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Impact weather Sunday as rain showers return

WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich's Saturday evening forecast

Impact weather Sunday as rain showers return

WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich's Saturday evening forecast

CLOSELY. I’M JENN SULLIVAN REPORTING. NOW, YOUR WEATHER WITH METEOROLOGIST ERIC ZERNICH. WE STARTED OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SOME LIGHT RAIN AND CLOUDY SKIES. BUT AS WE MOVED INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE GOT THE CLOUDS TO BREAK UP SOME BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE NOW BEGINNING TO BEAM DOWN ON LOUISVILLE, TURNING INTO A NICE AFTERNOON HERE AS WE GET THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND STARTED. SO FAIRLY NICE CONDITIONS TO GET THE WEEKEND GOING, BUT THINGS ARE LIKELY GOING TO CHANGE AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. SO FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING, DRY AND PLEASANT FOR YOUR SATURDAY EVENING, DEFINITELY GET OUT THERE AND MAKE THE MOST OF TONIGHT BECAUSE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DO LOOK TO RETURN FOR SUNDAY AS ANOTHER ROUND OF WEATHER MOVES IN, BUT WE ARE LOOKING MAINLY DRY AND WARM FOR YOUR MEMORIAL DAY. SO I DO THINK TONIGHT AND MONDAY ARE GOING TO BE THE BETTER CHANCES TO GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY IT TOMORROW. LIKELY GOING TO BE DODGING THOSE RAIN SHOWERS. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THE TIMING OF WHEN THOSE RAIN SHOWERS COULD MOVE THROUGH. AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN SEE FOR YOUR SUNDAY, IT’S GOING TO BE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY, EVEN AS WE WAKE UP, ABOUT A 40% CHANCE THAT WILL BUMP UP TO A 60% CHANCE BY NOON AND TOWARDS 3:00. STARTING TO SEE THOSE RAIN SHOWERS WRAP UP AS WE HEAD TOWARDS DINNER TIME, BUT DOES LOOK TO BE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT ON THE WEST SIDE FOR OUR SUNDAY. LET’S GET YOU OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW ON THE RADAR. AND WE’VE CONTINUED TO STILL HAVE SOME RAIN DOWN CLOSER TO THE PARKWAYS. BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE ACROSS THE METRO, WE ARE DRY. THERE’S JUST KIND OF A WEAK BOUNDARY SET UP THAT’S JUST CONTINUING TO BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS TO GET GOING. AS WE CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. SO YOU CAN SEE WE’VE GOT A LINE BASICALLY PARALLELING THE PARKWAYS JUST SOUTH OF ELIZABETHTOWN AND BARDSTOWN, JUST TO THE NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD, BUT STILL GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF SOME RAIN THERE. ALSO THE WEST SIDE OF LEBANON, MAYBE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE SHOWERS BACK TOWARDS HODGENVILLE AND THEN DOWN TOWARDS MUMFORD. STILL SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT LIGHT RAIN. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE’VE GOT THAT WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY KIND OF SET UP DOWN TO THE SOUTH THAT’S HELPING TO PRODUCE SOME OF THOSE RAIN SHOWERS. BUT WE’RE KEEPING AN EYE ON MORE OF THIS ACTIVITY TO OUR SOUTH. THAT’S GOING TO BE LIFTING WITH THIS WARM FRONT LATER ON TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING, CAUSING THAT INCREASE IN RAIN CHANCES FOR OUR SUNDAY. SO FUTURECAST PICKING UP ON A LITTLE BIT OF THAT LIGHT RAIN, MAYBE NOT QUITE SHOWING IT AS MUCH, BUT EVENTUALLY IT SHOULD PIVOT OFF TO THE EAST. WE’LL START TO SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND DRY OVERNIGHT, BUT YOU CAN SEE BY TOMORROW MORNING ALREADY STARTING TO SEE A FEW SHOWERS PUSH INTO THE AREA. AND THAT WILL JUST CONTINUE TO LIFT UP AS WE MOVE DEEPER INTO OUR MORNING. HERE’S LUNCHTIME. A GOOD SCATTERING OF SHOWERS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE REGION THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAYBE TRYING TO DEVELOP AS WE GET DEEPER INTO THE DAY. BUT BY SUNDAY EVENING, MAYBE WE’LL GET THAT RAIN TO START TO PUSH ITS WAY OFF TO THE EAST, AND THEN SOME DRIER WEATHER WILL MOVE IN FOR YOUR MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY. SO ANOTHER LIVE LOOK OVER DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE AGAIN. STILL A LOT OF CLOUDS, BUT WE ARE GETTING SOME OF THAT SUNSHINE TO KIND OF BREAK THROUGH, GETTING THOSE TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID 70S, JUST A TOUCH OF A BREEZE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT THREE MILES PER HOUR. SO STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT COMFORTABLE OUT THERE AND HELPING TO DRY THINGS UP WITH THAT SUNSHINE. SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING, WE’LL HANG ON TO SOME CLOUDS. BUT PEEKS OF SUNSHINE, COMFY TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND OVERALL A DRY NIGHT FOR US HERE IN THE METRO. WE’LL START OFF TOMORROW MORNING IN THE MID 60S, BUT YOU CAN SEE I’VE GOT IMPACT WEATHER PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT YOUR ENTIRE SUNDAY, AND I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A COMPLETE WASHOUT, BUT THERE’S GOING TO BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR RAIN FROM THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. I DO THINK TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 70S FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS ON OUR SUNDAY. AS MENTIONED MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY, JUST A CHANCE FOR SOME LATE DAY SHOWERS, 80 DEGREES, BUT THEN MORE IMPACT WEATHER FOR OUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS MORE ROUNDS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVE THROUGH. AND THEN A COUPLE MORE ON THURSDAY. BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE AS WE HEAD TOWARDS NEXT WEEKEND, WE ARE LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT OF A DRYING TREND. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GO. BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT’S THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. WE GOT SOME MORE
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Updated: 6:30 PM EDT May 23, 2026
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Impact weather Sunday as rain showers return

WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich's Saturday evening forecast

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Updated: 6:30 PM EDT May 23, 2026
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WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich's Saturday evening forecast on impact weather returning Sunday with scattered showers and a few storms likely.

WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich's Saturday evening forecast on impact weather returning Sunday with scattered showers and a few storms likely.

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