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Major ice storm Monday night-Tuesday
This is shaping up to be a major ice storm for south-central Kentucky Monday night into Tuesday. There could be widespread power outages and downed power lines from ice-covered tree limbs. I would also expect widespread school cancellations (including WKU) … Continue reading
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Meteorology is a top-rated job!
Not only is Meteorology a high-paying job, but the Wall Street Journal reports that it is also one of the top 20 jobs in the United States. The methodology was based on job stress, income, environment, employment outlook, and physical … Continue reading
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Trough moves westward: mid-month warmup!
The GFS ensembles and ECMWF continue to show the westward trend in the mean longwave trough over the United States. This suggests at least a break in the recent cold NW flow pattern that Kentucky has been in since mid-November. … Continue reading
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Tuesday storm looks like rain
After nearly a month of below normal temperatures across the Mid-South we are finally looking at the first truly big winter storm of the season. Unfortunately for those who love snow, most of Kentucky will be on wrong side of … Continue reading
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Meteorology is a high-paying job
According to CareerBuilder.com, meteorology is a high-paying job (average salary $68,000) with decent growth potential (11%) over the next decade. See here for the entire article.
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Cold to continue; big storm in early December?
The early taste of winter will continue through at least the first week of December. In fact, some of the longer range models suggest the below normal temperatures will continue through Christmas. While we have seen lots of cold recently, … Continue reading
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Snow (flurries) this weekend?
An unsettled week of weather is in store for the Mid-South. None of the storms moving through this week will be strong but precipitation is possible every day through the weekend, including the possibility for the earliest snow since 1993.
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Nocturnal tornado risk in the Mid-South
A group of climate researchers at Northern Illinois University have published a paper that shows that the Mid-South has the greatest percentage of nocturnal tornadoes in the United States. Over 40% of all tornadoes that affect Kentucky and Tennessee occur … Continue reading
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Cold blast short lived – November to start dry
The Mid-South is experiencing the first taste of winter today as arctic has spread across the region. Wind chills are barely above freezing across the Bluegrass as light rain is falling. There may even be some sleet or flurries later … Continue reading
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Wild weather to end October
October is a month of building arctic cold across the prairies of Canada, so when zonal flow across the northern United States persists for the first 20 days of the month as we have seen thus far, eventually the dam … Continue reading
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