Severe Weather in the Southern Plains

Twelve tornado reports were submitted to the National Weather Service yesterday afternoon, in what has been a fairly active week for weather in the southern Plains. The main culprit for the consistent severe weather: a cut-off low pressure system that has been parked over the Four Corners. This setup primes the Plains environment for sufficient […]

Winter Storm Affects Southern U.S.

Southern Kentucky is expecting light snow at best tonight associated with an area of surface low pressure currently located near northern Florida. This same system has brought significant snow to places towards our south that are not accustomed to seeing much wintry precipitation. The hazards map below from the National Weather Service shows winter storm warnings in pink […]

Winter Storm Warning in Effect

Real Time Bowling Green Weather Radar: **Winter Storm Warning in effect from February 20, 3:00 PM CST until February 21, 6:00 AM CST for Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson and Warren County ** This Afternoon – PM Snow Showers – High 26° / Tonight – Snow to Wintry Mix – Low 26↑° 3pm 25°– 6pm […]

Record Heat in Phoenix!!!

There were some errors with the surface observations a few days ago in Phoenix, Arizona. The National Weather Service surface observations experienced several crazy temperature spikes. Watch how Cory McCloskey, a TV meteorologist at Fox 10 News handled the mess during a live broadcast. Kudos to this guy for the great improvisation!

Temperature Inversion

What’s a temperature inversion?  That term has been tossed around the weather world a lot recently, and I’ve received a number of questions regarding it.  The folks over at the National Weather Service in Louisville recently produced a nice, short write up as to what a temperature inversion actually is.  Here’s a snippet from the […]

White Christmas in Bowling Green

Christmas is now 20 days away and since many locations in Kentucky saw a white Thanksgiving this year, let’s break down southern Kentucky’s chance for a white Christmas. December 25 is still several days away from being included in long range model guidance, but we can take a look at climate information to get an […]

NWS Collaborates with Vikings Players

The Minnesota Vikings teamed up with The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, South Dakota this week to spread winter weather awareness. Two players agreed to record Winter Weather Public Service Announcements for the public. Vikings’ Center John Sullivan recorded a video discussing winter weather safety: Vikings’ Wide Receiver Adam Thielen recorded a video discussing cold […]

NWA Meeting Friday

The Ohio Valley National Weather Association (NWA) chapter meeting will be this Friday at the Corvette Museum! You don’t have to be a meteorologist to attend. If you love weather or are interested in learning more about the NWA, come out to the meeting! Folks from the National Weather Service will be there as well. […]

Use of Wind Advisories Ceases in High Plains

The National Weather Service typically issues wind advisories for sustained winds of 30-39mph and gusts to 45-57mph. If wind speeds are any higher, high wind warnings are issued. High wind events are very common across portions of the Great Plains where flat topography provides very little frictional resistance of surface winds. The National Weather Service […]