@wxornotBG Facebook
@wxornotBG Twitter
@wxornotBG Instagram
Real-time Radar
Yesterday’s Weather
Yesterday felt colder than it was. I think I am biased because I had to be up early, and get out in the actual cold yesterday morning, but overall, the weather wasn’t too terrible. And last night’s sunset? One of the very best that I have seen.
Forecast Summary
Today: Partly sunny, and nice outside. Highs around 60°F. Overnight, look for partly to mostly cloudy skies, with lows falling to around 37°F.
- Bus stop: 🌤/⛅️ 43°F
- Lunch hour: 🌤/⛅️ 55°F
- School is out: 🌤/⛅️ 60°F
- Evening time: ⛅️ 56°F
Tomorrow: Partly to mostly cloudy, with cooler temps. Light showers are possible in the evening. Highs around 51°F. Overnight, look for partly cloudy skies, with lows around 30°F.
- Bus stop: ⛅️ 37°F
- Lunch hour: ⛅️ 49°F
- School is out: ⛅️/🌥 51°F
- Evening time: ⛅️/🌧 48°F
Thursday: Partly cloudy, with cool highs around 45°F. Overnight, look for clear skies, with lows around 28°F.
- Bus stop: 🌤 30°F
- Lunch hour: 🌤 40°F
- School is out: 🌤 45°F
- Evening time: 🌤 39°F
Discussion
What a seasonably boring forecast this looks to be! I mean, today looks to be the only day that is way separated from average the next few days, so I mean this forecast is looking pretty okay.
Lets jump right into this! There is currently a low pressure system to our north, quickly propagating eastward in advance of a jet streak and its associated divergence. This low has a pretty tight pressure gradient to its south, creating surface flow from the southwest and west-southwest, thus warming temps a good bit across the region.
h/t giphy.com
Behind this is…well, not very cold air. That sort of arrives by Thursday, but I’ll get to that in a second. As you may expect, this low pressure system is packing with it some clouds, and those will move across the region during the morning hours and into the afternoon.
It won’t be too cloudy, so expect a pretty nice afternoon, especially for late January. Highs should jump to around 60! Get out and enjoy it this afternoon, because that won’t last long this week. I think I may go for a run, or try to catch a fish or two.
By tomorrow, we will be firmly within the favorable region of that jet streak I mentioned earlier, and this will keep clouds positioned across the region. I wouldn’t expect rainfall anywhere, but there is a slight chance that we see light rainfall in some portions of the region.
Overall, though, I just expect partly to mostly cloudy temps, with highs being held in the lower 50s. Colder air begins to filter in tomorrow night, with northerly flow increasing and bringing subfreezing temps back to the region.
Thursday looks pretty dang nice. Clouds will clear quickly in the morning, giving way to mostly sunny skies in the afternoon. Highs will only be in the 40s, but when sunny skies are present, its easy to get over the temps!
h/t giphy.com
So, overall, the forecast doesn’t look too bad this week. Temps return to the seasonal range tomorrow, and especially Thursday. Don’t expect precip, but do look for clouds to be present across the region.
Today’s Key Points
- Boring weather period
- Warm today, with partly sunny skies
- Cloudy tomorrow and cooler
- Sunny and cool on Thursday
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!