Bigger impacts could lie with a heavy rainfall risk this weekend.
There are some indications that the closed mid/upper level low
could slow down and be quite slow to move across regions east of
the MS River Saturday and Saturday night. This would lead to
training of showers and scattered storms from TN northeast across
much of western Ky into sw IN, and could result in a few inches
of rainfall in those areas. Some models continue to be a bit more
progressive, leading to lower totals, so forecast confidence is
still not very high at this time. Definitely something to monitor.
Much colder air will be set to plunge back into the region in the
wake of this frontal passage Sunday into early next week. After
brief dry slot, could also see quite a bit of wrap around cloud
cover lingering Sunday/Monday. Brisk northwest winds and expected
clouds could hold daytime readings in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
Aside from the impending return of The Chill for a few days, the rain risk is NOT good news. Rivers fell quite a bit but are once again at Minor Flood Stage in many areas and Action Stage in others. A 'few inches' of rain could easily put us back to Moderate Flood Stage and close roads again.
