{"id":30087,"date":"2018-05-24T01:31:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T05:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=30087"},"modified":"2018-05-24T01:31:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T05:31:51","slug":"storms-for-memorial-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=30087","title":{"rendered":"Storms For Memorial Day Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday to one and all. We are dealing with a pretty nice weather day across the region, but storms are looming for Memorial Day Weekend. These storms look to have a connection to the tropics, with a system trying to develop in the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Before we get there, today is a nice one for much of the state. Highs are generally in the upper 70s and low 80s, but pockets of middle 80s are showing up. I&#8217;m watching southeastern Kentucky for enough of an increase in moisture to produce some afternoon scattered storms&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As far as your cookout plans for Memorial Day weekend, a lot hinges upon what develops in the Gulf, and where it ultimately winds up. The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor the setup&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"twofig5d\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/xgtwo\/two_atl_5d0.png\" alt=\"\" usemap=\"#twomap5d0\" width=\"900\" name=\"twofig5d\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moisture from the Gulf will get drawn northward into Kentucky, leading to scattered showers and storms going up on Saturday. A weak front settles in and slows down over the weekend, allowing for a nice conveyor belt of moisture to set up. You can see this already showing up on the NAM through Saturday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=30091\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30091\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30091\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NAM-4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS is finally picking up on the tropical system, but is still likely too far east with it. Still, the model shows a good influx of moisture into Kentucky, and keeps a slow-moving system through next week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=30094\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30094\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30094\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/GFS-GIf-16.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Given the amount of moisture in the atmosphere this weekend and next week, we will likely find ourselves back in the familiar &#8216;cloudburst&#8217; setup. Depending on what happens with the Gulf system, we could be dealing with something a little more widespread.<\/p>\n<p>This continues to be one heck of a wet pattern!<\/p>\n<p>Make it a great Thursday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday to one and all. We are dealing with a pretty nice weather day across the region, but storms are looming for Memorial Day Weekend. These storms look to have a connection to the tropics, with a system trying to develop in the Gulf of Mexico. Before we get there, today is a nice [&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-30087","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\/30087","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=30087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}