WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JAY CARDOSI. ♪ JA LOTS OF RAINFALL OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND THE OHIO RIVER CONTINUES TO RISE. THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS NOT GOOD NEWS. AFTER ANOTHER ONE OR TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL TONIGHT, WE EXPECT THE RIVER TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE, AT LEAST AT THE UPPER GAUGE, FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THEN GO UP TO 26 FEET, THREE FEET BETTER THAN FLOOD STAGE, AS WE MOVE TOWARD EARLY NEXT WEEK, ON MONDAY. AT THE LOWER GAUGE, REALLY THE SAME THING, GOES ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 56.5 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. WE WILL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE PROGRESS OF THAT RIVER, NOT GOOD NEWS. BOY, IT IS RAINING HEAVILY ACROSS THE BETTER PART OF THE VIEWING AREA. A LIVE LOOK FROM THE TOWER CAM, OBSCURED BY LOW CLOUDS AND THE HEAVIER AND THAT IS COMING DOWN, AND WHAT A RAW DAY, JUST 41 AND 36 THE EXTREMES. AT THIS TIME WE ARE AT 39 DEGREES, MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAINFALL AND WITHIN THE LAST HALF-HOUR WE PICKED UP A HALF INCH OF RAI SO WE ARE REALLY STARTING TO ADD TO THOSE TALLY SPIRIT HUMIDITY IS ABOUT 90%, WITH A NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE AT 10, SO THE FEEL LIKE IS AROUND 32 DEGREES. HERE IS OUR RADAR SCAN. YOU SEE THE YELLOW AND BULLITT COUNTY AND EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY, SHELBY COUNTY COP UP INTERSTATE 71, -- SHEL COUNTY, UP INTERSTATE 71, THE DARK GREEN IS JUST A SOAKING, STEADY RAIN. CHECK OUT WHAT IS GOING ON TO THE NORTH PROBABLY SOME SNOWFLAKES TRYING TO MIX AND, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE VIEWING AREA. A BIG STORM SYSTEM IS PUMPING A LOT OF MOISTURE UP INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THERE IS THE CENTER OF THE LOW, NOW WEST OF NASHVILLE. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. THIS THING WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST TH EVENING, AND KEEP US WITH BOUTS OF MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAINFALL, AND IMPACT WEATHER ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY, TO THE NORTH IT IS GOING TO BE SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHERN INDIANA, THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OHIO, A HALF A FOOT IN A FEW LOCATIONS. TO THE SOUTH OF US COME A THERE IS ENOUGH STABILITY -- ENOUGH INSTABILITY THAT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER, ESPECIALLY IN TENNESSEE AND THE DEEP SOUTH PREFER US, THE MAJOR IMPACT IS RAIN, AND HEAVY RAIN AT THAT. HERE IS YOUR FUTURECAST, THEY HAVE -- THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE UP UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT OR SO. AND THEN AFTER MIDNIGHT, WE GET ON THE BACK EDGE OF THAT HEAVY RAIN SHIELD, AND OVERNIGHT THINGS WILL REALLY START TO IMPROVE AS FAR AS THE RAIN. ONE INCH TO TWO INCHES SOLID, YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN AND THAT IS MUCH OF THE VIEWING AREA. AFTER MIDNIGHT THE RAIN DIMINISHES TO SCATTERED SHOWERS, A LITTLE DRIZZLE, AND THE CHANCE FOR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW MORNING. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A COUPLE OF FLURRIES WILL TRY TO MIX IN LATE IN THE DAY AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. CASE IN POINT, 40’S IN LOUISVILLE AND POINTS EAST, AND WE WILL JUST BE IN THE 30’S TOMORROW AFTERNOON OFF TO THE WEST. AND THAT COLD AIR IS GOING TO DIVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WE ARE TALKING TEMPERATURES DROPPING ACT INTO THE TEENS BY THE TIME YOU WAKE UP EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AND THOSE WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. FOR THIS EVENING, THE RAIN WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE, TEMPERATURES AROUND 40, AFTER MIDNIGHT THE RAIN TAPERS OFF TO DRIZZLE, THAT WILL CONTINUE IN THE MORNING. 40 BY LUNCH HOUR TOMORROW, THEN TEMPERATURES START TO TANK. WE WAKE UP TO 17 WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND A FEW FLURRIES FRIDAY MORNING. FRIDAY AFTERNOON IS SUNNY AND COLD TO.