{"id":53674,"date":"2022-05-02T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T04:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53674"},"modified":"2022-05-01T21:38:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T01:38:53","slug":"kentucky-derby-week-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53674","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Derby Week Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday to one and all. It&#8217;s Kentucky Derby week and our weather pattern has several storm threats to roll across the region. This is a pattern that isn&#8217;t wall to wall rain by any means, but it has the chance to keep some rain around into the big weekend ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin with today and roll forward.<\/p>\n<p>Our Monday is a nice one with temps in the 70s and a mix of sun and clouds. The threat is there for some evening storms to get into western Kentucky and the SPC even has a low-end risk for a few severe storms out there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Low pressure heads toward the northern Ohio Vally on Tuesday and this puts us in a warm and windy southwest flow. With a front dropping into the region, the threat for thunderstorms will increase later in the day into the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the area is under a severe weather risk during this time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That front drops to the south on Wednesday with a lingering shower or storm, but lots of dry times. Those dry times should hang into the first half of Thursday before the next system gets ready to rumble in.<\/p>\n<p>This system looks like a slow-mover as it&#8217;s being pushed by an ugly looking upper level low&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FRtzjFWWYAIl9Wo?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watch how the surface low spins slowly across the region on Kentucky Oaks Day, bringing showers and storms with it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FRtzjFVXoAMY2OB?format=jpg&amp;name=4096x4096\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some strong storms will be possible.<\/p>\n<p>Chilly winds will move in for Derby Day and there&#8217;s the risk for some leftover showers, especially early in the day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FRtzjFVWUAA7a7I?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a fairly chilly Kentucky Derby weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Temps should rebound in a big way early next week before another trough tries to dig into the east later next week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FRtzjFXXoAACL_t?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ugh. Enough already!!<\/p>\n<p>I leave you with your storm tracking tools to follow any action getting into western Kentucky later today\u2026<\/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 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" usemap=\"#largemap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Current watches<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" alt=\"Current Watches\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Possible Watch Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" alt=\"Current MDs\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a great Monday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday to one and all. It&#8217;s Kentucky Derby week and our weather pattern has several storm threats to roll across the region. This is a pattern that isn&#8217;t wall to wall rain by any means, but it has the chance to keep some rain around into the big weekend ahead. Let&#8217;s begin with today [&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-53674","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\/53674","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=53674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}