Wet Week Ahead

The pattern will be a wet scenario for our region. The WPC has the Kentucky region within a 2-4" range, with locally higher amounts depending on convection over the next 7 days.

Although I am no longer using the teleconnections page for winter weather, there is a familiar feature that I have seen time and again, a negative PNA and EPO. That combination has been a consistent predictor of wet weather during the winter and looks to continue to predict wet weather for the next 2 weeks.

Gardening enthusiasts like myself may have to wait a while longer to get our hands dirty, uh, muddy.

Those living near rivers should be mindful of the ongoing forecast for widespread rainfall.

Please heed the reminder, "Turn Around, Don't Drown."

Of course, I am a bit more blunt about it. I say, "Don't become the fool that has to be pulled from the 'pool'". The reference to pool in this case is not your backyard swimming structure, but flooded roadways, creeks, streams, and rivers. One pool of water leads to a bigger pool of water. The longer you're in it, the less likely you'll win it.