Today’s Outlook
After widespread (locally flooding) rains impacted the tri-state last night, today looks much quieter. The area of low pressure that was the culprit for the widespread rains is now pushing east, thus leaving the tri-state in a more stable airmass. Expect today’s high temperature to top out in the middle to upper 70s before we fall into the upper 50s tonight!
Weekend Outlook
The upcoming weekend looks halfway decent. Saturday’s weather will be dominated by a brief (but welcomed) area of high pressure, allowing for partly to mostly sunny skies and warmer temperatures (highs in the lower 80s). The nice weather will be short-lived as a fading cold front edges closer to the tri-state on Sunday. There will be just enough lift present to spark off a few showers/thunderstorms with this front, though they will be very scattered. Because the cold front will be fading, we will not see the temperature drop normally experienced with such a front. Highs on Sunday will top out around 80 degrees given the clouds/rain chances expected (which will help to keep the temperature down).
What seems like an endless active weather pattern continues for Wednesday. A weak disturbance will be passing across the area during the daytime, which will allow for the development of widespread showers (and isolated t-storms) across the tri-state. Given the rich flow of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, these showers/t-storms will have a lot of juice to ring out, thus resulting in pockets of heavy rain. Because of the rain/clouds, temperatures will be held down in the middle to upper 70s area-wide, which is well below normal for this time of year…but what’s new? This July will go down as the COOLEST ON RECORD (with ease I might add)! Throughout the month, we have accumulated an insanely negative departure of both high and low temperatures from day to day! This cool pattern is not local. In fact, much of the Eastern USA (east of the Mississippi River) has basically seen Spring/Fall-like conditions for much of the SUMMER, which is definately leaving Global Warming/Artificial Global Warming theorists scratching their heads. Well, I have digressed, but look forward to making a post soley dedicated to our climate/climate changes in the near future! Enjoy your Wednesday and stay safe out there! =)
After a very mild weekend with many records, Monday looks to be a BIT warmer with highs topping out in the upper 70s. There will still be a bit of moisture and lift present, so isolated showers/t-storms will once again be a threat (20% chance).
We tied a record low (from 1924) Saturday morning as we dropped down to 54 degrees! If that wasn’t enough, the official high temperature at CVG on Saturday afternoon was only 70 degrees, making it the all-time coolest July 18th on record! Simply amazing, folks! Expect the cool temps, clouds, and rain shower chances to continue through Monday before we begin to climb towards more normal temps for this time of year by Tuesday.
After a weekend full of cool temps, clouds, and a steady “Fourth of July rain”, it is nice to finally see some wall-to-wall sunshine across the tri-state! Look for temps to climb into the upper 70s/lower 80s area-wide on Monday, which will feel much warmer than what we felt this weekend given the sunshine in the forecast! Enjoy the nice weather, as more rain chances are in the forecast as early as Tuesday night!
