Overview

• Widespread rain spreads in overnight and tapers by midday Wednesday, with many areas picking up about 0.5–1 inch and localized 1–1.5 inch downpours.
• Heavier bursts may trigger isolated flash flooding in vulnerable spots, including parts of Southeast Kentucky, before conditions improve in the afternoon.
• Clearing arrives from west to east Wednesday with a wind shift to the northwest and gusts near 20–25 mph pulling in cooler, drier air.
• Highs fall to the 50s–60s with lows dipping into the 30s inland, bringing the season’s first frost or freeze risk late Wednesday night into Thursday and again Friday in colder valleys.
• Forecasters are monitoring a likely coastal low near the Southeast this weekend, with track and impacts uncertain but potential for onshore winds, rain and coastal flooding depending on its path.