{"id":65440,"date":"2024-06-26T01:30:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T05:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=65440"},"modified":"2024-06-26T01:39:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T05:39:29","slug":"scattered-strong-to-severe-storms-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=65440","title":{"rendered":"Scattered Strong To Severe Storms Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday to one and all. A cold front is sweeping into the region today and it&#8217;s bringing more in the way of clusters of showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be strong or severe. This stormy pattern looks to ramp up a bit in the next week or so.<\/p>\n<p>Today features rounds of showers and storms rolling across the state and a few of these storms can cause a little bit of wind damage. These storms won&#8217;t be all day with steamy breaks in between.<\/p>\n<p>The Storm Prediction Center has a Marginal to Slight Risk out for the region&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png?1716321907\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, the damaging wind risk is the main player. Here&#8217;s a look at the individual threat probabilities from the SPC&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_TORN.png?1719363921\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_WIND.png?1719364050\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_HAIL.png?1719364205\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These storms may also cause local flash flooding issues, too, so keep that in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Temps come way down behind our Front with Thursday looking and feeling VERY NICE. This might be a repeat of what we just had on Monday. Yes, please!<\/p>\n<p>Steamy temps surge back in from west to east Friday into Saturday as we get ready for another cold front to crash in late this weekend. That front also looks pretty active with the chance for a few severe storms and heavy rains as it blows through&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GFS-18.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65442\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GFS-18.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps will likely come down behind this but to what extent is still up for discussion. The GFS is blasting some well below normal temps to start July&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GFS-3-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65446\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GFS-3-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lows on the GFS would flirt with records for early July&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GFS-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65444\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GFS-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GFS-13.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GFS-13-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GFS-13-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sold on that yet folks!!<\/p>\n<p>The heat dome across the plains will flex next week with clusters of big storms rolling around the northern and eastern periphery of the high. These may very well impact our region&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GFS-2-9.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65445\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GFS-2-9.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think we see a lot of this in July as a major heat wave engulfs the central parts of the country, occasionally flexing into our region.<\/p>\n<p>I leave you with your Wednesday severe storms tracker\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><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" \/><\/strong><\/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>Have a great day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday to one and all. A cold front is sweeping into the region today and it&#8217;s bringing more in the way of clusters of showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be strong or severe. This stormy pattern looks to ramp up a bit in the next week or so. Today features rounds of [&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-65440","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\/65440","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=65440"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65452,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65440\/revisions\/65452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}