Good Thursday everyone and thanks for dropping by KWC. Our big Labor Day Weekend is just about upon is and it looks like an active one. What’s left of Hurricane Isaac is working northward across the Mississippi Valley and will work into the Ohio Valley in time. This setup will bring an increase in tropical showers and thunderstorms to Kentucky.
A few thoughts:
– A spotty shower or thunderstorm is possible today across the far west and south.
– Tropical moisture will increase by Friday as scattered showers and storms pick up in coverage and intensity.
– Isaac will be a tropical depression by this time and will slowly work into the western Ohio Valley as we roll into Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms will become fairly widespread during this time across Kentucky. That trend will take us into Sunday and early Monday.
– Torrential rainfall is likely with these showers and storms and this may cause some local high water problems. Here’s a look at a very early call for rainfall through Monday…
– Locally higher amounts will be possible during thunderstorms. If Isaac’s leftovers come a little farther southward, our totals could be much higher than forecast. Beware any model forecast right now. Convective feedback issues will be common.
– I can’t rule out a few strong storms this weekend.
Let’s track what’s left of Isaac…
![[Image of 5-day forecast and coastal areas under a warning or a watch]](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0912W5_NL_sm2+gif/234710W5_NL_sm.gif)
Updates as needed. Enjoy your Thursday and take care.
If it is still a depression by the time it gets to us…I wonder of the possibility that it holds together long enough to reach the Atlantic again…and reform. Wasn’t there a hurricane do that within the past 5-10 years??
* to do that….sorry. Early mornig slow fingers.
I think Ivan was the storm to do that and there was a lot of controversy about the NHC’s decision to keep the name as it moved back down to the Gulf of Mexico.
Hate that it has to hit on Labor Day weekend, but we do need the rain..
That rainfall map sure reminds me of a winter storm map!
I know right!
A tropical storm going north of us is better than it going south, the moisture is drawn in even if the heaviest is north.
I just moved here a month ago. I appreciate this page as being from Texas its nice to know whats happening
Seems to be favoring more north and then the turn east. but you never know until it happens. I agree it seems to be losing some steam with all the dry areas it goes over. That said, the range is 1″ to 4″, so plenty of range to cover. My guess is closer to the lower end. Perhaps our drought stricken friends are getting extra rain love, but hopefully not too much to cause opposite problems from drought.