reports of strikes and people were freaking out about it.

Lightning captured a few moments ago over the Ballance Farm, due S of Bowling Green. @Spann must be on the way. pic.twitter.com/NgVZmZyKje

— Landon Hampton  (@WxOrNotBG) April 2, 2015

Those lightning strikes are very close to campus. Holy cow. I like lightning, but not that close.

— Jacob Wilkins (@JacobWilkinswx) April 2, 2015

It’s good to have you back, Thunder. I’ve missed you.

— Pierce Larkin (@pierce_larkin) April 2, 2015

Anyways, those storms have moved out of the area, and have left partly sunny skies across the region. This has led to instability values, and winds, increasing across south central Kentucky. Because of deep southwesterly flow across the region, we will see temperatures rise into the low and mid 80s across the region.

HRRR temp forecast for this afternoon. h/t Weatherbell

As we move into the afternoon, the threat for severe weather will ramp up across the region. This will be in conjunction with some smaller shortwaves that are gonna rotate through the area. Combine this with building instability across the region, and you have a recipe for severe weather. We are currently in a Slight Risk from the SPC.

Be weather aware as we go into the evening hours. Overnight, we should see temps stay rather warm as we see mostly cloudy skies and storms continue overnight. Lows will end up around 65ºF with the severe weather threat ending.

Update: We are under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 7 pm CDT. This means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms that include winds >60 mph and >1″ hail. Stay alert for any warnings that are issued, as we will keep you up to date here on the blog.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 9 pm. h/t NWS Louisville.

Tomorrow: Windy, with strong to severe storms. Large hail and damaging winds possible. High of 77ºF. Tomorrow night: Storms ending, and giving way to mostly clear skies. Low of 38ºF.

Okay, calm down. Its all gonna be okay.

Don't be this guy. h/t giphy.com — Don’t be this guy. h/t giphy.com

Now, today does look to be a have a good set up in terms of severe weather. Before we get to the afternoon, we will see some showers and thunderstorms in the morning hours. These will likely only carry heavy rain and lightning, much like this morning’s storms.

You'll likely hear some thunder as you're waking up in the morning. h/t weatherbell — You’ll likely hear some thunder as you’re waking up in the morning. h/t weatherbell

As we move into the later morning and early afternoon hours, it looks as if we will see skies begin to have some clearing and we should see the sun break out. This, in association with strong southwesterly winds, will help temps rise into the mid and upper 70s. This will create an unstable atmosphere favorable for large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. The SPC currently has us in an Enhanced Risk for severe weather.

Tomorrow's severe weather outlook. h/t SPC — Tomorrow’s severe weather outlook. h/t SPC

Be sure to keep any eye on the sky as we head into tomorrow afternoon. Keep the weather radios on, and if conditions get bad enough, we will likely be running a severe weather live blog on here.

As we head into the overnight hours, we will begin to see skies clear out as the cold front passes through. Temps will plummet into the upper 30s as we see skies clear out.

Saturday: Mostly sunny. High of 57ºF. Sat. night: Mostly clear. Low of 36ºF.

After a couple days of craziness, Saturday looks to be fantastic. A high pressure system looks to move into the region behind the cold front and will settle over the lower Ohio Valley by Saturday evening. This has me like…

Had to do it....go 'Cats! h/t Kentucky Sports Radio — Had to do it….go ‘Cats! h/t Kentucky Sports Radio

Highs will top out in the mid and upper 50s across the region, and it should just feel amazing out there. As we head into Saturday night (aka, the evening that the ‘Cats move on to the title game), we should see conditions remain similar for those of you heading into streets to celebrate. Skies should be clear with temps cooling off.

Thats al I have. Remember that James Spann will be here at WKU in the EST building, room 206 for a talk on the 4/27/2011 tornado outbreak that struck the mid south a few years back.

Be sure to follow @WxOrNotBG, @WarrenCountyWX, and @wkuCHAOS on Twitter for the latest info on the weather. Thanks for reading!