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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, […]
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Massive Wildfire Impacts Gatlinburg, TN
Yesterday afternoon, reports began to surface of Gatlinburg, TN being immanently threatened by a wildfire that had started in the Smokies just to its south. The origin of the blaze is unknown, but it was suspected that arson may be to blame for the fire. The fire started on the outskirts of town on Sunday, […]
Smoke Plume in Western Kentucky Detected by Radar
A large structure fire in Draffenville, KY created a large, dark smoke plume. This smoke plume was detected by the radar at the National Weather Service in Paducah, KY. Looks like KPAH saw smoke from large fire in Draffenville, KY. @NWSPaducah @JRukavinaWPSD pic.twitter.com/FH8zAmOaGi — Jacob Wilkins (@JacobWilkinswx) April 5, 2016 According to West Kentucky […]
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 […]
King Fire Time Lapse is Incredible
The King Fire has been raging out of control to the east of Sacramento, California. Unfortunately, the cause of the fire is expected to be arson. However, this fire has quickly spread across the region due to bone-dry conditions across California, due to severe drought. Here’s an excerpt from the LA Times article regarding the […]
Volcano Tornado Forms in Iceland
A recent video shows a “volcano tornado” forming over the lava fields in Iceland. The Bardarbunga volcano has been erupting for almost three weeks now, and scientists have been monitoring the existence of ash and debris in the air through a high-tech, infrared camera. This same camera picked up footage of a lava twister kicking […]
Wildfire Smoke Is Visible Across Kentucky And Beyond
Check out this map from the NOAA Satellite Services Division showing active wildfires in the country and areas that are seeing smoke from those wildfires. This map was released at 5:30 P.M. CST today and it indicates that south central Kentucky has some thin smoke in the atmosphere. Anywhere there is a red dot on […]
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 […]
Ingredients for Fire Weather
A few days ago, there was quite a bit of chatter over social media over the threat of fire weather in Oklahoma. So what exactly is fire weather and how do we predict it? So what is fire weather? Is it a Biblical depiction of fiery precipitation falling from the sky? No. Fire weather is […]
Fiery Dust Devil
Firefighters maintaining a controlled burn in Colorado had to get out of the way as a dust devil moved through.