{"id":60222,"date":"2023-07-27T00:33:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T04:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=60222"},"modified":"2023-07-26T22:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T02:53:29","slug":"storms-and-steam-for-your-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=60222","title":{"rendered":"Storms and Steam For Your Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. We are cranking up the sweat factor out there over the next few days as typical summertime heat and humidity settle into the region. This steamy air also comes with the threat for a few showers and storms.<\/p>\n<p>Before we get into the forecast, let&#8217;s look back to one year ago when the worst flash flood in Kentucky history hit eastern Kentucky. Here&#8217;s a look back at the KWC post leading up to the event:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a class=\"et-accent-color\" href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=54208\">MORE FLASH FLOODING LIKELY<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the post from the day after the devastating event:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a class=\"et-accent-color\" href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=54225\">FLASH FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Our friends and neighbors in these areas are still in need so let&#8217;s do whatever we can to get their lives as back to normal as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Temps today are conditional on the amount of clouds and thunderstorms showing up across the state. Where clouds and storms show up, y&#8217;all aint getting out of the 80s. Areas with more sun will see 90-95 with the best chance of that being in the west.<\/p>\n<p>The Future Radar from the Hi Res NAM shows the storms developing this evening and some could be strong&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hrrr-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60235\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hrrr-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are your radars to follow along in real-time today&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-wrap\">\n<div class=\"post-content entry-content\">\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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Friday looks like the hottest day of the year, so far. Highs from 90-95 will be common as the humidity pushes the heat index into the 100-105 category in the western half of the state. Farther east, it will feel the part of 95-100.<\/p>\n<p>Storms may show up by late afternoon and evening, especially in the north. The Hi Res NAM shows this cluster of storms in the north and east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAM-2-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60226\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NAM-2-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where the threat for a few severe storms may show up.\u00a0Here&#8217;s the Severe Weather Outlook from the Storm Prediction Center for Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png?1690393208\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Temps on Saturday are steamy again and may hit 90-95 before some late storms get into the mix. The best chance of storms will be Saturday night and Sunday..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CANADIAN-8.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60228\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CANADIAN-8.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cooler winds blow behind that into Monday but we need to watch the northwestern sky next week as we flip the calendar to August. That&#8217;s when some storms try to drop in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>GFS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GFS-12.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60231\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GFS-12.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CANADIAN<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CANADIAN-2-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60229\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CANADIAN-2-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a great day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. We are cranking up the sweat factor out there over the next few days as typical summertime heat and humidity settle into the region. This steamy air also comes with the threat for a few showers and storms. Before we get into the forecast, let&#8217;s look back to one year ago when [&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-60222","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\/60222","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=60222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}