Tuesday, May 26, 2009

5/26 - 8pm - More Scattered Thunderstorms

The Louisville Metro area didn't do too bad today in terms of rain. We missed the bulk of some heavy rain around the area, and then it pretty much exited the area for the afternoon. Tomorrow will be nearly identical to today, but I think we may not be as lucky on the rain chances. Thursday will be the last day with scattered storms around the area, meaning we should see sunny skies and no rain through the weekend. Highs should approach 90 by early next week.

The SPC actually issued an outlook area on their 4-8 outlook today for the first time in weeks. This is very rare to have such a small amount of severe weather for this time of year:


Maybe things are looking up just in time for my storm chasing trip? Sure looks like it if you look at the jet stream model predictions!

11 days until storm chasing begins!

2 comments:

CJ said...

Severe chances may pick up for your trip. That cut-off low in the SW US, looks unseasonably good for chasing once it ejects into the Plains. Would argue that if that scenario pans out, we still don't see much in the Ohio Valley. All to the NW.

Ryan Hoke said...

Yeah, I like this cut-off low on the models. The Ohio Valley looks hopeless for severe, so we'll have to settle for my pictures!