Your Weather Week In Review: 9/13-9/20

Here at WxOrNotBG, we have begun to implement a new post every Sunday evening previewing the week ahead. In light of that, I am going to begin posting a review of the previous week each Saturday night, highlighting the major events that occurred, etc. So, with that being said, here is your *cue awesome music* […]

Weekend Brings Heavy Rain to Region

Much needed rainfall continues to fall in drought stricken regions such as California and the Nations heartland. Here is a look at the 14 day precipitation totals across the U.S. Clearly the south central plains have been the bulls eye for the rainfall over the past several weeks with as much as 15 inches of […]

Much Needed Rain in California

Some much needed rain is headed to parts of California, a state that is experiencing a long term historical drought. The United States Drought Monitor  shows almost have the state in an exceptional drought (the worst drought). This drought has had a big impact on the NAPA Valley and many farming communities around the state. The […]

Fire Danger Across Northern Great Plains

Red Flag Warnings are in effect for portions of the north central U.S. tomorrow as critical fire weather conditions are expected. Every county shaded pink in the map below is under a Red Flag warning from noon until 7pm CST tomorrow. Fuels for fire development will be present tomorrow afternoon with gusty winds and very dry air. […]

Southern Plains Drought Relief

Much of the western U.S. stretching into the southern Great Plains have been experiencing a long term drought. But good news for the folks in Texas and Oklahoma, as rain looks to continue across the two states the next several days. Up to two inches of rain is likely in parts of Oklahoma into the […]

California Called, And It Wants Our Rain

Recently (this year), the state of Kentucky has seen several events in which we have received almost absurdly large amounts of precipitation. We have had about 5 major precipitation events across the state that have dramatically reversed us from what looked to be a moderate drought in January to major flooding here in April. Well, […]

Midwest March Madness Weather Bracket

  In honor of March Madness, the Midwestern Regional Climate Center has issued their weather bracket consisting of the top weather events to hit the region this winter. The two winter storms to hit Kentucky and the summer drought made the Elite 8. The two snowstorms advanced to the Final 4 and the March 4th through the 5th […]

Spring Flood Outlook

Spring is typically one of the wettest times of the year in the Ohio Valley. With all the rain we have had recently, additional rainfall over the coming months could spawn flooding. Here is NOAA’s Spring drough outlook with a video of what to expect.   Sorry California, no drought relief in sight for you […]

Pineapple Express Helps to Alleviate California Drought

Portions of the western United States are in desperate need of rainfall but January offered little to no drought relief in California. Check out this map illustrating radar-estimated rainfall totals during the month of January. Areas shaded in green and blue saw less than two inches of monthly rainfall. If you thought the Bowling Green bubble […]

Kentucky Drought Monitor

Some moderate drought is beginning to creep into portions of Kentucky. According to climatology reports, December was abnormally dry for Paducah, KY. The average amount of precipitation in Paducah in the month of December is 4.59″. However, only 2.89″ fell during December of 2014. Thus, only 63% of the usual rainfall fell for the month. […]