{"id":60474,"date":"2023-08-19T00:22:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T04:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=60474"},"modified":"2023-08-19T00:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T04:22:43","slug":"late-summer-heat-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=60474","title":{"rendered":"Late Summer Heat On The Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday and welcome to the coolest day we will see for a week. We&#8217;ve had one amazing run of September temps over the past week as part of what&#8217;s been a tame temperature summer, but things are changing. A more typical hot setup is on the way for the week ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Temps this morning are in the 50s for most of the state and I can&#8217;t even rule out the first upper 40 in the traditional cool valleys. Temps this afternoon reach 80-85 for most with low humidity and plenty of sun.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday starts to toast it up with 90 in the west and mid to upper 80s central and east.<\/p>\n<p>From there, most of next week will feature highs in the 90-95 degree range, which is above normal for this time of year. This heat is nothing out of the ordinary in a typical summer around here.<\/p>\n<p>The core of the heat stays well to our west and you can see that well on the EURO showing the temp departures next week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EURO-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60479\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EURO-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EURO-9.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EURO-9-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EURO-9-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This heat ridge is holds steady in part because of a rare event in the west. That&#8217;s where what&#8217;s left of now Hurricane Hilary heads toward southern California&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/storm_graphics\/EP09\/refresh\/EP092023_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png\/150034_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png\" alt=\"cone graphic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That may very well be a Tropical Storm as it moves into SoCal, marking the first time that&#8217;s happened since 1939, I believe.<\/p>\n<p>The remnants of Hilary then get picked up and work around that heat dome. Check out the track from the Hurricane Models&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tropicaltidbits.com\/storminfo\/09E_tracks_latest.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s pretty insane to see and it&#8217;s very possible some of that moisture gets into the eastern half of the country late next week or weekend.<\/p>\n<p>This is just one of many systems the National Hurricane Center is tracking with 3 in the Atlantic and one coming to the Gulf of Mexico&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/xgtwo\/two_atl_7d0.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first system that may impact the country is the one going into the Gulf. The models show this essentially bowling due west toward Texas early this week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EURO-11.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60476\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EURO-11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From there, the systems in the Atlantic will be the ones trying to flex. Any potential United States impact remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, those systems will impact the overall pattern across North America.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that looks fairly certain is that the heat ridge gets dismantled fairly quickly next weekend with a trough coming back into the east for the final week of August. The EURO goes through August 28th&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EURO-2-3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60477\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EURO-2-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO Ensembles go all the way through the start of September and see the trough&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EURO-3-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60478\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EURO-3-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a great Saturday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday and welcome to the coolest day we will see for a week. We&#8217;ve had one amazing run of September temps over the past week as part of what&#8217;s been a tame temperature summer, but things are changing. A more typical hot setup is on the way for the week ahead. 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