{"id":49921,"date":"2021-08-29T19:44:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T23:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=49921"},"modified":"2021-08-29T19:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T23:44:24","slug":"sunday-evening-thoughts-on-ida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=49921","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Evening Thoughts On Ida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, folks. I wanted to drop by for a quick update on how things are looking over the next few days as Ida slowly turns in our direction. This will bring heavy rain and the potential for flash flooding for parts of Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Ida made landfall earlier today, but the storm is still looking amazing on Satellite&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov\/\/GOES16\/ABI\/SECTOR\/GM\/GEOCOLOR\/GOES16-GM-GEOCOLOR-1000x1000.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Interactive Radar to take track the storm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>The latest track forecast from the National Hurricane Center continues to bring Ida into Kentucky by Tuesday night&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/storm_graphics\/AT09\/refresh\/AL092021_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png\/144701_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png\" alt=\"cone graphic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The latest rainfall forecast from the HPC continues to show the potential for excessive rains across much of central and eastern Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/storm_graphics\/AT09\/refresh\/AL0921WPCQPF+gif\/211519WPCQPF_sm.gif\" alt=\"[Image of WPC QPF U.S. rainfall potential]\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are the updated Key Messages for Hurricane Ida&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/storm_graphics\/AT09\/refresh\/AL092021_key_messages+png\/213152_key_messages_sm.png\" alt=\"[Key Messages]\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The WPC has upgraded the northern half of the state into the Slight Risk area for excessive rains with our front and tropical moisture hook up on Monday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/E9_F0mNUcAAGGmN?format=jpg&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the setup I&#8217;ve been talking about and it&#8217;s one that can cause flash flooding issues for some Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Tuesday Excessive Rainfall Outlook as pushed the Moderate Risk area a bit east and this now includes most of central and eastern Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/E9_F69rVkAA1rat?format=jpg&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I agree with that placement as the heaviest rain from Ida will fall just west and north of the track of the storm. That track looks to be across southeastern Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>A full update with my rainfall forecast comes your way with the normal update later tonight. Enjoy the rest of your evening and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, folks. I wanted to drop by for a quick update on how things are looking over the next few days as Ida slowly turns in our direction. This will bring heavy rain and the potential for flash flooding for parts of Kentucky. Hurricane Ida made landfall earlier today, but the storm is still [&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-49921","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\/49921","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=49921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}