Thursday, May 7, 2009

5/7 - 4pm - Severe Threat Diminishes

Storms that developed this afternoon have stayed south of the Louisville area and have stayed well below severe limits. Severe weather still looks fairly likely in Missouri, and anything that develops there will weaken as it arrives here late tonight. Expect a period of heavy rain and thunder tonight, a bit of dry weather late tomorrow morning once the early morning rain clears out, and more spotty thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. After seeing the instability we'll have to work with tomorrow, I'm thinking that a few of these storms in the afternoon could get close to being severe, but most will be strong. The SPC has also dropped us from the SLIGHT Risk area they had yesterday for Friday. Another line of thunderstorms will come through tomorrow night, but they'll be dying as they reach us like tonight's round of storms.

We'll work on clearing out any remaining rain on Saturday, which should help bring in sunny skies for us on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Temperatures will consistently stay in the 70's through the middle of next week.

2 comments:

John said...

Glad that the severe threat has diminished. Nothing that rattles the nerves more then chances for severe weather at night. I took a look at the SPC outlook for Friday. To my untrained eye it appears that even if there was severe weather Friday it would more then likely be to the south of Louisville. Whats your take on it?

Ryan Hoke said...

Yeah, I think we may be on the edge of the severe weather threat on Friday. We'll may be back inside the SLIGHT Risk in the next outlook, but I'm not sure. Instability will be a bit better tomorrow, but the late-night arrival of the line of storms will keep them from being severe. Anything in the afternoon could be strong and maybe even severe.