Bill Meck

The remnants of Francine are sliding back south and taking the rain chances with it. There was a swath of much needed rain that came through central Kentucky, but there were very sharp cutoffs both north and south of that swath that saw mostly nothing.

The final Saturday of summer is going to feel like it with plenty of heat and humidity. A minimal storm chance is around too as our highs get back into the 90s which will be our 51st time, which will keep us in 12th place on the all time list.

What a weekend! The first weekend of October and the first weekend of Keeneland's Fall Meet are looking spectacular. We'll be enjoying a lot of sunshine tomorrow (sunscreen) with some more clouds and a breeze coming in on Sunday.

After the weekend warmth, real fall weather has arrived in Kentucky, and it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

Hurricane Milton restrengthened late today as hurricane hunters found a central pressure back down to 905 mb...a nearly 20 mb drop from this afternoon. Winds are at 165mph. It will be weaker at landfall, but still a catastrophic hit near Tampa late tomorrow night is likely. Storm surge 12+ feet, wind gusts 120 mph or greater, a foot or more of rain, plus tornadoes are likely in many places in western and central Florida. The path likely goes over Orlando and exits near the Space Coast.

Fall has finally arrived, at least for now. Temperatures Monday are running 25 to 30 degrees colder than Sunday, and the chill holds sway through the week. High temperatures will be staying in the 50s through midweek.

We had a widespread frost and freeze around the area this morning with most of the area at or below freezing.

The rest of today ends up terrific with sunshine early and more clouds late but warm with highs up around 80.

As we're closing a warm and very dry October, the warmth is going to hang around, but unfortunately the best rain chances will be when we want it the least.

Most of us got what we needed, a good soaking rain with 1 to 2 inches around almost all the area. That rain ends quickly tonight and it's the last rain until next week.