Chris Bailey’s Forecast | Severe Storms Threat Late Friday

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Our middle of the week started with just a touch of light snow for some areas, but the focus going forward is on a big storm system ready to impact the state this weekend. More wind, heavy rain and strong storms look to be in the cards.

Here’s a breakdown of the weekend system:

• The system is speeding up in arrival time and duration with the bulk of the action coming Friday into the first half of Saturday.
• Scattered showers and storms will be noted from Thursday evening into Friday.
• A powerful cold front sweeps in Friday night and brings a line of heavy rain producing thunderstorms with it.
• Some of those storms may be strong or severe and the greatest threat may come during the overnight hours Friday into early Saturday.
• Damaging winds will be possible during this time. Can we get another spin up or two?
• The faster moving system decreases the general flooding risk, but we still have a flash flood risk.
• 1″-3″ of rain may show up during this time.
• Temps may flirt with record highs from Friday afternoon into the wee hours of Saturday.
• Temps Saturday crash quickly with temps falling into the 30s in the late afternoon. Wind chills make it feel much colder.
• Can we get some flakes to fly behind this?

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