Winter Weather on WKU’s Campus

College students cried out in celebration Sunday night when the WKU Alert texts came in that classes had been cancelled Monday. Many spent the day off sleeping in, while others awoke early to watch the snow pile up around campus. Snow days call for sledding and selfies to celebrate the rare occasion of a day […]

Memorial Day Forecast; Storms Possible

Real Time Regional Radar: ————————————————————————- Today 5/26 – Isolated Showers/Storms – High 87° / Tonight – Partly Cloudy – Low 66° Today’s weather will feature very warm temperatures into the mid to upper 80s across the region. The surface high pressure system and associated mid-level ridging will be moving to the east of the region […]

Buys Ballot Law

We were going over the Buys Ballot Law in class about a month ago, and it is a pretty neat thing in the weather world! So, what exactly is the Buys Ballot Law? The Buys Ballot Law simply states that if the wind is at your back (in the Northern Hemisphere), air pressure will be […]