Category Archives: Kentucky Weather

Bowling Green continued its streak of five consecutive months of below normal precipitation Saturday, March 31st. Since November 1st, Bowling Green has had a cumulative rainfall deficit of 8.63 inches, making it the 5th driest such period since 1893. March … Continue reading →

After a mild week, much colder air is expected to return to Kentucky for the weekend. I expect highs Saturday in the middle to upper 40s and highs in the low 50s for Sunday. Normal highs for this time of … Continue reading →

From the Paducah NWS office website… On Friday, March 16, WFO Paducah will host the Infamous Tornadoes Severe Weather Seminar, which will review our nation’s deadliest tornado, the Great Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925, and our nation’s deadliest tornado … Continue reading →

The models as well as the synoptic pattern both are suggesting the possibility of snow showers for much of Kentucky Saturday night. The GFS shows a fast-moving piece of energy rotating through the longwave trough overnight Saturday which will help … Continue reading →

The NWS in Louisville is predicting 1-2 inches of snow for much of Kentucky Friday night/Saturday. There is some concern that a more northerly track will lessen snow amounts across Bowling Green. Read more here. With the warmup coming next … Continue reading →

Way back on the first ever post on this blog (“The winter thus far“) I talked about the incredible warmth of December and early January and how some climate researchers were already claiming that 2007 would be the warmest year … Continue reading →

At the halfway point of February 2007, the temperatures departures are quite impressive. Bowling Green is at -9.2 F, Louisville is at -12.3 F, and Lexington is at -13.6 F. Using the latest 7-day forecast from the NWS, by February … Continue reading →

I haven’t changed my thinking with regards to the storm for Monday and Tuesday. The double-jet structure of the storm that I talked about here will bring 1-2″ of rain to Bowling Green Monday and Monday night. We may also … Continue reading →

Update: Sunday, 2/4 9:54 pm I will score how well the NWS and MOS fared against the arctic air mass over the Saturday-Wednesday period. I will group the Bowling Green and Lexington forecast by day to make scoring easier. By … Continue reading →

As a forecaster, the goal is to get the meteorology right (storm track, thermal profile, dynamics) when a storm is approaching. Once the meteorology is correct, it is fairly easy to predict the weather (temperatures and precipitation) and you will … Continue reading →