{"id":53867,"date":"2022-06-15T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T04:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53867"},"modified":"2022-06-14T22:38:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T02:38:39","slug":"heat-wave-steamrolls-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53867","title":{"rendered":"Heat Wave Steamrolls On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday to one and all. Our early season heatwave continues to bake the bluegrass state and this has another day or so to go before we change it up. While the weekend feels much better, the heat tries to snap back for a bit next week.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s do this breakdown thing again:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>TODAY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The numbers will be similar to what we had on Tuesday.<\/li>\n<li>Highs of 95-100 in the west and 90-95 east.<\/li>\n<li>Heat index values will still be in the 100-110 category. Local numbers will hit 110-115 during peak heating hours.<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s the chance for a storm or two to go up, especially in the south and east. The Storm Prediction Center even has a low-end risk for a few severe storms there&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>THURSDAY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Highs are still 90-95 for most of the state with a heat index down from today. It will still feel 100-105 for many.<\/li>\n<li>A cold front drops in from the northwest late in the day.<\/li>\n<li>Showers and storms will be around in scattered fashion.<\/li>\n<li>The Storm Prediction Center has the east back into the low-end threat for a few severe storms&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>FRIDAY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Feels much better as the massive heat wave starts to breakdown.<\/li>\n<li>Of course, feeling better is a relative term to where we have been. It&#8217;s still pretty steamy ahead of the front.<\/li>\n<li>This brings a line of storms dropping in from north to south.<\/li>\n<li>The storms don\u2019t look widespread, but a few could be strong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Temps over the weekend come way down and will go below normal for many&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FVQlhYGX0AAeg2D?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Check out the low temps&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FVQllhdWAAECFXT?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a taste of some of the good stuff, but it&#8217;s only temporary. Heat quickly builds back in from the west early next week, but to what extent?<\/p>\n<p>The EURO usually is the hottest of any model and that&#8217;s certainly the case by the middle of next week. Check out these highs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FVQlnTfXEAAan8W?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s pretty much an extreme solution, especially when compared to the GFS at the same time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FVQl5XAWYAENioT?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian is in-between the two&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FVQlxJwX0AAhjng?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Something we now have to consider for the first time in several years&#8230; Our ground is slowly drying out. With below normal precipitation expected over the next few weeks, the heat may win the battle more than I originally thought.<\/p>\n<p>Shades of the summer or 2012 are showing up with this pattern, folks. Here&#8217;s hoping we don&#8217;t go to that extreme.<\/p>\n<p>I leave you with your regional storm tracking tools for the day\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>Make it a great day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday to one and all. Our early season heatwave continues to bake the bluegrass state and this has another day or so to go before we change it up. While the weekend feels much better, the heat tries to snap back for a bit next week. Let&#8217;s do this breakdown thing again: TODAY The [&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-53867","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\/53867","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=53867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}