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- Wind gusts increase throughout the day from west to east.<\/li>\n
- These are non-thunderstorm wind gusts through the day.<\/li>\n
- Wind gusts of 50-60mph will be possible across the western half of the state this afternoon and evening.<\/li>\n
- Gusts into eastern Kentucky won’t be nearly as high and should only reach 30-35mph.<\/li>\n
- Wind damage is possible across western and central Kentucky.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
STRONG\/SEVERE STORMS<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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- A few strong storms work into western Kentucky this evening. There’s a low end threat for a few storms to go severe.<\/li>\n
- This line of showers and storms spreads eastward across the state overnight.<\/li>\n
- Showers and storms taper off early Tuesday with some clearing showing up.<\/li>\n
- This clearing is along and ahead of the cold front moving through Tuesday afternoon. Temps surge toward 65-70 along and ahead of the front.<\/li>\n
- We have to be on guard for a broken line of strong to severe storms developing with this front.<\/li>\n
- The greatest threat for local severe storms will be across central Kentucky.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
As far as the winds are concerned, the models continue to spit out some 60mph gusts across the western half of the state…<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nHere’s Today’s Severe Weather Outlook from the SPC…<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nThe Storm Prediction Center continues with a low-end threat for severe storms in our region for Tuesday…<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nHere are the individual severe weather risks for this same time period\u2026<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nChillier winds come in behind this front for Wednesday and Thursday with the numbers going below normal once again. That’s followed up by another temp surge for the weekend as we watch a few storm systems sweep through here.<\/p>\n
The longer range pattern into early April continues to look active as deep troughs roll across the country…<\/p>\n