Bill Meck

Lexington

Chief Meteorologist at WLEX-TV (Lexington, KY)

Chief Meteorologist for LEX-18

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Weekend Will Get Better

2 weeks ago | lex18.com | Bill Meck

We're getting set for the last weekend of April. After the rain of today, with most of us picking up between a half and 1 inch, the weather this weekend will be getting better as it goes. We'll spend a better part of Saturday with clouds, but eventually the Sun emerges with highs just below the normal high of 70 as we'll top out in the mid 60s. Sunday will feature the sound of lawn mowers as we'll enjoy more sunshine and just some high clouds with highs near 70.
Stay Weather Aware One More Night

1 month ago | lex18.com | Bill Meck

Stay Weather Aware for one more night! We'll continue to see rounds of heavy rainfall throughout the area tonight with an additional 1.5 to 3 inches likely. Flooding will continue to be a high risk through the night. The Flood Watch continues. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD. This is on top of historic rains that have fallen so far with a broad swath seeing 4 to 7 inches of rain. The whole month of April normal is 4.4, so we've done more than that in just 3 days.
Flood Threat Continues This Weekend

1 month ago | lex18.com | Bill Meck

We're still looking at more heavy rain Friday night, into Saturday and especially Saturday night, and finally ending on Sunday. On top of the more than a month's worth of rain that has already fallen, we could pick up another month's worth of rain by the time this ends on Sunday. The normal rainfall for the entire month of April is 4.4 inches in Lexington. As of Friday afternoon, we've picked up over 5 inches since it began Wednesday evening. An additional 3 to 5 inches of rain remains possible.
Waves Of Strong And Severe Storms

1 month ago | lex18.com | Bill Meck

Given the complexity of the weather scenarios, we're keeping the message simple. For the next 3 days, Stay Weather Aware. We've seen flooding rainfall, and we may double or triple what has already fallen. Waves of strong or severe storms will continue into the weekend. Specifically, a Flood Watch will remain in effect until Sunday. As of Thursday afternoon we've already seen 1.5 to nearly 5 inches of rain and flooding has occurred.
Warm And Windy Last Day Of Winter

1 month ago | lex18.com | Bill Meck

We're going to enjoy a windy and warm final day of winter. Sunshine will be around early with increasing clouds ahead of a pretty strong cold front. Highs will get back into the low 70s with winds gusting 25-35 mph. A strong cold front will arrive tomorrow night. We'll see rain arriving tomorrow evening along with some embedded thunderstorms. It's possible that a stronger storm may arrive as well, especially west of I-75.
Spring Bounces Back Tuesday

1 month ago | lex18.com | Bill Meck

After the storminess of the weekend, and the chill of Monday, spring will be bouncing back with a couple more really warm days Tuesday and Wednesday. We'll enjoy a lot of sunshine tomorrow and temperatures will jump up from the 30s in the morning to highs in the 70s. It'll be in the 70s again on Wednesday.Both days are looking breezy. Rain chances will come back by Wednesday night, but at this point, it doesn't look severe as the system does look weaker.
The Long Awaited Thaw Is Here

2 months ago | lex18.com | Bill Meck

Posted It's seems like it's been forever since we've had any mild weather. Luckily, it's coming this week. We just have to get through tonight with one more night in the teens to around 20. After that, the thaw is going to be kicking in as we head into the final week of meteorological winter. It'll be 40s tomorrow and 50s starting Monday. A 60 degree high is even looming mid week. The one cool front late week just takes us back to normal.
Wednesday's Weather Maker Is Just Rain

Feb 11, 2025 | lex18.com | Bill Meck

After the winter weather of Tuesday, a rain maker is coming in for Wednesday. Temperatures will be steadily rising into the mid 40s by late in the day. Rain chances will be increasing as well, and some of that rain may be locally heavy, especially in the south and southeast. This comes after the snow and wintry mix that fell on Tuesday. There was a band of heavier snow that fell in parts of Boyle, Garrard and Madison counties with up to 7 1/2 inches reported.
Mostly Cold Tomorrow

Feb 4, 2025 | lex18.com | Bill Meck

Today has seen a wide swing in temperatures across the state. It was well into the 60s through the day in the south while it was close to 40 degrees across the north. A similar set up tomorrow with much warmer temperatures south compared to north. A warm front bubbling north will get into southern Kentucky late in the afternoon giving temperatures a very quick boost into the 50s by evening near the Tennessee line while a lot of us are stuck in the 30s.
Cooler, But Still Mild Tuesday

Feb 3, 2025 | lex18.com | Bill Meck

No one has seen a warmer February 3 in Lexington with a windy record high of 72 on Monday beating the old record from 1890. It took 135 years to get a warmer February 3rd. It's among the earliest of our 70 degree days. The flip in our weather pattern has been staggering. In the last week we've seen the first 50, 60 and 70 degree days of the year...AMAZING. The cold front coming through tonight will lower our temperature about 20 degrees Tuesday, but still be about 10 degrees above normal.