Afternoon highs will remain in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees It was the same ole song and dance weather-wise across Central and Eastern Kentucky with more sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures on Wednesday. With such a dry ground given the lack of rainfall over the last month, the sun’s efficiency with warming the surface during the course of the day is pretty high, even with shorter days and a lower sun angle. This allowed afternoon highs back into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees for most spots with the eastern mountains remaining more into the low to mid-80s.

Look for more dry and hot mid-September weather heading into Thursday as surface high pressure builds into the Ohio Valley. With abundant sunshine expected once again, temperatures should overachieve in most locations

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