{"id":44093,"date":"2020-10-07T15:05:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T19:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=44093"},"modified":"2020-10-07T15:05:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T19:05:41","slug":"hurricane-delta-to-bring-heavy-rain-and-wind-our-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=44093","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Delta To Bring Heavy Rain and Wind Our Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good afternoon, folks. All eyes continue to be on the Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Delta. This storm has a Friday date with the Louisiana Gulf Coast and then moves our way. What’s left of our storm will likely bring heavy rain, gusty winds and strong storms into Kentucky this weekend.<\/p>\n

Delta made landfall near Cancun, Mexico earlier today and is emerging back over water in the Gulf…<\/p>\n

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This will continue to intensify as it works toward the northwest then almost due north into Louisiana on Friday. My forecast for the inland track of this storm has been largely unchanged for the past several days, with just a small tweak on one occasion. Here’s how that looks…<\/p>\n

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Notice how the forecast from the National Hurricane Center is now almost directly in line with mine…<\/p>\n

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Here are the Key Messages from the NHC on this storm…<\/p>\n

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The latest guidance from the Hurricane Models is tightly clustered on the center of this storm going up over top of us…<\/p>\n

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The storm is now with the range of the NAM through Saturday evening. Here’s how the model looks during this time…<\/p>\n

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Check out the wind gust forecast from this run…<\/p>\n

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The GFS has a very similar track…<\/p>\n

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We now find the EURO losing it’s bias of being too far west and too slow. It’s now in line with everything else…<\/p>\n

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Here’s the rainfall forecast from the EURO…<\/p>\n

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The HWRF hurricane model also brings Delta right on top of us…<\/p>\n

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Here’s a recap of what to expect:<\/p>\n