After some morning sunshine across parts of the area on Wednesday morning, a solid bank of low to mid-level cloudiness developed through the afternoon even though we saw a few breaks in it from time to time. Despite the ominous looking nature of the clouds, we essentially stayed rain free across the area despite the upper level low to our southeast and that trend should continue into the late week. Once again our southern and southeast counties were impacted the most by the clouds with afternoon highs struggling through the 70s while areas along and north of I-64 managed the low 80s as expected. The upward trend in with our temperatures should continue for the latter part of the week. The upper level low responsible for the rain showers Tuesday and the clouds Wednesday should begin to drift eastward into Thursday which should mean more in the way of sunshine across the board. There is the potential we could see a stray showers down south and out to the east but these will be few and far between. The added sunshine should allow afternoon highs to climb back into the mid and upper 80s with generally dry weather on tap into the weekend. High pressure over the Great Lakes should keep the unseasonably warm temperatures around on Friday and into Saturday as we legitimately make a run at the 90 degree mark for afternoon highs, some 10 degrees above average for this time of the year. There should be a weak front dissipate to our west on Friday but some of the data runs are trying to fire off a few showers to our east on Saturday, which I think it is a bit overdone so we are mainly looking at a mix of clouds and sunshine. While it will be hot, it shouldn’t be overly humid so that’s a bonus. However it is a September weekend with plenty going on, including the Kentucky/Ohio game at Kroger Field on Saturday afternoon at 12:45pm so make sure to take a hat, have plenty of sunscreen and drink plenty of water since most folks will be sitting in the direct sun for several hours. Heading into early next week, a slow moving frontal boundary will approach from the west so the timing of any possible showers and storms will be tricky at best. Another thing in the mix of the potential for another tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico which could have an impact on the speed of the front and our sensible weather as a result. For now, it appears the best scattered rain chances may be Tuesday and Wednesday with afternoon highs backing down into the low and mid-80s with the clouds and rain around. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring the area of the Southern Gulf with a low end chance of tropical development there so that’s something we’ll be watching in the coming days. ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear, patchy fog possible. Lows in the low-60s. THURSDAY: Mostly sunny and warmer. Highs in the mid to upper-80s. THURSDAY NIGHT: Fair skies and pleasant. Lows in the low-60s. Categories: Featured, Local Weather Headlines, Storm Team Weather Blog, Weather, Weather Forecast Tags: ABC 36, ABC 36 News Now, ABC 36 Storm Team Forecast, Chief Meteorologist TG Shuck, dry weather, fall equinox, heating up, mostly sunny, September, Tropics, University of Kentucky football, unseasonably warm temperatures