Cold Bowling Green Weather Gives Way to Rainfall

Real-time Bowling Green Weather Radar

Yesterday’s Weather

Okay, folks: yesterday’ Bowling Green Weather was cold. As in, very cold. The high for yesterday of 34°F was 16 degrees below normal. Our average high for this time of year is 50°F, and we only made it to 34! And then the temps bottomed out overnight. Current temps are flat out ridiculous, with values in the low teens almost statewide.

The temps statewide when I woke up this morning. That is cold! h/t KY Mesonet

Yesterday's climate report. h/t NWS Louisville — Yesterday’s climate report. h/t NWS Louisville

Forecast Summary

Today: Mostly sunny early, with clouds moving in this afternoon. Highs around 37°F. Overnight, expect clouds to continue increasing. Lows around 27°F.

Wake up: ☀️ 16°F
Lunch hour: 🌤 34°F
Evening time: 🌤/⛅️ 33°F

Tomorrow: Cloudy, with rainfall in the afternoon and evening. Highs around 50°F. Overnight, look for rain. Lows around 47°F.

Wake up: ☁️ 29°F
Lunch hour:☁️ 46°F
Evening time: 🌧 48°F

Monday: Cloudy and rainy early, with precip clearing by noon, and clouds by the evening. Highs around 52°F. Overnight, cold returns under mostly clear skies. Lows around 31°F.

Bus stop: ☁️/🌧 49°F
Lunch hour: ☁️ 52°F
School is out: ⛅️ 51°F
Evening time: 🌤 48°F

Discussion

This forecast is somewhat interesting, but again, the best stuff for forecasting lies just beyond this three day timespan. I mean, after the front moves through on Monday, everything looks to get a bit cold.

"Oh *cold* snap!" h/t giphy.com — “Oh *cold* snap!” h/t giphy.com

Really, the only major weather impacts that are needed to be talked about within this forecast discussion are the affects of the rain system looking to make its way towards us tomorrow afternoon and evening. Before that, today will feature fairly bland weather. Anticipate mostly sunny skies becoming partly sunny by this afternoon, with temps remaining cool.

We don't need the weather to chillax anymore. h/t giphy.com — We don’t need the weather to chillax anymore. h/t giphy.com

By tomorrow, a shortwave trough will have made its way into the upper Midwestern states. This should force a surface low that is likely to track through Iowa and into southern Wisconsin, advecting warmer air into the region for the day on Sunday. That will be combated by showers throughout the day, though. Additionally, it is looking fairly breezy across the region tomorrow afternoon and into the overnight hours, so hold onto those hats!

It should be pretty breezy by tomorrow afternoon! h/t pivotalweather.com

By tomorrow night, the cold front looks to have approached, and our heaviest rain of the event looks to get going from late Sunday evening through early Monday morning. Many should see rainfall totals between 0.5″ and 1″, which will be great considering the ongoing drought.

The WPC's outlook for rainfall between now and Tuesday. h/t WPC — The WPC’s outlook for Bowling Green Weather’s rainfall between now and Tuesday. h/t WPC

By Monday morning, the front will advance eastward, taking the heaviest precip with it, and ushering in another cold airmass by Tuesday morning. Beyond that, it looks downright cold. Another unseasonably cool airmass will move in through the end of the week, with much of the region potentially looking at temps of 15°F below average.

The GFS model showing temperature anomalies that are well below average by the end of this coming week. h/t pivotalweather.com

Today’s Key Points

Cold today; warm up tomorrow and Monday
Rainfall expected by Sunday afternoon and evening
Rain totals anticipated in the 0.5″-1″ range
Cold air ushers in for the rest of the week by Tuesday morning

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!