The active severe weather pattern I expected from March-May has gotten off to an early start, and here comes our second shot at strong storms in just two weeks. Do Leap Day tornadoes only happen every four years? ;)
Tonight, a warm front will push through Kentucky bringing some heavy rain and a few rumbles of thunder with it. This will mostly occur overnight when most of us are sleeping. Then on Wednesday, after the warm front has pushed through we will see our temperatures soar into the 60s and perhaps close to 70 in many areas as we sit in the “warm sector” of the system. Moisture with this system will be higher than with the last one we saw. Wind shear will also be high because of the negative tilt of the cold front as it approaches from the west. This will set the stage for a potentially severe squall line to push through Kentucky sometime Wednesday evening as the cold front finally approaches.
The latest severe weather outlook for Wednesday once again finds central KY right in the bulls-eye. Be careful tonight and especially tomorrow and keep your eyes on the weather. I personally think that the key to how bad this becomes will be how much sunshine do we see during the day on Wednesday. Do we see clouds all day tomorrow following the warm frontal rains? If so, it may hold the severity of the squall line down. Do we clear out and see sunshine most of the day tomorrow before the cold front sweeps in? If so, then I think we have big problems on our hands. Will be interesting to see how this thing plays out. One thing is for sure...it’s becoming apparent more and more that this Spring is not going to be boring weatherwise.
-Shawn
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