{"id":59112,"date":"2023-04-06T00:29:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T04:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=59112"},"modified":"2023-04-05T23:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T03:26:33","slug":"heavy-rain-starts-a-chillier-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=59112","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Rain Starts A Chillier Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. Heavy rain is bringing a local high water threat to start the day as chilly air surges in. This below normal pattern is locked in through early in the Easter Weekend, with a big warm up waiting on us next week.<\/p>\n<p>Before we look ahead, let&#8217;s talk about the severe storms of Wednesday. Damaging winds and a few tornadoes hit the region with western and central Kentucky taking it on the chin. Louisville was hard hit by damaging winds and a possible tornado.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s this&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Louisville officially topped out with a gust of 79mph!<\/p>\n<p>This marks the 2nd time in 33 days (March 3rd) with historic wind gusts hitting 79mph.<\/p>\n<p>A single gust like that usually happens once every 100 years or more. It just happened twice in a month.<\/p>\n<p>Think about that, folks. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kywx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kywx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Bailey (@Kentuckyweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kentuckyweather\/status\/1643760919934009347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s absolutely amazing the more I think about it.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s weather starts with a narrow corridor of heavy rain into central and south central Kentucky. Local high water issues will be possible before this tapers to chilly showers as the day wears on.<\/p>\n<p>Here are your radars to follow along\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>Temps today are in the upper 40s to middle 50s and that&#8217;s a far cry from the 85-90 we had Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>A southern system will be spinning over the next few days and will keep some clouds going for much of our region. Those clouds may also spit out a few showers across the southeastern corner of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The GFS is the most robust with the showers into Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GFS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59115\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GFS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"974\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GFS.png 974w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GFS-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GFS-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO slides much of the rain farther south and east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59114\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-4.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-4-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-4-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps will continue to be held below normal across the state, with Saturday being closer to normal.<\/p>\n<p>Easter Sunday looks pretty good with temps mainly in the 60s. If things work out just right, a few spots could make a run at 70.<\/p>\n<p>Temps will slowly climb next week as a big ridge of high pressure builds over a cut off low just off the southeast coast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-2-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59113\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-2-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps by the end of next week may surge into the 80s once again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59116\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-2-1.png 958w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-2-1-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EURO-2-1-768x609.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will throw you another update later today. Make it a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. Heavy rain is bringing a local high water threat to start the day as chilly air surges in. This below normal pattern is locked in through early in the Easter Weekend, with a big warm up waiting on us next week. Before we look ahead, let&#8217;s talk about the severe storms of [&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-59112","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\/59112","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=59112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}