High pressure keeps us sunny and dry Friday

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:01]SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEES.

[00:00:04]NOW, YOUR WLKY WEATHER WITH METEOROLOGIST ERIC ZERNICH.

[00:00:09]AFTER THE RAINY PATTERN, I KNOW THE FARMERS ARE ENJOYING SOME DRIER WEATHER TO GET SOME THINGS DONE AROUND THE AREA.

[00:00:15]ALONG WITH YOU PROBABLY AT HOME, YOU FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND GET THAT GRASS CUT AS IT’S BEEN GROWING LIKE WEEDS WITH ALL THE WATER WE’VE GOTTEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO GET THE GRASS CUT, I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AS IT LOOKS LIKE THE SUNNY AND DRY PATTERN WILL CONTINUE.

[00:00:30]SO AS WE LOOK AT THE EXTENDED WEEKEND FORECAST BEGINNING WITH YOUR FRIDAY, PARTLY CLOUDY, ANOTHER WARM DAY, WE SHOULD MAKE IT INTO THE MID 80S FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS ONLY.

[00:00:38]GOOD NEWS IS IT WON’T BE QUITE AS HUMID ON SATURDAY.

[00:00:42]PARTLY SUNNY, MAYBE A BIT MORE CLOUDS, AROUND 82 FOR AN AFTERNOON HIGH.

[00:00:46]I THINK SUNDAY IS GOING TO BE AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL DAY.

[00:00:49]LOW HUMIDITY, TEMPERATURES, VERY COMFORTABLE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IN THE LOW 80S FOR AN AFTERNOON HIGH.

[00:00:53]SO WHAT WE HAVE IS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES.

[00:00:57]AND THAT’S GOING TO BASICALLY SIT THERE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, HELPING TO CLEAR MUCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY DOWN INTO MUCH OF THE COMMONWEALTH AS WELL.

[00:01:04]AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR COLD FRONT NOW PRETTY MUCH INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.

[00:01:08]AND IT’S BASICALLY GOING TO STATION THERE AND SEPARATE THE DRY, COMFORTABLE AIR FROM THE WARM, HUMID AIR TO THE SOUTH.

[00:01:13]AND YOU CAN SEE THAT’S WHERE THE RAIN HAS BEEN STAYING.

[00:01:16]AND IT SHOULD REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THAT HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE, ALSO THE UPPER LEVELS ARE KIND OF STEERING OUR PATTERN.

[00:01:24]SO WHAT WE HAVE IS A BIG HIGH DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS, AND IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET STRONGER AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND ALMOST CREATE WHAT WE CALL AN OMEGA BLOCK.

[00:01:33]SO WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IS YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE LOWS DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST AND THE NORTHEAST WITH THIS HIGH CENTERED IN CANADA IN BETWEEN.

[00:01:40]AND IF YOU KIND OF FOLLOW THE WIND PATTERN, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF CREATES THIS OMEGA SHAPE.

[00:01:44]AND SO WHEN YOU GET A PATTERN LIKE THIS, IT KIND OF SETS UP AND JUST SITS THERE FOR THE NEXT 5 TO 7 DAYS WITH NOTHING CHANGING A WHOLE LOT.

[00:01:51]AND SO THAT’S JUST GOING TO ALLOW FOR THIS COOL, COMFORTABLE AIR TO BE FUNNELING DOWN INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND MUCH OF OUR REGION KEEPING US DRY, SUNNY, AND COMFORTABLE WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 80S.

[00:02:02]THAT’S WHY YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SEE MUCH VARIATION AS FAR AS OUR TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNED OVER THE COMING DAYS.

[00:02:06]SO LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS ON YOUR FUTURECAST, AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLEAR OUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

[00:02:12]SO IT DOES LOOK TO BE A BRIGHT, SUNNY START TO OUR FRIDAY.

[00:02:16]COMFORTABLY COOL UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S.

[00:02:17]AS YOU’RE OUT THE DOOR.

[00:02:19]SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

[00:02:20]JUST SOME AFTERNOON CLOUDS PUSHING INTO THE REGION, TEMPERATURES NOT QUITE AS WARM AS WE WERE TODAY, BUT STILL ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

[00:02:28]NOW WE WILL WATCH SOME ADDITIONAL CLOUDS ROLL IN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, AND MAYBE FOR OUR FAR SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES, THE CHANCE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SOME RAIN TO GET OUR SATURDAY STARTED.

[00:02:39]BUT REALLY, THAT’S OUR BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN.

[00:02:41]OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS WE WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CLOUDS KIND OF LINGER FOR OUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

[00:02:46]SO LET’S TAKE YOU OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW HERE IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE, FAIRLY QUIET.

[00:02:51]TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION, MID TO UPPER 70S WITH SKIES GOING CLEAR.

[00:02:55]STILL GOT 78 DEGREES HERE IN TOWN.

[00:02:57]SO OVERNIGHT THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO DROP AS WE’LL CONTINUE THE CLEAR SKIES UP 61 IN TOWN WITH SOME 50S IN THE SUBURBS.

[00:03:03]SO COMFORTABLY COOL TO GET THE DAY STARTED.

[00:03:06]BUT AGAIN, WITH A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE, WE’RE UP TO 77 DEGREES BY LUNCHTIME AND MAKE IT INTO THOSE LOW TO MID 80S FOR AN AFTERNOON HIGH.

[00:03:14]MORE SUNSHINE AND DRY WEATHER FOR YOUR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

[00:03:17]LOOKING GREAT FOR ALL THE ACTIVITIES HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND HERE IN TOWN IS RACING LOUISVILLE, LOUCITY AND THE BATS ARE IN.

[00:03:22]SO IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY THAT, THE WEATHER LOOKS GREAT FOR ALL OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.

[00:03:27]AND THEN WE’RE TRACKING MORE SUNSHINE AND THOSE COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 80S.

[00:03:30]FOR MUCH OF THE FIRST PART OF JUNE.