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Good Monday morning, everyone! Welcome to a new, but wet, day. From a meteorologists point-of-view, this is exciting because we finally have some action! But for everyone else, it’ll be more of an annoyance. Very unseasonable weather will kick off the week. Monday’s Deluge Long story short, today will be nothing short of wet. A […]
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Scorching Summer Weather Persists
Good Monday morning, everyone! Welcome to a new week. We were lucky to have nice weather for the 4th of July weekend. In fact, that pattern looks to stick around for a while. Scorching summer weather persists through this week. Zonal Pattern Keeps Things Repetitive Let’s take a look at the larger picture. Right now, […]
Comfortable Conditions to Start off Fall
Good morning and happy Monday, folks!! Comfortable conditions with a chance of rain will move into the region to start off astronomical fall. Super stoked about the cooler temperatures this week! (Giphy) Overview The main focus starting off the workweek will be shower chances as a cold front moves southeastward across the region this morning. […]
Persistant Heat Gives Way to Welcome Changes
Good Saturday morning, friends! Welcome to the weekend. The surface high and upper ridge that has kept us under unseasonably warm and dry conditions looks to linger for a few more days, but brief, and welcome, changes seem to be on the horizon. Sunny Saturday The upper ridge and associated high pressure is still making […]
A Fantastic Start to the Week before Rain Chances Return
Real Time Radar Yesterday’s Weather Yesterday turned out to be another mild day across Southern Kentucky. Bowling Green recorded a high temperature of 66°F which is about 16 degrees above average for this time of year. Forecast Summary Today: Foggy this morning. Once the cloud cover departs we’ll see mostly sunny skies with highs nearing […]
California, US Drought Improves Drastically
As you all well know, much of the US, especially the Southeast and California, was entrenched in a drought, with the worst effects being felt in California. The drought there had been ongoing for several years, and people wondered when it would stop. The southeast drought had been ongoing since the beginning of 2016. Areas […]
Last Year Had 15 $1 Billion Disasters
While last year felt very much like a quiet year for severe weather, and active weather in general, the year saw 15 $1 billion weather disasters! FIFTEEN! That is a ton of weather disasters, especially in a year that felt relatively quiet. This was the second highest total on record, only one disaster short of tying […]
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. […]
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 […]
Drought Developing Across the Region
By now, many of you have likely sat down in the morning, read through our forecast posts and come across a line that goes something like, “This weather pattern has been ridiculously boring“, or “Well, we’re looking at another rainless day..“, etc. We have not seen a solid, steady rainfall in what feels like a […]