Category Archives: Kentucky Weather

A Soggy Next Few Days

Good Evening folks! It is time to dust off your rain boots and umbrellas as rain chances come back into the picture over the next few days. For the rest of this evening, scattered showers will persist for the next … Continue reading →

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First Major Hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic Season

Good morning! Another hot and humid day is on tap for parts of western Kentucky, with the possibility of scattered showers and storms as soon as early this afternoon.  With southerly flow into Bowling Green, expect temperatures to jump to … Continue reading →

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Tues., September 4th

Good morning folks, a very similar day for Tuesday… like Monday, temperatures are feeling seasonably summer-like in the 90’s. Decent upper air rotation (clockwise) suggests a higher altitude of heights in the atmosphere to start back the work week. Mostly … Continue reading →

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Labor Day 2018

All systems are a go for South Central Kentucky in terms of Labor Day plans. Bring out the burgers and hot dogs and lots of ice cold water because it will be a real heater today. Like a typical MLB … Continue reading →

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WKU Storm Chase Day 12

We awoke in Colby, KS this morning and had a fairly quick FD as we were looking at a “hurry up and wait” kind of day/set up. The initial target was Woodward, OK. Several models were showing storms firing up … Continue reading →

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WKU Storm Chase Day 11

We started our day out in North Platte, Nebraska, wondering what the game plan for the day would be; convective initiation seemed possible across several areas in the Great Plains, but because of our location, the best target appeared to … Continue reading →

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WKU Storm Chase- Day 9

A change in the forecast for today ended up resulting in a change of plans. Yesterday we traveled north to South Dakota to get into place for today’s severe weather threat. However, later model runs yesterday evening and into this morning … Continue reading →

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WKU Storm Chase – Day 7

With the first week in the rear view mirror, the start of the new work week presented a dilemma for the storm chase team. The previous day, we decided to spend the night in Limon, Colorado in order to be … Continue reading →

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WKU Storm Chase Day 6 and First Week Highlights

After the first bust of the storm chase on Saturday, Sunday would prove to be another travel day rather than a chase day. While there were marginal severe weather chances across far southern Texas as well as much of Missouri, … Continue reading →

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WKU Storm Chase Day 5

We woke up this morning in Garden City, Kansas to what seemed like the best chasing opportunity of the trip thus far. We had to get a move on as we had a decent distance to cover so we had … Continue reading →

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