{"id":43304,"date":"2020-08-26T02:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=43304"},"modified":"2020-08-26T02:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T06:00:57","slug":"tracking-hurricane-laura-and-the-kentucky-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=43304","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Hurricane Laura and The Kentucky Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday to one and all. Hurricane Laura is heading toward the Gulf Coast and will eventually roll toward the bluegrass state. It&#8217;s looking more and more likely this will have a big impact here in Kentucky. That looks to happen from Thursday night through Saturday and may result in heavy rain, high winds and severe thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>Before we feel the direct impact of Laura, we continue to deal with a tropical air mass well ahead of the storm. This increase in humidity will lead to a few thunderstorms going up out there today and into Thursday. The Thursday action may be a little more widespread, but today&#8217;s stuff could still cause some local issues. Here are your radars to follow along&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/builder.zoomradar.net\/zoomradar_weather_map\/weather_page.php?key=dlFZs5IY4VCw7bK\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><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#\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" usemap=\"#largemap\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will watch the Thursday action for the potential for local high water and strong storms in a few spots. Outside of the action, it&#8217;s toasty and steamy.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Laura continues to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov\/\/GOES16\/ABI\/SECTOR\/GM\/13\/GOES16-GM-13-1000x1000.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There isn&#8217;t much to keep this from becoming a major hurricane as it heads toward landfall tonight somewhere near the Texas, Louisiana border. Can this strengthen beyond a Cat 3? I think that&#8217;s possible. Here&#8217;s the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/storm_graphics\/AT13\/refresh\/AL132020_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png\/025357_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png\" alt=\"cone graphic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are the takeaways the NHC wants to get across about the storm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/storm_graphics\/AT13\/refresh\/AL132020_key_messages+png\/211401_key_messages_sm.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remember, the above maps will automatically update as soon as new information is sent out from the NHC.<\/p>\n<p>The inland track of this storm continues to be aimed at Kentucky from later Friday into Saturday. This may very well still be a tropical depression as it moves from west to east across the Commonwealth. Here&#8217;s what that could mean for us&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A general 1&#8243;-4&#8243; of rain for many with the potential for locally higher amounts.<\/li>\n<li>Winds may be a big player and gust to greater than 40mph at times.<\/li>\n<li>The potential is also there for strong to severe thunderstorms along and ahead of the center of circulation.<\/li>\n<li>If thunderstorms do get into the mix, wind gusts may become a pretty big issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest hurricane models continue to suggest a track right across Kentucky from west to east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.weatherbell.com\/tctracks\/atcf\/laura13l\/\/1598400000\/1598400000-8tta5uqt8qA.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the high end tropical models give us a better look at how this may play out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>HWRF<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HWRF-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43311\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HWRF-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HMON<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HMON-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43310\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HMON-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The operational Models like the GFS also show this thing turning the corner on top of the state&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GFS-25.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43309\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GFS-25.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday into Saturday could get pretty wild around here, so stay up to date on the progress of this system.<\/p>\n<p>The overall pattern into early September is a very active one behind Laura. A potent system will work in here early next week, bringing the threat for more heavy rain and strong storms&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GFS-2-14.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43308\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GFS-2-14.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, this is a polar opposite pattern to the one from this time last year.<\/p>\n<p>I will have another update or two later today, so check back. Until then, have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday to one and all. Hurricane Laura is heading toward the Gulf Coast and will eventually roll toward the bluegrass state. It&#8217;s looking more and more likely this will have a big impact here in Kentucky. That looks to happen from Thursday night through Saturday and may result in heavy rain, high winds and [&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-43304","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\/43304","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=43304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}