{"id":64216,"date":"2024-02-28T02:51:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T07:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=64216"},"modified":"2024-02-28T02:51:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T07:51:03","slug":"severe-storms-before-temps-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=64216","title":{"rendered":"Severe Storms Before Temps Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday, everyone. Strong to severe storms are quickly pushing across the state early today as cold air crashes in. This cold air doesn&#8217;t hang out long because another big push of spring temps surges in for the start of March.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with a breakdown of today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A line of strong to severe storms moves across the state from the wee hours through the middle of the morning.<\/li>\n<li>Damaging winds, large hail and an isolated tornado will be possible with this line.<\/li>\n<li>Even without thunderstorms, winds are a big player with gusts that map reach 40mph-50mph.<\/li>\n<li>Temps ahead of the front are 65-70 to start the day with temps crashing into the 30s right behind the boundary. That&#8217;s a 30 degree drop in a few hours.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s the small chance for a few flakes or pellets of sleet to show up on the back edge of the departing rain shield.<\/li>\n<li>Some sunshine shows up from west to east this afternoon with temps rebounding a bit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thursday is a clam day with another shower maker moving in for Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFS-34.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64218\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFS-34.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps surge into the 60s on Saturday and flirt with 70 Sunday. 70-75 highs will be possible by Monday and Tuesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EURO-26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64219\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EURO-26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EURO-26.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EURO-26-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/EURO-26-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is ahead of another potent storm system that can bring more in the way of strong storms to the region.<\/p>\n<p>Updates come your way later today. Until then, I have your tracking tools to follow the early day severe storms threat\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><strong>Current watches<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" alt=\"Current Watches\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Possible Watch Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" alt=\"Current MDs\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday, everyone. Strong to severe storms are quickly pushing across the state early today as cold air crashes in. This cold air doesn&#8217;t hang out long because another big push of spring temps surges in for the start of March. Let&#8217;s start with a breakdown of today: A line of strong to severe storms [&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-64216","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\/64216","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=64216"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64221,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64216\/revisions\/64221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}