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Yesterday’s Weather
I can definitely tell you what my weather has been like, as I am at the beach on vacation! However, I will not (it has been awesome). Yesterday was another day in the line of summertime thunderstorms across the region. Storms were hit and miss, and lightning was common with them.
Fun little storms tonight, OFB provided just enough lift to get things going. #WKU #KYwx @NWSLouisville @WxOrNotBG pic.twitter.com/NhsMNqOwKr
— Alex Sizemore (@alexsizemore24) August 2, 2016
Forecast Summary
Today: Partly cloudy, with isolated thunderstorms. Highs around 89°F. Overnight, look for skies to stay partly cloudy, with lows around 71°F.
- Wake up: 🌥 73°F
- Lunch hour: ⛅️ 87°F
- Evening time: ⛅️/⛈ 87°F
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, with isolated thunderstorms. Highs around 90°F. Overnight, look for skies to be partly cloudy, with lows around 71°F.
- Wake up: ⛅️ 72°F
- Lunch hour: ⛅️ 89°F
- Evening time: ⛅️/⛈ 88°F
Thursday: Partly cloudy and warm. Highs around 92°F. Overnight, look for skies to remain partly cloudy, with lows around 71°F
- Wake up: ⛅️ 72°F
- Lunch hour: ⛅️ 90°F
- Evening time: ⛅️ 90°F
Discussion
If I can say that any stretch this summer has looked more like summer than this one does, I would be surprised.
It just looks so…boring, really. We are currently under the influence of very weak northwesterly flow in the atmosphere, as a ridge axis is set up to our west across the central plains, and a trough axis is to our east.
This has put us in an interesting situation in terms of storms. No small shortwaves or vort maxes look to rotate through this afternoon, or really the next few days, so thunderstorms won’t have much to force them. However, small outflow boundaries left behind by previous convection may do the trick, and I think that is what we will see this evening. Look for isolated storms to form, with highs hitting the upper 80s by this afternoon.
Overnight, look for skies to remain partly cloudy, with lows falling into the lower 70s. Tomorrow and Thursday basically look about the same. The ridge actually looks to establish itself further west a bit during the timeframe, taking the highest heat that way with it.
However, both days will remain warm. Tomorrow will be more like today, in that there will be an isolated storm chance, but nothing too crazy. Highs look to be in the upper 80s and lower 90s. Thursday will be a bit more interesting, as a strong trough begin to work its way across the northern Great Lakes states, and force a surface low pressure system to propagate that way as well.
This will drag a cold front across the central plains with it. While I don’t think this gives us storms on Thursday (Friday is the more likely culprit), I do think that the wind shift it will cause will heighten our temperatures into the lower 90s.
The lows overnight on Wednesday and Thursday will end up in the lower 70s.
On thing to note: dewpoints look to continually be in the 70s throughout the timeframe, so please be aware of doing outdoor activities, and be sure to take plenty of breaks.
Extended Outlook
The models seem to be painting the picture of the trough centering itself across the eastern US over the weekend, and placing us into northwesterly flow as we would be north-northeast of the strongest ridge.
Beyond the weekend, the CPC forecasts above average temperatures and above average precip.
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!