{"id":53873,"date":"2022-06-16T00:01:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T04:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53873"},"modified":"2022-06-15T22:30:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T02:30:07","slug":"strong-storms-set-to-end-the-heat-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53873","title":{"rendered":"Strong Storms Set To End The Heat Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. Our heat wave is about to run out of steam as we head into the weekend with MUCH better weather taking shape. That&#8217;s the good news. The bad news? Heat returns next week, but the extent of it is in question.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s break down the closing days of this heat wave:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>TODAY<\/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 with the potential for a complex of storms to drop in from the northwest late today or tonight.<\/li>\n<li>The Storm Prediction Center has much of the region in the threat for a few severe storms\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.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\u2019s still pretty steamy ahead of the front.<\/li>\n<li>This front 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 or severe, especially in the southern half of the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MUCH cooler and drier air moves in for the weekend. Highs for many stay in the 70s on Saturday with some 70s still in the east on Sunday as the west warms. Lows on Sunday morning will be way down there with some 40s in the east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FVU2LtsWQAYPDYd?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heat builds back in from the west quickly early next week, but the extent of this heat remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>The EURO is forecasting all time record highs for many areas&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FVUxDGUWQAI_5BS?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s rather extreme, but it&#8217;s what the EURO does with temps.<\/p>\n<p>The GFS is WAY WAY cooler&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FVUw-BwXsAABy8h?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian is splitting the difference&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-9pa8cd\" draggable=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FVUxE7mXoAIKue-?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/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 Thursday, folks. Our heat wave is about to run out of steam as we head into the weekend with MUCH better weather taking shape. That&#8217;s the good news. The bad news? Heat returns next week, but the extent of it is in question. Let&#8217;s break down the closing days of this heat wave: 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-53873","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\/53873","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=53873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}