{"id":251,"date":"2011-06-18T05:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T05:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.kyweathercenter.com\/?p=251"},"modified":"2011-06-18T05:44:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T05:44:00","slug":"saturday-storms-tracker-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Storms Tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday to one and all. Showers and thunderstorms will become very common across the state today as we kick off a stormy weekend. Rounds of showers and storms will move in as the nose of the heat begins to push into parts of the Ohio Valley.<BR><BR>Before we get to the storm tracking tools&#8230; here is a breakdown of where we are going&#8230;<BR><BR>&#8211; Thunderstorms will pack a punch today with damaging winds and large hail possible.<BR><BR>&#8211; Rounds of storms will carry is into Sunday with the greatest coverage across central and eastern Kentucky.<BR><BR>&#8211; Rain totals for many should top 1&#8243; this weekend with local amounts up to 3&#8243; possible. Any area getting in on repeat thunderstorm action may see some high water problems.<BR><BR>&#8211; The heat is pushing the storms through the region and will finally take over for the start of the new week. Monday and Tuesday will see temps around 90 or a little better.<BR><BR>&#8211; The stage is being set for another big change for the middle and end of next week as some very cool air moves into the plains states. This should fuel an outbreak of severe storms from the plains into the Ohio Valley. Temps by the end of next week into the following weekend will take a big dip around here and across much of the country.<BR><BR>Let&#8217;s get back to today and the tracking toys&#8230;<BR><BR><STRONG>Today&#8217;s Severe Weather Threat<BR><BR><\/STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/outlook\/day1otlk.html\"><STRONG><IMG alt=\"Latest Day 1 convective outlook\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/outlook\/day1otlk-overview.gif\" width=582 height=408><\/STRONG><\/A><BR><BR><STRONG>Current Watches<BR><\/STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/\"><STRONG><IMG alt=\"Current Watches\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" width=582 height=408><\/STRONG><\/A><BR><BR>Track the storms here&#8230;<BR><BR><IMG alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/radblast-mi.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/radar\/WUNIDS_map?station=JKL&amp;brand=wui&amp;num=6&amp;delay=15&amp;type=N0R&amp;frame=0&amp;scale=1.000&amp;noclutter=0&amp;t=1272129776&amp;lat=0&amp;lon=0&amp;label=you&amp;showstorms=0&amp;map.x=400&amp;map.y=240&amp;centerx=400&amp;centery=240&amp;transx=0&amp;transy=0&amp;showlabels=1&amp;severe=0&amp;rainsnow=0&amp;lightning=0&amp;smooth=0\"><BR><BR><IMG alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/radblast-mi.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/radar\/WUNIDS_map?station=LVX&amp;brand=wui&amp;num=6&amp;delay=15&amp;type=N0R&amp;frame=0&amp;scale=1.000&amp;noclutter=0&amp;t=1272129536&amp;lat=0&amp;lon=0&amp;label=you&amp;showstorms=0&amp;map.x=400&amp;map.y=240&amp;centerx=400&amp;centery=240&amp;transx=0&amp;transy=0&amp;showlabels=1&amp;severe=0&amp;rainsnow=0&amp;lightning=0&amp;smooth=0\"><BR><BR><IMG src=\"http:\/\/radblast-mi.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/radar\/WUNIDS_map?station=PAH&amp;brand=wui&amp;num=6&amp;delay=15&amp;type=N0R&amp;frame=0&amp;scale=1.000&amp;noclutter=0&amp;t=1293824059&amp;lat=0&amp;lon=0&amp;label=you&amp;showstorms=0&amp;map.x=400&amp;map.y=240&amp;centerx=400&amp;centery=240&amp;transx=0&amp;transy=0&amp;showlabels=1&amp;severe=0&amp;rainsnow=0&amp;lightning=0&amp;smooth=0\"><BR><BR><A href=\"http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/radar-large.asp?partner=netweather&amp;traveler=0&amp;site=KY_&amp;type=SIR&amp;anim=1&amp;level=state&amp;large=1#\" s_oc=\"null\"><STRONG><IMG class=radar_img_6x4 alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" useMap=#largemap><\/STRONG><\/A><BR><BR>I will have updates as needed and will send out&nbsp;quick thoughts and warnings&nbsp;via twitter.&nbsp;Follow me: <A href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Kentuckyweather\" target=_blank><FONT color=#000000>Kentuckyweather<\/FONT><\/A>&nbsp;or follow along in the twitter feed on the right side of the blog.<BR><BR>Have a great Saturday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday to one and all. Showers and thunderstorms will become very common across the state today as we kick off a stormy weekend. Rounds of showers and storms will move in as the nose of the heat begins to push into parts of the Ohio Valley.Before we get to the storm tracking tools&#8230; here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}