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<\/a><\/p>\nMost of the state is 4″-9″ above normal for the past 30 days. If we expand that to include the year to date, the numbers are staggering…<\/p>\n
Many areas are more than a foot above normal with some pockets of 20″+ showing up.\u00a0Absolutely amazing to see those\u00a0kind of departures.<\/p>\n So, we need a BIG break, but we will take whatever we can get. The weather from today through Friday will feature a lot of dry times, but some isolated showers and storms will still be possible.<\/p>\n Temps will be fairly pleasant today and Thursday across central and eastern Kentucky with\u00a0highs ranging from 80-85 in many areas. The west will be\u00a0warmer, as usual.<\/p>\n Our numbers for the entire region will jump this weekend as the western half of the state goes back into the\u00a090s. The waterlogged ground of central and eastern Kentucky will come into play\u00a0at this point and keep our temps below what the models advertise. Lots of upper 80s\u00a0should show up with a shot at a 90. The humidity will be the big player and will absolutely make things unbearable at times.\u00a0Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be around and could wind up being bigger players than I currently think. Don’t bet against storms this summer!!<\/p>\n The steam of the weekend comes from\u00a0as a heat ridge across the south flexes some muscle into\u00a0our part of the world…<\/p>\n In typical fashion of this summer, that doesn’t stay around long and gets booted back to the southwest into early next week…<\/p>\n That should bring additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms our way as temps come back to normal or a touch below. The below normal part has been a common theme across much of the country for the first half of July…<\/p>\n If the CFS is right, temps may continue to average that way deep into August…<\/p>\n I leave you with a post stormageddon version of the tracking tools…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n