Two Spring Days Before Winter Returns Overnight Friday

Sunny & warmer today; snow chances set for the start of the weekend! Full details in this morning's Final Finish weather update:

Posted by Landon Hampton on Thursday, April 5, 2018

Chilly Morning

h/t kymesonet.org
h/t kymesonet.org

You may think winter has already returned when you walk out the door this morning, but just wait until Saturday morning…

Unexpected winter blast incoming, well actually not this much snow. h/t giphy.com
Unexpected April winter blast incoming, well actually not this much snow. h/t giphy.com

High pressure currently over south-central Kentucky will be followed by a strong cold front providing us two spring days before winter returns overnight Friday.

Spring Day 1

Today, the high will reach the upper 50’s this afternoon even with the cold start.  It will be sunny and dry with light south winds as high pressure slowly but sadly exits to the east.

High pressure today--leaving. h/t giphy.com
High pressure today–leaving. h/t giphy.com

Tonight’s low is in the mid 40’s.  These numbers are below average for April, but not too bad.

Good job weather, only a little below average. h/t giphy.com
Good job weather, only a little below average. h/t giphy.com

Spring Day 2

Tomorrow looks to be cloudy also with a high in the mid 50’s around lunch on Friday.  Small chance of showers in the morning increases through the day.  Enjoy this “warmth” while it lasts though.

Position of weather systems at 7 a.m. on Friday. Notice cold front approaching from west. h/t WPC
Position of weather systems at 7 a.m. on Friday. Notice cold front approaching from west. h/t WPC

Winter Returns Overnight Friday

As a cold front approaches, it will rain starting late Friday evening between 6 and 9.  Temperatures drop to 40 by midnight Friday, and we will pick up a quarter inch of rain.

Models are predicting snow for April 7? h/t giphy.com
Models are predicting snow for April 7? h/t giphy.com

The weather models trended up on snow totals yesterday, but then dropped our chances and totals overnight due to the low tracking farther southeast.  This is very understandable considering the storm system bringing us this chance of snow is just now hitting the west coast.

Latest NAM output for 2 a.m. Saturday which is best chance for snow. h/t pivotalwx.com
Latest NAM output for 2 a.m. Saturday which is best chance for snow. h/t pivotalwx.com

The jury is still out for if we will get a short-lived Saturday morning snow or sleet accumulation.  My prediction is that we will see snow, but that it will not stick due to warm ground temperatures.  A better chance for accumulating snow exists to our northeast.

Wind chill for Saturday 7 a.m. from NAM. Brrr! h/t pivotalwx.com
Wind chill for Saturday 7 a.m. from NAM. Brrr! h/t pivotalwx.com

Regardless of weather or not we get snow overnight on Friday, it will be cold on Saturday.  Wind chills will be in the low 20’s Saturday morning with the 10-15 mph north winds.  The high will top out in the low 40’s, and Saturday night and Sunday look to be unseasonably cold, too.  Follow @wxornotbg for the latest updates.