Thursday, April 30th, 2009: 4pm

Severe weather chances inhibited by clouds...

Though I have hyped some type of severe weather for Friday, and even for some today, the chances of severe weather are decreasing. There could be an isolated severe storm this evening, but this activity will not be organized. I have the Oaks code level at ORANGE, but I will not knock that down to YELLOW. Again, and severe weather we see tomorrow will be isolated, and the greatest threat will be heavy rain for the day.

Many people are left wondering about Derby day. I think that the best chances for rain will be Saturday morning and Saturday night, but there could be some isolated showers in the afternoon. Sunday night will see more rain, which will continue through Monday. 1-2" of rain could occur through Tuesday. After this rain, our weather pattern will FINALLY settle down.

Alex C.