{"id":53994,"date":"2022-07-03T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T04:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53994"},"modified":"2022-07-02T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T19:24:10","slug":"heat-wave-and-strong-storms-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53994","title":{"rendered":"Heat Wave and Strong Storms Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Sunday, folks. Our 4th of July weekend rolls on with a scattering of storms and steamy temps. As the old saying goes, you ain&#8217;t seen nothin&#8217; yet! A significant heat wave is on the way for the week ahead and it&#8217;s likely to be accompanied by some big time storm clusters.<\/p>\n<p>The weather out there today generally features temps from 85-90 in most areas with a mix of sun and clouds. A few showers and storms go up, especially in the south. Here are your holiday weekend radars to follow along&#8230;<\/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>The 4th on Monday features a small chance for storms going up with temps ranging from the upper 80s to middle 90s across the state. It&#8217;s just after this that things turn ugly in terms of heat, humidity and storms. Here&#8217;s the setup for next week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SPECIAL-MAP.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54000\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SPECIAL-MAP.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SPECIAL-MAP.png 945w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SPECIAL-MAP-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SPECIAL-MAP-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SPECIAL-MAP-400x250.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the temps that can reach 100 degrees on any day where storm clusters don&#8217;t show up. This is a look straight out of the same time in 2012 and that produced our last widespread 100-degree weather around here. Check out the highs from the GFS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-TEMPS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53998\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-TEMPS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-TEMPS.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-TEMPS-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-TEMPS-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a closer look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-TEMPS-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53997\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-TEMPS-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"969\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-TEMPS-2.png 969w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-TEMPS-2-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-TEMPS-2-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS has been much closer to reality with temps than the wretched Euro has been, so we have to put some respect on what it&#8217;s showing here. With high humidity, heat index numbers around 105-110 will be possible.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorm clusters and complexes tend to roll around the outer periphery of such heat waves. The one from 2012 produced a massive derecho.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not saying this will do the same, but such a setup can produce some big wind makers.<\/p>\n<p>These storms can also put down some heavy rain amounts as we enter flash flood season in the bluegrass state.\u00a0 The models, as expected, vary on placement and totals&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>GFS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53999\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GFS-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CANADIAN<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Canadian.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53996\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Canadian.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Canadian.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Canadian-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Canadian-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>EURO<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54003\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-1.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-1-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EURO-1-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful 4th of July Eve and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Sunday, folks. Our 4th of July weekend rolls on with a scattering of storms and steamy temps. As the old saying goes, you ain&#8217;t seen nothin&#8217; yet! A significant heat wave is on the way for the week ahead and it&#8217;s likely to be accompanied by some big time storm clusters. The weather out [&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-53994","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\/53994","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=53994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}