Category Archives: Kentucky Weather

Records Set by Hurricane Matthew

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Alec Cooper

As of today, Hurricane Matthew continues to move along the east coast. It has weakened significantly since its brief peak as category 5 on Sept 30th, and as of today sits as a category 2 hurricane. However, over the past few … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Matthew and Tropical Storm Nicole

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Alec Cooper

After pushing over Haiti and along the eastern coast of Florida, Hurricane Matthew continues to push up the east coast as it weakens.  As it can be seen above, the NHC is expecting Hurricane Matthew to weaken into a tropical … Continue reading →

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Cooler Weekend Ahead

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Alec Cooper

The warm trend of this past week will be coming to an end with a cold front pushing through the Bowling Green area, making for a cooler weekend and a cooler start to next week. Interestingly, this fairly strong cold front moving into … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Matthew

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Alex Sizemore

What was Tropical Storm Matthew just a little over a day ago is now a strong Category 4 Hurricane Matthew with maximum sustained winds at 150 mph and central pressure at 945 mb. This is one of the most impressive … Continue reading →

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Upper-level Low Persists Over Ohio Valley

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Alex Sizemore

Our first shot of fall-like weather came with a trough axis just a few days ago. Guidance at that time suggested this trough would detach from the polar jet stream, and it certainly did so. Dynamics have now led to … Continue reading →

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Fall Cool Down is Here

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Alex Sizemore

Currently: Ridging has been persistent over the eastern portion of the contiguous US for quite some time now with little variations in the jet stream pattern as a whole. As a result, heat and high humidity have been seemingly relentless over … Continue reading →

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Gameday is Going To Be Hot!

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Andrew Keith

Hey everyone, as the week nears the end, the upper level trend of dominate ridging is phasing out. Temperatures are expected to stay in the low 90s dipping to the mid 60s at night through Sunday. The high temperature for … Continue reading →

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Warm Start to Fall Season

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Andrew Keith

Good Afternoon! As the summer comes to an end today, and the change officially to the autumn season begins tomorrow Thursday, September 22, the warm temperatures continue. A dominating upper level ridge continues to stall over the Mid-South region and … Continue reading →

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Warm Week Ahead

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Andrew Keith

The warming trend continues today, as astronomical summer is nearing its end and astronomical fall starts on Thursday. An area of high pressure sits over the area, bounded by a stationary front along the eastern coast of the United States and a … Continue reading →

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Friday Showers, Weekend Forecast

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Austin Evans

Over the course of my last two blog posts I kept discussing that this weekend was going to be very similar to last weekend with possible showers and  thunderstorms. It is not expected to be  wash out, but chances of rain … Continue reading →

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