Seasonable with scattered rain showers Friday

 After some widespread rain and thunderstorms moved through the Stateline Wednesday morning, we have remained primarily dry but cloudy into Thursday. Temperatures struggled to reach near 50° for most afternoon highs. We will remain dry overnight as temperatures drop back to the 30s. Scattered showers will make their return during the afternoon and evening on Friday.

Shower chances continue into the evening and nighttime hours of Friday, with a little bit higher coverage overnight. Any rainfall we do see will remain light and scattered in nature, while steady to heavy rain will remain focused well to the South and Southeast. Lingering rain showers will remain possible into Saturday morning, but most of the afternoon and evening will be dry.

With the light nature of these showers, rainfall totals will not amount to much around here. Many spots in the Stateline could see between a tenth and quarter inch of rainfall Friday into early Saturday.

This is nothing compared to the extensive heavy rainfall that will occur to the South. Many of the same areas that saw severe storms and heavy rainfall Wednesday and Wednesday night will see additional rounds of severe weather and torrential rain again through the weekend. Many along the Ohio River down into Arkansas could see upwards of five or more inches of rainfall over the next few days. A few spots especially in Northern and Central Arkansas could see eight inches of rain or more.

All of that rainfall will cause significant flash flooding concerns. The Weather Prediction Center has a "High Risk" outlook for flash flooding each of the next 3 days. Today's high risk runs from Southwestern Kentucky through Central Arkansas. The pink contour constitutes a 70% risk for flash flooding. The red contour indicates a 40% risk, while yellow is a 15% chance and green is a 5% risk.

Locally, we will not see any flooding concerns but gradually declining temperatures into the weekend will precede a strong cold front Monday morning. This front may produce a few light snow showers before things dry out into the second half of Monday. High temperatures Monday and Tuesday will only reach the low 40s.