Strong to severe storms Monday and Tuesday night
WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich’s Sunday evening forecast
INFORMATION. NOW, UBER WLKY WEATHER WITH METEOROLOGIST ERIC ZERNICH. WE STARTED OFF WITH A FAIR BIT OF CLOUDS, BUT ONCE THOSE MOVED OUT, IT TURNED INTO A GORGEOUS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 70S. BUT AS WE HEAD INTO DERBY WEEK, WE ARE TRACKING A COUPLE DIFFERENT ROUNDS OF SOME IMPACT WEATHER HEADING OUR WAY. THE FIRST ROUND GETS HERE TOMORROW AFTERNOON EVENING INTO THE NIGHT WITH A STRONG LINE OF STORMS EXPECTED AS WE GET INTO MONDAY NIGHT. DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THEN WE GOT ANOTHER SYSTEM BEHIND THAT, BRINGING MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS AS WE GET INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. BOTH OF THESE MAINLY GOING TO BE OVERNIGHT EVENTS WHILE YOU’RE SLEEPING OR DEEP INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS, WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR SOME GUSTY WINDS AND MAYBE HEAVY RAIN WITH BOTH OF THESE SYSTEMS. SO DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE BEING WEATHER AWARE THE NEXT COUPLE EVENINGS FOR THE POSSIBILITY FOR THESE STRONGER STORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA. OUR FIRST ONE WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS US UNDER THAT SLIGHT LEVEL TWO OUT OF FIVE RISK FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MOVING THROUGH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 70MPH GOING TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN, BUT A BRIEF SPIN UP TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. TIMING FOR THIS MAINLY GOING TO BE FROM ABOUT 8 P.M. TO 6 A.M., AND THIS IS ALL PART OF A BIGGER SYSTEM. AS WE ZOOM OUT, YOU CAN SEE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OUT BETWEEN ABOUT SAINT LOUIS AND CHICAGO AS YOU GET INTO WESTERN INDIANA. THIS SHOULD BE ON A WEAKENING TREND AS IT GETS TO US, BUT STILL COULD PACK A LITTLE BIT OF A PUNCH AS IT ARRIVES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SO LET’S PICK THINGS UP. WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE TOMORROW AROUND LUNCHTIME, WE’RE GOING TO GET THIS INITIAL WAVE OF STORMS THAT’S GOING TO BE DEVELOPING THAT WILL BE PUSHING INTO THE AREA. I THINK MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY MOVES INTO INDIANA, BUT IT COULD CLIP SOME OF OUR SOUTHERN INDIANA COMMUNITIES AND GET VERY CLOSE TO THE METRO. THIS COULD BRING INITIALLY AROUND OF SOME STRONG STORMS TO THE AREA. THAT WILL THEN PUSH OFF TO THE EAST. THAT’S KIND OF WITH THE WARM FRONT. THAT’S THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES. YOU CAN SEE WE’RE STARTING TO GET SOME OF THESE ISOLATED CELLS. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT COULD CAUSE SOME BRIEF SPIN UP TORNADOES. AS WE GET INTO MONDAY EVENING AROUND SEVEN, 8:00. SO WE’LL HAVE TO WATCH THIS VERY CLOSELY ONCE WE GET PAST SUNSET, THOUGH, IT SHOULD START TO LOSE SOME OF THAT HEATING WILL MAYBE FORM MORE OF A LINE ALONG THESE LEADING EDGE. THAT’S WHERE WE COULD GET SOME OF THOSE GUSTY WINDS WITH SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOTS OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. AND THEN WE REALLY THINK THE MAIN LINE DOESN’T GET HERE UNTIL DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS PRETTY HEAVY RAIN AT THAT, ALONG WITH STILL SOME PRETTY GUSTY WINDS, UP TO 6070MPH. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAVES THROUGHOUT MONDAY AFTERNOON, EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THAT WE’RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH WITH EACH OF THEM BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY FOR THAT HEAVY RAIN. NOW, SOME OF THESE COULD TRY TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS OUT OF HERE BY 5:00. AND SO FOR THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE, WE SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH DRY, JUST GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THOSE WET ROADWAYS. AND MUCH OF TUESDAY IS LOOKING FAIRLY DRY DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. BUT AS WE GET INTO TUESDAY NIGHT, HERE COMES THAT SECOND WAVE. AND AGAIN, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS A MARGINAL RISK FOR THE METRO, WITH A SLIGHT RISK CLOSER TO THE PARKWAYS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA WITH DAMAGING WINDS, MAYBE EVEN SOME LARGE HAIL TUESDAY NIGHT. AND THE TIMING FOR THIS ONE AGAIN, 9 P.M. INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SO LET’S TIME THIS ONE OUT FOR YOU. HERE WE ARE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WE’RE DRY, BUT AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING, ESPECIALLY PAST DINNERTIME, HERE COMES THAT INITIAL BAND AGAIN ALONG. THIS COULD GET THOSE GUSTY WINDS, SOME PRETTY HEAVY RAIN, AND MAYBE SOME OF THAT LARGE HAIL. WE’LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE EVEN MORE HEAVY RAIN. SO DOES LOOK LIKE SOME PRETTY WET WEATHER HEADING OUR WAY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY, BRINGING US THAT MUCH NEEDED RAIN. MOST OF THIS THOUGH, OUT OF HERE AGAIN BY THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE, WITH JUST A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS INTO THE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. SO GET READY FOR SOME PRETTY ACTIVE WEATHER HERE OVER THE NEXT 48 TO 72 HOURS LIVE LOOK OVER DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE SHOWS THAT BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE HAD OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOON. SUNNY AND 73 DEGREES CURRENTLY FOR THIS EVENING IT WILL BE A PLEASANT ONE. WE’LL GO FROM THE 70S DOWN INTO THE 60S AND WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 50S. TOMORROW MORNING WE’LL HAVE A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS AND IT’S GOING TO GET WARM. WE’LL MAKE IT INTO THE 80S AGAIN. MOST OF THE DAYTIME HOURS IS DRY. WE’LL START TO GET THE CHANCE FOR A FEW SCATTERED STORMS IN HERE, MAYBE FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON, BUT THE MAIN STORMS GET IN HERE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING, AND THEN ANOTHER ROUND TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AND THEN BEHIND THAT, WE’LL START TO GET SOME COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER IN HERE FOR THE MAIN DERBY’S EVENT, A DERBY, OAKS AND DERBY. YOU CAN SEE LOOKING DRY AND SUNNY, JUST A LITTLE COOL WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S. I CANNOT WAIT FOR DERBY. A BIG FAN OF THAT DAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY I WAS LOOKING FOR THE CLEAR SKIES CLOSER TO THE END OF THE WEEK. YEAH, SO THE GOOD NEWS IS IT’S COMING DURING, YOU KNOW, NOT AS BAD
Strong to severe storms Monday and Tuesday night
WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich’s Sunday evening forecast
Updated: 6:58 PM EDT Apr 26, 2026
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WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich’s Sunday evening forecast on impact weather as strong to severe are likely Monday and Tuesday night.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
WLKY meteorologist Eric Zernich’s Sunday evening forecast on impact weather as strong to severe are likely Monday and Tuesday night.
