Good Tuesday everyone and welcome to what SHOULD be the warmest day of the past week and for the week ahead. Much warmer and more humid air will fight in today and set the stage for scattered storms to go up. This looks to be the beginning of the next cycle of stormy weather across the state.
Let’s get this thing started off with the headlines…
– High temps today should head into the mid and upper 80s for central and eastern Kentucky with upper 80s to low 90s in the west. Thunderstorm action and clouds will play a role in what your back porch thermometer says. 
– Did someone say thunderstorms? A few boomers are likely to flare up today and some could contain damaging winds and hail. With a lot of juice in the air… locally heavy rains will be likely in the strongest storms.
– A strong cold front will push our way Wednesday into Thursday and will bring an increase in showers and storms. Severe weather will be a possibility during this time.
– Cooler air will filter in behind the front for later in the week into the weekend. I can’t rule out a shower or storm into Saturday as this will depend on just how far south our front gets.
– The long range call for the rest of the month into early July should feature a continuation of the active pattern we have been in of late. The GFS is likely going a bit overboard with this over the next few weeks. Take a look at the 16 day rainfall forecast…
That is likely to be overdone with the overall scope and it is foolish to take one map like that and proclaim it to be the gospel. Use it as a guide that the model is saying our weather will likely remain active as we should have a nice little connection to moisture coming from the Gulf of Mexico.
You can also look at that map and think it will be hard to get sustained heat into our part of the world.
Are you guys tired of the daily storm tracking toys? If so… tough! 
Here ya go…
Today’s Severe Weather Threat
Current Watches
Wednesday’s Severe Threat
Track the storms here…
I will have updates as needed and will send out thoughts via twitter. Follow me: Kentuckyweather or follow along in the twitter feed on the right side of the blog.
Have a great Tuesday and take care.
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Happy First Day of Summer, Y’all!!
I do not get to read the comments every day so forgive me if this has been discussed, but did anybody read about the sun going into semi-hibernation or some such thing? A friend posted a link on FB that was from National Geographic but I couldn’t open it on my phone. She said the gist of the story was that it’s going to get colder due to less solar flare activity. Huh?
One other thing, I was stuck in our barn yesterday during a big lightning storm. There I was holding my cell phone in my hand and playing around with various apps. I then recalled that a guy was hit and killed by a lightning strike while using his cell phone and the EMT said the phone drew the bolt to the man. So stay off your cell phones in storms!
In the 1970s it was “ICE AGE!”. By the 1990s it was “GLOBAL WARMING!”. Now we’re going back toward ice age again. LOL. Some people will never learn. It’s all politics. Those with actual climatological education know that it’s the normal cycle of the Earth. It’s arrogant of us to think that we can destroy that which we didn’t even have the power to create.
If there was a “like” button for this comment, I would push it 🙂
I would say being outside when lightning was occurring was the primary reason the guy was struck, cell phone or not. Best just to go inside and stay there until the lightning is gone…
Ditto for me!
The regional radar image that Chris posted is lighting up like a Christmas tree and it’s barely 10:00 in the morning. I think it’s pretty obvious that this afternoon is going to get wild around here. Hope LMK has their finger on the warning button. 😉
True, and sometimes INSIDE isn’t even safe! A lady in Texas was in her kitchen when lightning hit and it came through the light above her and went straight down to the top of her head, knocking her out. Her small child called 911. This was a story I heard a while back on Good Morning America I think.
I know. It’s very hot and humid and I’m curious as to why the wording on the NWS is “Showers”…..
Bullshirt. Just because we were not smart enough to create the World sure doesn’t mean we are not stupid enough to destroy it. Typical rightwing bunk. Let a full scale nuclear war happen and tell me “arrogant” we are.
Storms in E-Town going nuts, very heavy rain, loud thunder and high winds.
Be careful out there everyone.
Haha… you really don’t have a clue, do you? LOL. ROTFL
Being “smart enough” has nothing to do with it. We don’t have the POWER to create the things we see in nature. Therefore, all this will disappear when that same Creator decides it’s time. It won’t be because we decide it’s time. Typical liberal garbage… I feel bad for you.
A woman in Louisville wanted to get photos of a storm so she stuck her cell phone outside the window and her hand was struck by lightning. This happened yesterday or the day before. I am sticking to my cell phones are dangerous in lightning theory! 🙂
Wow. Probably first time I’ve agreed with you Wxman. ;D
Me three.
I’m chuckling at the “juicy air”. I really can’t decide what kind of picture that creates in my mind.
Meant for this to go under today’s (wednesday) post. Stupid touch pad… 😛