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As we all know, a snow event impacted the region on Thursday afternoon and into the evening hours, causing major traffic issues across the region. This was associated with the system before the main event to our south. A shortwave trough had been forecast for several days to propagate southeastward out of the northwestern US […]
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Southeast Bracing for Big Winter Storm
While we had our own bout with winter weather this week, our snowy episode pales in comparison to what’s expected across the southeast this weekend. Winter Storm Warnings are already in place from Louisiana to Massachusetts for all the snow, sleet, freezing rain and ice headed their way. This is the first Winter Storm Warning […]
Happening Now: Severe Weather Impacts Southern States
After two confirmed tornadoes and a flash flood emergency has been set for portions of Alabama, one person has been pronounced dead (in Florida) as strong storms continue to push across the Southeast this Monday evening. Alabama In Alabama, numerous wind and tornado reports have taken place this afternoon. Not to mention, Jackson, AL is […]
Pre-New Year’s Nor’easter slams New England
Parts of New England are digging out this evening after a huge nor’easter hit the region, resulting in feet of snow and many power outages. This storm is the result of a strong low pressure system strengthening as it moves up the eastern seaboard, this is called a nor’easter. Nor’easters can provide a mixed bag of […]
Short-Lived Tornado Touches Down in Western Kentucky
On December 26th, 2016, a band of strong thunderstorms formed in southwestern Kentucky. Low to moderate instability was achieved alongside temperatures in the mid 70s. An approaching cold front provided the lift for thunderstorms to initiate. At around 3 PM a thunderstorm in far western Kentucky began to rotate over Graves and Marshall Counties. According […]
The WxOrNotBG Weather Events of the Year
I know for a fact that many of you share in my love for College Football. I love college football. It is awesome, relatively unpredictable and just fun to watch. College football (in my opinion) is light years better than the NFL, and is just more pleasant to watch and be around. Over the past […]
Rare Christmas Tornadoes in Kansas
In addition to the intense Blizzard that affected the northern Plains on Christmas, severe weather and tornadoes occurred with this system. A strong line of storms developed across western Texas early in the day, and raced eastward into Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. There were a total of 35 reports, so it wasn’t a wild severe […]
12th Anniversary of Historic Winter Storm
We don’t get many white Christmases around South-Central Kentucky but the year of 2004 was a big exception but instead of a beautiful snowy scene it caused a huge meteorological headache for the entire region. A winter storm is bad enough in the middle of winter but during the biggest shopping and traveling time of the year […]
WxRecap: Freezing Fog
To say that the weather was weird yesterday morning is to state something that is very obvious. Many of us woke up to a fairly normal sight: fog. Fog forms at the surface when the air becomes saturated and remains at the surface. This is often forced underneath an inversion, and that is what was […]
Understanding The Weather Models
On a daily basis, you (the reader) scroll through our forecast posts, and gain insight into what to expect today, and what weather to expect in the days to come. But how do we as forecasters get to this point? Well, we use a combination of observations, meteorological knowledge and model guidance. When I am […]