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Real-time Bowling Green Weather Radar Yesterday’s Weather Yesterday we may have seen some sunshine, but it was bone chillingly cold. Temperatures were well below average and struggled to make it out of the 20s and our low was a whopping 10°F. Yeah, no thanks. Forecast Summary Today: One word- C O L D. Increasing clouds, […]
Tag: Wildfires
An Update on the Southeast Drought
Just a few weeks ago, much of the southeastern US was battling an Extreme to Exceptional drought. Eight percent of the country was in an Extreme drought, with much of that being in the southeastern US. The southeast drought was bad, and only looked to get worse. This was causing many issues across the region. […]
WxOrNotBG Tweets of the Week
Twitter is a meteorologist’s best friend and worst enemy. Meteorologists send out hundreds of tweets per day, and it is such a useful tool for dispensing information. Many times, though, hype will begin and spread like fire on Twitter. Other times, it saves someone’s life. Therefore, Twitter sees the best and worst out of meteorologists […]
The Southeast is Battling Wildfires
As I posted about last week, the majority of Kentucky is now in a Moderate to Severe drought. This has continued to worsen, with much of the southeastern portion of the state now in a Severe Drought. Well, we are not alone. Much of our neighbors to our south and east are seeing much, much worse drought […]
Wildfires in Texas
Very hot temperatures and windy conditions are causing wild fires to ignite across Texas with one, in particular, causing much damage. A large fire in Bastrop County has burned 4,200 acres and destroyed 9 homes already. The image below shows the conditions in Texas at 3:00 pm, and, as you can see, it is incredibly […]
Fire Weather Danger Threatens West
A combination of very dry conditions and thunderstorm chances has prompted a threat for fire weather over much of the pacific northwest. Check out all of the red flag warnings currently in effect as of 2pm CST: The main cause for these fire weather concerns is the ongoing drought out west. Check out the current […]
Satellite Captures Smoke in Western Canada.
NOAA satellites captured this impressive photo of dense smoke across western and central Canada yesterday. The red dots you see on the image are active wildfires in northwest Canada. Northwesterly winds helped to carry the areas of smoke south and east across Canada. Currently, the heaviest smoke is in the Northwest Territories, but the main […]