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Scattered showers and storms likely Sunday

WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich's Saturday evening forecast

Scattered showers and storms likely Sunday

WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich's Saturday evening forecast

NOW YOUR WLKY WEATHER WITH METEOROLOGIST ERIC ZERNICH. IT WAS NICE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK FROM THE RAIN TODAY FOR MOST OF THE REGION. WE EVEN SAW A FAIR BIT OF SUNSHINE DURING THE SECOND HALF OF OUR DAY HERE, ESPECIALLY IN LOUISVILLE AND MUCH OF THE METRO, TO TRY AND DRY THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE TRACKING MORE IMPACT WEATHER ARRIVING TOMORROW IN THE FORM OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS WE GO THE TIMING FOR THIS LOOKS TO BE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND MORE SO INTO THE AFTERNOON. SO PRETTY MUCH MIDDAY IS WHEN WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE BEST CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN. MOVING THROUGH THE THREATS WITH THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A FEW DOWNPOURS ALONG A FEW GUSTY WINDS, BUT REALLY NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING TOO SEVERE WITH TOMORROW’S EVENT. IT’S KIND OF TIME THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO AS WE’RE WAKING UP AROUND SEVEN, EIGHT, 9:00, THERE’S GOING TO BE ABOUT A 40% CHANCE WE’LL INCREASE THAT TO A 60% FROM NOON THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. BUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO DINNERTIME, THOSE RAIN CHANCES WILL START TO COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND BECOME MORE BROKEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING. SO LOOKING AT YOUR FUTURE CAST, HERE’S HOW IT LOOKS AS WE WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING. YOU CAN SEE JUST A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS BEGINNING TO PUSH IN AROUND SEVEN 8:00. BUT AS WE MOVE DEEPER INTO THE MORNING, WE’LL START TO GET MORE OF THAT MOISTURE LIFTING IN FROM THE SOUTH. AND YOU CAN SEE BY ABOUT 11:00, A BETTER CHANCE FOR PRETTY MUCH WIDESPREAD SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE AREA, WITH A FEW OF THOSE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS TRYING TO MIX IN AS WELL. THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW HEAVIER SHOWERS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AS WE PUSH TOWARDS TWO 3:00. AND THEN AS WE GET TOWARDS ABOUT DINNER TIME, YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT’S GOING TO BE STARTING TO SHIFT OFF, BECOMING A LITTLE BIT MORE WIDELY SCATTERED IN THE AREA BEFORE THEN BEGINNING TO WANE AS WE PUSH DEEPER INTO OUR SUNDAY EVENING. SO UNFORTUNATELY, DOES LOOK LIKE IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE WET SIDE FOR OUR SUNDAY. SO IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS TOMORROW, JUST KNOW A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO DODGE SOME RAIN SHOWERS FROM TIME TO TIME ON THE CURRENT RADAR. RAIN OUT THERE CLOSER TO THE PARKWAYS THAT JUST WILL NOT GO AWAY. IT’S KIND OF BEEN RIDING A WEAK BOUNDARY SYSTEM RIGHT UP AND DOWN THE PARKWAYS. YOU CAN SEE WE HAD SOME EARLIER RAIN THAT’S NOW LIFTING OUT TOWARDS FRANKFORT, AND WE GOT ANOTHER BATCH MOVING IN A LITTLE BIT FARTHER TO THE SOUTH. SO FROM TOWN TO HODGENVILLE, OUT TOWARDS GREENSBORO AND CAMPBELLSVILLE GOT SOME OF THAT LIGHT RAIN MOVING THROUGH. IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT’S ON THE WEAKENING TREND. AND AS WE MOVE DEEPER INTO THE NIGHT, MOST OF THAT SHOULD BEGIN TO WRAP UP ON THE BIG PICTURE. LOOK, AGAIN, WE GOT THIS WEAK BOUNDARY. THAT’S WHAT’S BEEN THE FOCAL POINT FOR SOME OF THAT LIGHT RAIN THERE. NOW WE GOT SOME ACTIVITY YOU CAN SEE LIFTING OUT OF MISSISSIPPI UP INTO TENNESSEE. THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO BE HEADING IN OUR DIRECTION. AND WE ALSO GOT THIS LITTLE WEAK SYSTEM OFF TO THE WEST. SO THOSE TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO KIND OF COME TOGETHER. THAT’S WHY RAIN CHANCES WILL BE INCREASING FOR TOMORROW. BUT BEHIND THAT YOU CAN SEE THINGS LOOKING A LITTLE DRIER. SO MAYBE BY MEMORIAL DAY, MANY OF US MIGHT GET ANOTHER LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK FROM THE RAIN. SO I THINK YOU’LL BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY MAYBE MONDAY A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAN TOMORROW. SO A LIVE LOOK OVER DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE SHOWS QUIET CONDITIONS. WE’RE MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURES STILL SITTING AT 70 DEGREES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE FOR A STRAY SHOWER TO THE SOUTH. WILL FALL BACK INTO THE MID 60S FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS, AND THEN YOUR HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST FOR YOUR SUNDAY SHOWS THAT RAIN MOVING IN PRETTY QUICKLY, AND IT’S GOING TO BE SCATTERED IN NATURE, BUT WE’LL KEEP IMPACT WEATHER WITH US THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE DAY AS TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 70S. AS WE START TO GET A FEW MORE BREAKS THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF OUR SUNDAY AGAIN MEMORIAL DAY, JUST A FEW PASSING SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT A LITTLE SUNSHINE MIXED IN BEFORE THEN. MORE IMPACT. WEATHER ARRIVES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS LIKELY BOTH OF THOSE DAYS. BUT THEN TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEK, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE FINALLY BREAK THIS PATTERN. JUST A FEW SHOWERS THURSDAY BEFORE MAYBE SOME DRIER CONDITIONS GET IN HERE BY NEXT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WITH PRETTY COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S, BUT HAVE THE UMBRELLA READY FOR TOMORROW. YEAH, IT’LL BE NICE TO GET OUT OF THIS RAIN FOR A WHILE. I KNOW IT’S BEEN KIND OF A DREARY PATTERN HERE OF LATE, BUT I STILL THINK WE HAD SOME NICE
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Updated: 11:50 PM EDT May 23, 2026
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Scattered showers and storms likely Sunday

WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich's Saturday evening forecast

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Updated: 11:50 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 throughout the day.

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

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