Category Archives: Kentucky Weather

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter weather Advisory as a mix of rain and snow showers will take place before your midday today. This is expected to turn into snow flurries afterwards. Temperatures will stay in the mid … Continue reading →

Expect mostly sunny conditions for the majority of your Friday as a high pressure system dominates the southeastern portion of the country. The high for today is 43F with a low of 27F. Increasing winds from the SSE will bring … 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 →

The National Weather Service has put South Central Kentucky under a winter weather advisory due to a snow threat until 6PM CST! Snow showers are likely mainly after 3pm with accumulations expecting to be about an inch. Be aware of … 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 →

Warmer temperatures are expected as we continue the work week as we even saw some flurries last night! Snowy conditions have migrated to the east of us as high pressure moves into the area. This high pressure system will dominate … Continue reading →

Friday calls for light rain, accumulating to about a tenth of an inch for the day, with the heaviest rain staying south of us. There is a small chance that the rain showers will transition into a mix of light … 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 →