{"id":29841,"date":"2018-04-30T01:22:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T05:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=29841"},"modified":"2018-04-30T01:22:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T05:22:21","slug":"kentucky-derby-week-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=29841","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Derby Week Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. It&#8217;s the final day of April and it&#8217;s also the beginning of Kentucky Derby week. This is a magical time of year for the bluegrass state and the forecast always takes on added importance. With that in mind, let&#8217;s break down a very warm Derby week that will throw some storms our way before it&#8217;s over.<\/p>\n<p>Our day begins on a frosty cold note and ends with temps making a run into the 70s. Skies will stay sunny. Tuesday will do it even better with highs around 80 as we hang on to the sunshine.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday and Thursday look to be very warm days. Highs should reach 80-85 degrees&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=29834\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29834\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29834\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Euro-2-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"721\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Euro-2-10.png 721w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Euro-2-10-300x270.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As this is happening, a big storm system is working slowly across the plains states, touching off severe weather. Our first small chance for a storm comes later Wednesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=29839\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29839\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29839\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-17.png 467w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-17-285x300.png 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most of the stormy weather looks to stay just to our north and west on Thursday, but it&#8217;s a close call&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=29836\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29836\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29836\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-2-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-2-5.png 471w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-2-5-287x300.png 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the best chance for storms arrives on Kentucky Oaks Day Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=29837\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29837\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29837\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-3-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-3-3.png 936w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-3-3-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-3-3-768x400.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As far as Kentucky Derby Day goes,\u00a0 it&#8217;s all about just how fast that front blows through here. The GFS is trying to keep the front draped across Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=29843\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29843\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29843\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-5-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-5-1.png 466w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GFS-5-1-282x300.png 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The European Model is also slowing this thing down some, keeping the shower and storm threat going in the south and east on Derby Day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=29835\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29835\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29835\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Euro-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Euro-11.png 466w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Euro-11-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A shot of cooler than normal temps comes in behind this in about a week from now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=29840\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29840\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29840\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Euro-3-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Euro-3-3.png 819w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Euro-3-3-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Euro-3-3-768x616.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May does not look as cool against the averages as April was, but odds favor another below normal temperature month ahead of us.<\/p>\n<p>Have a magnificent Monday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. It&#8217;s the final day of April and it&#8217;s also the beginning of Kentucky Derby week. This is a magical time of year for the bluegrass state and the forecast always takes on added importance. With that in mind, let&#8217;s break down a very warm Derby week that will throw some storms our [&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-29841","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\/29841","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=29841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}