{"id":60565,"date":"2023-08-28T01:09:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T05:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=60565"},"modified":"2023-08-28T01:09:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T05:09:39","slug":"tracking-southeastern-ky-storms-and-pleasant-temps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=60565","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Southeastern Ky Storms and Pleasant Temps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Monday, folks. We are in the closing days of August and we have a pretty busy setup across the eastern half of the country. The end result of this pattern is for heavy rain to threaten southeastern Kentucky tonight and Tuesday with a blast of late September air for everyone this week.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Idalia is becoming a hurricane and will hit Florida late Tuesday night and Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Let’s begin with today and roll forward. Highs today are mainly 80-85 in most areas with a mix of sun and clouds. Scattered showers and a rumble of thunder may show up across the south and east. This is the area we have to be on guard for a sneaky band of showers and storms to show up tonight and Tuesday. It’s this area where a corridor or torrential rains may show up…<\/p>\n

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The models are seeing this potential, but disagree on the placement and overall totals…<\/p>\n

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This is being pushed by a deep trough sweeping into the eastern half of the country through Thursday. This trough helps take Idalia east through the Carolinas and into the Atlantic. This is a very busy look with Franklin, Idalia and our deep trough…<\/p>\n

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Some REALLY pleasant air sweeps in with this for the Wednesday and Thursday, the final two days of August. Lows by Thursday morning will be close to 50 degrees…<\/p>\n

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Temps are set to turn seasonably toasty for Labor Day Weekend and that deserves a big Ol BLAH! 🤬 But, at least, it’s dry! 😎<\/p>\n

Idalia is likely to become a hurricane later today or tonight as it churns into the eastern Gulf of Mexico…<\/p>\n

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This is likely heading toward a late Tuesday night landfall near the big bend of Florida and I believe it can get to Cat 3 or greater status. Here’s the current information, track and watches\/warnings from the National Hurricane Center…<\/p>\n

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Again, those forecasts generally mirror the greatest concentration of the various hurricane models…<\/p>\n

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The GFS Ensembles are also clustered very close to the Hurricane Models…<\/p>\n

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The HWRF is a really good hurricane model and it shows Idalia intensifying as it’s coming ashore late Tuesday night…<\/p>\n

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Storms that are strengthening as they come ashore are especially dangerous.<\/p>\n

This should create a healthy storm surge that’s going to become a big issue…<\/p>\n

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I leave you with your scattered showers and storms tracking tools to start the week\u2026<\/p>\n

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