Video note: Despite this article’s time stamp, the above video is the latest forecast from The Weather Authority.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Our workweek starts stormy, with scattered activity overtaking radar Monday night and into Tuesday afternoon. This will bring a brief break from the oppressive humidity, but by the holiday weekend, the sweltering heat returns.
Scattered storms will roam the area into the night before we catch a few hours of dry time into early Tuesday. Lows bottom out around 70 degrees, and the humidity holds.
Latest central Kentucky weather forecast
A mostly cloudy theme lingers into much of Tuesday as more scattered storms fire up for the morning commute. A weak cold front is working across the region and will bring a few rounds of storms on Tuesday.
Expect more activity into the afternoon with a few strong storms possible. A level 1-of-5 risk for isolated severe wind and hail is in play across southeastern Kentucky.
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High temperatures will hold in the upper 70s to low 80s for Tuesday, and dew points will linger close to 70. That’s still oppressive.
Once this cold front gets past us, we’ll see a dip in the dew points. They’ll retreat to the low to mid-60s, which is still muggy, but not as thick as before.
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Temperatures aren’t really affected much because we quickly head back into a setup that will push highs into the 90s again by the end of the week.
That will bring us a stretch of dry weather over the 4th of July weekend. The muggy meter does spike again, to make those low 90s feel closer to 100…