{"id":59399,"date":"2023-05-04T01:24:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T05:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=59399"},"modified":"2023-05-04T01:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T05:24:34","slug":"all-eyes-on-kentucky-derby-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=59399","title":{"rendered":"All Eyes On Kentucky Derby Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. We are rolling toward Kentucky Derby weekend with an increasing threat for rain and a few storms rolling into Kentucky. This may cause a few issues to start the big weekend as much warmer air spills in for the rest of the weekend and into next week.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin with what&#8217;s going on out there today. Temps are in the middle and upper 30s with a kiss of frost in central and eastern Kentucky. By the afternoon, the numbers climb into the 65-70 degree range for many.<\/p>\n<p>The system coming in for Kentucky Oaks Day Friday continues to mostly target western and southern Kentucky with a fairly sharp cutoff on the northern edge of the shower and thunderstorm shield.<\/p>\n<p>The Future Radar from the Hi Res NAM looks from 7am Friday through 7am Saturday shows the fine line we are walking in Louisville&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NAM.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59400\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NAM.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, if you&#8217;re going to Churchill Downs on Oaks Day, take the poncho to be safe. You may have to break it out later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Temps on Friday should reach the low 70s for areas outside the main rain shield.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers and a rumble of thunder are possible to start Kentucky Derby Saturday, especially across the south, but skies improve throughout the day. Highs should reach the low 70s in most areas.<\/p>\n<p>Temps REALLY take off Sunday into next week and may reach the low 80s as early as Sunday or Monday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/EURO-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59402\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/EURO-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/EURO-5.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/EURO-5-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/EURO-5-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That should come with a few waves of thunderstorms getting into the mix during this same time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GFS-3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59403\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GFS-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What? You mean it may finally start to look and act the part of May?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SweetEricCartmanGIF.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59404\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SweetEricCartmanGIF.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a great Thursday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. We are rolling toward Kentucky Derby weekend with an increasing threat for rain and a few storms rolling into Kentucky. This may cause a few issues to start the big weekend as much warmer air spills in for the rest of the weekend and into next week. Let&#8217;s begin with what&#8217;s going [&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-59399","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\/59399","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=59399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}