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Recently at WxOrNotBG, we have been trying to create excellent and consistent content for you all to read through weekly! So, I have brought back the weather week in review. This is a good way to look back on the week, and appreciate the weather that has occurred! So, without further ado, here is your weather week in review for: June 12th-18th.
This past week was substantially more interesting that the previous week, which made me a much happier forecaster.
There is just something about forecasting for thunderstorms, or anything that isn’t just sunshine, that gives forecasters a degree of difficult they need to continue sharpening their skills! It is fun to forecast for when the weather is active, if not for an opportunity to learn more.
Lets get into last week, shall we? It was stormy, and there is no way around that. We saw thunderstorms Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with Monday and Friday being relatively quiet across much of the region.
On Tuesday, we we within the midst of a sharp boundary, and one that separated a very dry airmass across north eastern KY from the very moist and unstable environment placed over our region.
This boundary sparked off convection that moved very, very slowly, and allowed for the storms to dump heavy rainfall along their paths. The storms we within an environment containing high precipitable water values, and dewpoints in the 70s. This led to flash flooding across many areas, including Morgantown, which saw 2.5″ of rainfall in just under an hour.
Trees down & flooding in @MorgantownKY. Photos from Reed House, Renee Hampton. pic.twitter.com/lrmmNSlGk5
— Landon Hampton (@WxOrNotBG) June 14, 2016
Seeing some flash flooding pictures from Morgantown. Radar estimates over 2.5″ of rain there. pic.twitter.com/5AoQbLYWSz
— Caleb Chevalier (@CalebWNKY) June 14, 2016
I also had a flat tire that day, so that was just a rough day overall.
Severe weather was especially prevalent on Wednesday, as a remnant outflow boundary and weak shortwave combined to propagate into the region. These moved into a very warm, moist and unstable environment, yielding an unstable atmosphere. This allowed for the storms to thrive, and produce wind damage across the region and into middle Tennessee.
Thursday was just straight up hot.
Highs hit 97°F during the day on Thursday, and as a cold front moved into our region, it sparked off thunderstorms along it, and allowed them to move south-southeastward.
This produced some wind damage reports as the small cluster of storms moved across the region and into Tennessee, and it verified a tough forecast that I had been making a few days in advance. I was proud of that one!
Friday and Saturday were just kinda, “Eh”, with skies being partly cloudy and temps being relatively lower. Neither day was too hot out, and humidity was much lower, and that helped everything out.
Overall, it was a fairly interesting weather week, but this week actually look more interesting! Contributor Jacob Wilkins is back tomorrow with the morning forecast, so be sure to check it out!
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