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Yesterday’s Weather
Yesterday was, again, a wonderful taste of fall. It really was. Temps were right on par for about average for this time of year, and lows were in the 50s. How nice is that!?
Forecast Summary
Today: Warmer, and partly cloudy. Highs around 88°F. Overnight, look for mostly clear skies, with lows around 65°F.
- Bus stop: ☀️ 63°F
- Lunch hour: 🌤 84°F
- School is out: 🌤 88°F
- Evening time: 🌤 85°F
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy skies, with highs around 90°F. Overnight, look for mostly clear skies with lows around 66°F.
- Bus stop: ☀️ 67°F
- Lunch hour: 🌤 87°F
- School is out: 🌤 90°F
- Evening time: 🌤 85°F
Thursday: Partly cloudy, with highs around 88°F. Overnight, look for partly cloudy skies, with lows around 68°F.
- Bus stop: ☀️ 67°F
- Lunch hour: 🌤 86°F
- School is out: 🌤 88°F
- Evening time: 🌤 86°F
Discussion
This forecast is just about as bland as it ever has been.
That is including much of the previous few weeks, in which persistence forecasts were utilized often times. At least those weeks had anomalous heat; this week doesn’t even look to have that (I am not complaining).
The overall setup on the large scale for the Ohio Valley and eastern US is fairly simple. A relatively benign ridge will be present across the southeastern US, which will help to elevate mid level flow just a bit to our north, but not too much. I mean when I say benign, this ridge is just kinda there. It isn’t amplified really, it isn’t blocking anything, it is just waiting to be pushed out of the way.
A similar flow extends into the lower levels of the atmosphere, weak flow dominates as we sit underneath weak ridges of high pressure. Because these are so weak, we will likely see non-ridiculous high temperatures all three days. Look for highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s each day, with Wednesday looking the warmest, as the ridge axis propagates over us as closely as it can. For sensible weather? Partly cloudy skies each day. Did I mention lows will be in the mid 60s, as well? Like I said, really boring forecast.
If it is any sign as to how boring, I have never done the discussion for all three days within one paragraph before!
Extended Outlook
In the extended, we are looking at a sort of a tough picture to focus in on. First of all, I can absolutely tell you that cold shots will get deeper and stronger than they have been in times past. The thermal gradient across the northern hemisphere is beginning to increase as the Sun angle and solar radiation decrease consistently everyday. While this happens, the models tend to get worse than they typically are. So bear with us on the long range forecasts going forward into fall, they’ll be tough!
I do anticipate at least a couple of cool downs in the next week or so, with a weak one occurring this weekend, but another quick hitter next week.
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!