Author Archives: Olivia Dellecave

Good morning to you! We hope that you are staying in and staying warm at a time like this! If you are a fan of the Kentucky Mesonet, you may have noticed something off by the wind speed map. A … Continue reading →

Good morning to you! We hope that you are having a wonderful day so far! If you haven’t seen already, the south central region of the state is under a winter weather watch for tonight into Thursday evening. Here, we … Continue reading →

Good morning to you! We hope that you are having a great week and that you are staying warm! Today, a low pressure system will be moving through our region, bringing about a brief disturbance. A cold front will bring … Continue reading →

Good day, everyone! We hope that you are having a wonderful start to your week and that you are making sure to stay bundled up! Today, we saw a gradual decline in cloud cover, which offered a preview of what’s … Continue reading →

Good afternoon, everybody! If you aren’t a fan of rain or snow showers in the winter season, we have good news for you this blog post! For today and tomorrow, our region will see an influx of sunshine and incline … Continue reading →

Welcome back to Western Kentucky University’s Meteorology Blog! We hope that you had a wonderful winter break and that you are having a great start to the new semester! As you know, yesterday we had widespread showers move through the … Continue reading →

Are you loving this weather? We, who write for the the WKU Meteorology Blog, sure are! Fortunately, the influx of sunshine and rising temperatures will continue until tomorrow. Into the weekend, we may see showers due to the passage of … Continue reading →

On this day, in 1995, a historical event took place in the northern Great Plains. According to the National Weather Service, not only were winds surpassing 30 to 60 miles per hour, but wind chills reached 40 to 70 degrees … Continue reading →

On this day, in 1838, Cleveland Abbe was born. Why does it matter? Well, this established astronomer and meteorologist was the only one that had any forecasting experience based on scientific principals when he worked for the U.S. Army Signal … Continue reading →

On this day, in 1970, the eastern-central region of Wisconsin saw a rare occurrence of four tornado touchdowns in the span of a day. By rare, we are referring to the abundance of high temperatures and moisture that this state … Continue reading →