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Real-time Bowling Green Weather Radar
Yesterday’s Weather
Yesterday was arguably the nicest day that we have seen since spring. It wasn’t humid, it was sunny and it was cool outside. You can’t really beat that, honestly. Some stats:
- High of 77°F
- No precip
Great example of dense #fog retreat over #WKU this morning. Sun rises, temps warm, humidity lowers. Opposite happens at night. pic.twitter.com/S2c18IruGk
— WhiteSquirrelWeather (@WKUweather) September 27, 2016
Forecast Summary
Today: Sunshine early, becoming cloudy and breezy, with showers likely. Highs around 73°F. Overnight, look for a continued threat for showers, with lows around 51°F.
- Bus stop: ☀️ 56°F
- Lunch hour: 🌥/🌧 73°F
- School is out:☁️/🌧 69°F
- Evening time: ☁️/🌧 67°F
Tomorrow: Cloudy, with intermittent showers. Highs around 63°F. Overnight, look for mostly cloudy skies, with showers still likely. Lows around 51°F.
- Bus stop: ☁️/🌧 52°F
- Lunch hour: ☁️/🌧 59°F
- School is out: ☁️/🌧 63°F
- Evening time: ☁️/🌧 60°F
Friday: Cloudy, with intermittent showers likely. Highs around 65°F. Overnight, look for mostly cloudy skies, with isolated showers possible. Lows around 55°F.
- Bus stop: ☁️/🌧 52°F
- Lunch hour: ☁️/🌧 61°F
- School is out: ☁️/🌧 65°F
- Evening time: 🌥/🌧 60°F
Discussion
This is one of the more interesting forecasts that I have had in quite some time, so that is exciting! The set up is funky, and isn’t typically handled by the models very well. This creates an interesting forecasting situation, especially considering I can discuss what is likely to happen the next 3 days in a group.
The cutoff low that I was discussing yesterday is currently digging southward (quickly, I might add) across the western portion of the Great Lakes and into the northwestern Ohio Valley.
This will continue to dig into our region today, and will quickly increase clouds across the region as we head into this Wednesday. Clouds and showers will begin to approach the region with the forcing associated with the cutoff low approaching, and this will cool temps off in general.
Guidance consistently shows the cutoff low fully cutting off from the main flow by Friday afternoon, and then lifting out quickly after that. However, before this, the low will likely be nearly stationary, spinning over the southern Ohio Valley and northern Tennessee Valley. This will make the next couple of days really crappy to some of you, but really nice to others.
I actually prefer the weather that we’ll be seeing coming up over the next few days. I have had my fill of sunshine for a couple of days. So, after this secondary cold front marches through with associated showers today, we likely will see just about the same weather until Friday evening. Clouds will dominate, and showers/drizzle will likely be intermittent.
This will hold highs down into the low to mid 60s for Thursday and Friday. I think highs will hit the lower 70s today, as sunshine will be prevalent before the clouds move in around noon or early afternoon. Overnight lows will be in the low to mid 50s for all three days, with clouds and showers remaining during those timeframes. Overall, a gloomy forecast, but to me, that isn’t too bad (its better than 92°F with a 74°F dewpoint).
Extended Outlook
The extended outlook is way too tough to pin down right now exactly right now. The cutoff low is likely to move out of the region by Saturday night, but after that there is zero confidence. So, I leave you with this glorious gif as a consolation prize.
