Chicken Festival Forecast Part 2

Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! Today we had some showers and strong thunderstorms that moved through the area in which suprized some people due to how chilly it was outside at the time. Don't let that fool you, thats how Fall works ;). Anyways, I wanted to let you know that this isn't the last of the rain to be seen for the week. Take a look at the forecast rainfall from the HPC:

                                     This goes through Friday on the rainfall totals
Thats a sharp cutoff from North to south. This shows up to 2 inches of rain near Louisville and just 0.75 inches of rain down here. You can tell that the best shot of rain is the further north you live.

                                                 Chicken Festival Forecast
High temperatures this week will be better than the past few days. We will see highs back to normal for this time of year which is in the upper 70s near 80. Maybe a few low 80s can be seen as well. Thursday looks to be the best chance for rain at 40% but we'll see highs near 80 degrees. Friday looks to be just slightly less on the rain chances at 30% with a high around 78 degrees.

Temperatures take a bit of a fall on Saturday with a 20% chance of rain, highs in the low 70s. Sunday is much of the same with highs in the low 70s as well. Long story short, for those who have asked me which day looks better to go to the Chicken Festival I personally would go Saturday or Sunday due to the best weather days. In years past (especally last year) it has rained at least one day of the festival. Oh I forgot to tell you that low temperatures each night looks to be in the 50s with low 50s coming on Saturday and Sunday night. A chilly night for the enterainment :p

If you have any questions concerning the upcoming forecast or what we should see for the Chicken Festival, feel free to send a Tweet my way @ClaytonBanks1 or send me something on Facebook and I'll get back to you. Have a great day everyone and take care! :)

Chilly Start, Beautiful End To The Day

Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to the blog! I hope all of you are having a great Wednesday out there! Temperatures this morning really gave us a chill out there. Low temperatures were in the upper 30s in some places! Burr! We'll end the day nicely with high temperatures in the mid to upper 60s with a 70 or two out there as well. Not to mention NO CLOUDS ;)

Anyways the next few days looks to be great! Low temperatures tonight will head back south into the mid and upper 40s. Nowhere near as cold as last nights temperatures but chilly indeed. Tomorrow temperatures will warm back into the mid 70s for highs as the winds come out of the southwest. Friday much of the same with highs pushing 80 degrees. Saturday brings a bit cooler temperatures with highs in the low 70s.

Another cold front moves in the area for Sunday and Monday bringing cool temperatures again for those days. Highs looks to be in the 60s yet again! All signs point to this pattern coming to a stop in the near future, but!! Wait for it.... It will pick right back up towards the middle part of next month bringing even cooler temperatures. There looks to be maybe if we're lucky a 2-3 week break from this rollercoaster weather and bring temperatures back up to normal for highs.

More blocking is being indicated by the models for next month and if we can get that blocking to happen in the winter months then we'll be in business for some good snows! Can you believe it Winter is just a few months away! Who knows what Mother Nature has in store for us this year, but I can tell you this much this winter looks to be interesting! ;)

Have a great Wednesday everyone and take care! :)

Cool Down Ongoing, Chicken Fest Forecast

Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! Yesterday and overnight last night was a huge washout! Radar estimates of 5 inches of rain in some areas. We should get the totals later today and I will post them on Facebook as Twitter when I get them. Anyways through out the day today temperatures will slowly drop from the mid 60s where most temperatures are at now to the upper and mid 50s by the late evening hours.

No that isn't where the tempertaures will stay for tonight. Depending on your location some area will clear out the clouds quicker than the others allowing for that area to cool down quicker. Low temperatures tonight can be anywhere from 35 to 45 depending on how quickly your area gets those clouds out of the way. It will be a cold start to your Wednesday and what I mean by cold is that the low temperatures in the morning will be way cooler than normal.

I wanted to take the last half of this post to not only inform you that the World Chicken Festival is back in town ( which you already know that ;p) from Sept. 27th-30th. Now with that being said, here is the forecast for those 4 days. (that is the forecast for now, because it will change trust me). On Thursday the 27th, we're looking at high temperatures in the low to mid 70s with low temperatures in the mid 50s. That looks to change as during the weekend another potent cold front looks to move through and bring temperatures way down. Low temperatures looks to be at this time pushing 32 degrees and that is a real threat for frost and high temperatures looks to be in the mid and upper 60s with a 70 or two.

More updates as they are needed and I will have more posts on the updated Chicken Festival Forecast in the coming days. Have a great Tuesday everyone!

Heavy Rains Usher In!

Good late morning/early afternoon everyone and welcome back to the blog! I've been very busy with the college life and it's left me little to no room for posting on the blog. I do promise though they blog will pick back up in activity as we head further into the fall season.

Today we have alot of rain pushing in from our south and west. This will produce heavy rains through out the day some of which could produce up to 4 inches of rain and maybe some locally higher amounts. That is why there is a Flood Watch for most of our area. Counties included are: Laurel, Knox, Whitley, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Jackson, and Clay counties.

Here's what the GFS rainfall output is showing for today's rain totals:

Thats up to 5 inches of rain possible in some areas! Pack those raincoats!

The rain should move out by tomorrow morning but with that the potent cold front will move through too. As the rain stops, the clouds will hang around as temperatures crash through the day tomorrow. Possibly into the 50s by late evening hours. Wednesday could be a whole different story! Wednesday morning lows could be in the upper 30s! That all depends on how quick the clouds move out of your area. If they move out fast then temperatures have a greater shot at bottoming out into the 30s.

I will have more updates later on Twitter and Facebook as the day goes on and I will also try to get some rainfall totals posted as I get them and radar estimates. Have a great Monday everyone and take care! :)