Category Archives: Kentucky Weather

After quite a beautiful week, it’s time for all of our weekend plans. Friday will start off cool with temperatures in the low 60s. If you happen to get cold easily and need a light jacket while heading to that … Continue reading →

Hopefully everyone enjoyed their first week of school! If not hopefully you were able to recuperate over the long weekend. The big weather event on everyone’s minds right now is hurricane Dorian. Dorian’s maximum winds have backed off bringing the … Continue reading →

Hopefully everyone has been enjoying the warm weather and sunshine today, as there is more of that to come this week. Tonight a high pressure system will continue to move into our region, keeping sky conditions mostly clear overnight with … Continue reading →

It was another early start for the WKU storm chasers as we planned to drive from Salina, KS to Texas. Our target for the day was Gainesville, TX, which is north of Dallas. It was a 6 hour drive, and … Continue reading →

Today was one for the books for sure. We woke up in North Platte, Nebraska after a full and exciting day from Day 9. The enhanced risk from yesterday had centralized into a moderate risk for today located over the … Continue reading →

Another day of storm chase in the books. This day was quite tricky, however, we managed to make the best of it. The Set-Up Our day, once again, started out in Amarillo, Texas. The surface observations were showing a stationary … Continue reading →

Our morning began with a forecast discussion in Shamrock, TX. We knew that our travel distance wouldn’t be as long, so we were able to have a relaxed morning. Atmospheric Setup When we went to bed on Thursday night the … Continue reading →

We started our Thursday morning by packing up and leaving Claremore, OK at 8 AM. We also parted ways with David Oliver ( Director of Environmental Health and Safety at WKU) and Dr. Tim Caboni (WKU President). Over the course … Continue reading →