4/7 - 7:15pm - Fantastic Easter Weekend

Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies will be with us in West Tennessee and North Mississippi for Easter Sunday tomorrow with temperatures in the lower to middle 70's. Some like it hot and some like it cold, but I think most like it like this! The clouds we'll see tomorrow will be generated by a cold front that will move through early in the morning, but I think rain chances are zero for tomorrow at this point because there is very little moisture in the air. Another one of these dry cold fronts will move through on Monday, but this time it will bring a batch of cooler air that should bring temperatures down into the 60's for highs on Tuesday and Wednesday. Get a full look at your forecast in my video below from this morning:

4/9 - 5:30pm - Severe Weather, A Nice Easter Weekend

What a great day! It got a bit warmer than expected with 67 degrees for a high, so this is really a bonus for us before tonight and tomorrow's rain and storms.

Speaking of precipitation, here's the current radar view:



That rain near Evansville should be here tonight and continue through the day tomorrow. We may see a short break in the rain during the late morning before potentially severe storms come through tomorrow afternoon and evening. Here's the latest severe weather outlook from the SPC:



Notice how the 30% risk is in Southern Kentucky. This is where the SPC thinks the biggest tornado risk exists. I think this area could be extended further north into the Louisville area if the higher CAPE (instability) values for Friday on today's SREF model are indeed correct and if cloudcover doesn't become an issue. The dampener though is weaker shear in our area compared to Tennessee, so that may keep the tornadoes suppressed to the south. In any case, wind and hail will be the main issues. Things should get hammered out by tomorrow morning, so stay tuned!

The total rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow from the HPC is pretty impressive:



Areas in Southwestern Indiana could see more than two inches of rain, but it looks like the immediate Louisville will get somewhere around an inch and a half.

This system will give way to a nice Easter weekened with highs near 60 and sunny skies. Next storm chance occurs on Monday.

4/6 - 10pm - Last Blast of Cold Air

I didn't realize how cold it was getting behind last night's cold front until the automatic doors opened in front of me as I was exiting the baggage claim at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The cold air hit me like a bag of bricks, especially because I was wearing the Caribbean-appropriate shorts and t-shirt combo. So much for a nice welcome home!

Back home now in jeans and long sleeves, it's good this cold weather won't last long. We'll struggle to get above 40 tomorrow with some flurries in the morning, but 60 is a good bet for Wednesday. I'm thinking we'll see 70 next week after we slowly rise through the 60's this week. The next rain system will be in here on Thursday and last until Friday. Easter weekend looks sunny and warm!

3/21 - 5pm - Hippity, Hoppity, Easter's Almost Here!

I really wish that Saturday and Sunday could be as nice as today, but unfortunately that's not the case. Saturday will look like today in terms of sunshine, but the stark difference will be in temperature... upper 40's.

There's a chance for rain this Easter Sunday, but that looks like a night chance at best. 48 degrees isn't the best temperature for Easter egg hunts, but at least it'll be dry.

During the early part of next week temperatures will rise back into the lower 6o's and hold there for the remainder of the week.