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WLKY Chief Meteorologist Jay Cardosi's Forecast

More rain and storms for Friday

WLKY Chief Meteorologist Jay Cardosi's Forecast

>> NOW YOUR WLKY WEATHER, WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JAY CARDOSI. >> WHAT A DAY ACROSS THE REGION. ALL THAT HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SHOWERS AND THE STORMS. REALLY PUTTING DOWN SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE BETTER PART OF THE VIEWING AREA AND WE'RE NOT DONE JUST YET. I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, IN LOUISVILLE, YEAH, WE'RE DONE WITH T HEAVY RAIN THREAT FOR THE NIGHT. BUT IT IS GRADUALLY SHIFTING SOUTHWARD. 74 DEGREES. LIGHT HUMIDITY LEFT IN THE METRO. A NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE NOW AT FIVE MILES PER HOUR. HAVING SAID THAT, FLASHING ON YOUR TV SET FLASH FLOOD WARNING. GOES UNTIL 11:15 TONIGHT. THE GOOD NEWS, BECAUSE THE HEAVY RAIN IS OVER WITH ANY HIGH WATER THAT'S LEFT, AND BY THE WAY, MUCH OF IT HAS ALREADY RECEDED, IT WILL CONTINUE TO RESEED OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. POINTS OFF TO THE EAST AND INTO NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY, OVER TO NEAR LEXINGTON, WE HAVE ANOTHER BATCH OF REAL HEAVY RAINFALL COMING OUT OF HANCOCK COUNTY, CRUISING RIGHT TOWARDS HARDENSBURG DOWN TO ROUGH RIVER LAKE AND LOOK AT GRAYSON COUNTY RIGHT NOW. TO LITCHFIELD, THAT'S A ROUGH GO. A LOT OF LIGHTNING AND THUNDER. HEAVY RAINFALL. EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE IS MOVING OFF IN AN EAST-SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF EAST DIRECTION. THAT TREND WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE. DO KEEP IN MIND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY, EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. I THINK THE BIGGEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOOD WARNING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WILL NOW BE SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE. AND SOUTH OF I-64. LOOK AT ALL THE WET WEATHER THAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. EARLIER TODAY. BEING KICKED OFF BY A FRONTAL SYSTEM AND A TON OF MOISTURE FEEDING IN TO THAT FRONT. THAT FRONT LIFTS THAT MOISTURE, AND THERE THEY GO. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ERUPT, AND AS LONG AS THE FRONT DOESN'T MOVE, YOU CAN GET TRAINING OF THESE STORMS. AS A RESULT, SOME HEAVY RAINFALL. YOUR FUTURECAST OVERNIGHT. SHOWING BIG STORMS KIND OF WINDING DOWN TO THE SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE. I THINK BY AND LARGE, TOMORROW MORNING, THERE COULD BE AN ISOLATED SHOWER BUT BY AND LARGE THINGS LOOK BASICALLY DRY THROUGH MIDDAY AS WELL. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LATE AFTERNOON. PUFF. THERE THEY GO AGAIN. MORE STORMS EXPECTED TO FIRE UP. THIS TIME LATE TOMORROW OFF TO THE SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE BUT THOSE WILL LIKELY SPREAD NORTHWARD TOMORROW NIGHT AND ALSO ON INTO SATURDAY. SO WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL JUST YET. COOLER TOMORROW. UPPER 70s AND LOW 80s WITH THE CLOUDS, AND THAT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. SPEAKING OF YOUR WEEKEND, HERE COMES YET ANOTHER WAVE OF ENERGY. SO THE STORM THREAT WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY. BEFORE WE DRY IT OUT IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS GRADUALLY WEAKENING. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND 70. SO A GOOD CHUNK OF THE DAY TOMORROW ESPECIALLY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON LOOKS BASICALLY DRY. MORE STORMS WILL FIRE UP SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. VICKI, I BELIEVE, SOME OF THOSE WILL SPREAD INTO THE METRO TOMORROW NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON INTO SATURDAY SO THAT'S WHEN A RAIN CHANCE BUMPS UP. WE DRY THINGS OUT SUNDAY. COULD BE A FEW MORE SHOWERS AROUND EARLY NEXT WEEK, AND THEN DRIER AGAIN. NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, A LOT OF RAINFALL AROUND THE AREA TODAY CERTAINLY. >> CERTAINLY HAS BE
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More rain and storms for Friday

WLKY Chief Meteorologist Jay Cardosi's Forecast

WLKY Chief Meteorologist Jay Cardosi's Forecast

WLKY Chief Meteorologist Jay Cardosi's Forecast

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