{"id":65899,"date":"2024-08-13T00:29:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T04:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=65899"},"modified":"2024-08-13T00:29:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T04:29:53","slug":"showers-and-storms-later-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=65899","title":{"rendered":"Showers and Storms Later This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, everyone. Our much below normal temperature ride is now only a slightly below normal temperature ride for the next few days. All of this changes later in the week with a big increase in showers and storms that can put down heavy rains.<\/p>\n<p>Before we look ahead, let&#8217;s look back at this big time blast of September air&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today was the 3rd straight morning with temps deep into the 50s. The Kentucky Mesonet site in Lewis County even dropped a touch below 50.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the Top 10 coolest readings from this morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kywx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kywx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zzp7oTK11X\">pic.twitter.com\/Zzp7oTK11X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Bailey\ufe0f\ufe0f (@Kentuckyweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kentuckyweather\/status\/1823026138618232986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve actually had numerous morning lows in the 50s this summer. A summer that&#8217;s really tame and lame in terms of any kind of heat in our region. A quick scan of the globe shows just what an anomaly we are living in around here.<\/p>\n<p>The earth just recorded its hottest July on record, but our little part of the world was one of the few areas of below normal temperatures&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/GUygDI_aEAA-Rn5?format=jpg&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"1-July-2024-Global-Temperature-Departures-from-Average-Map\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s looking more and more like August will average normal to below normal around here, too. Today&#8217;s temps are still below normal with low to mid 80s in many areas. There&#8217;s the chance for a shower or storm zipping through here, especially early.<\/p>\n<p>Here are your Kentucky Weather Radars\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><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\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Similar temps will be noted on Wednesday with comfy humidity levels rolling on.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of rolling on, Tropical Storm Ernesto is churning through the Caribbean and is still expected to turn north and become a hurricane. The National Hurricane Center has the latest information and track forecast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/storm_graphics\/AT05\/refresh\/AL052024_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png\/233551_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png\" alt=\"cone graphic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A big upper level system gets ready to spin through here by the end of the week into the weekend. This looks to bring rounds of showers and thunderstorms into our region and the Weather Prediction Center is highlighting the chance for heavy rainfall in our region&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/threats\/final\/hazards_d3_7_contours.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This may be the first of two upper level systems that impact our region from late this week into next week.<\/p>\n<p>The GFS shows this well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-2-7.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65900\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-2-7.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see the first arriving by late Thursday into Friday and lasting into the early part of the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The upper level setup also gives us a good look at these systems dropping in from the northwest&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-11.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65903\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The initial system sweeps in with another shot of well below normal temps this weekend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-3-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65901\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-3-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those additional troughs next week would, if they do indeed show up, bring additional cooler than normal numbers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-4-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65902\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-4-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a terrific Tuesday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, everyone. Our much below normal temperature ride is now only a slightly below normal temperature ride for the next few days. All of this changes later in the week with a big increase in showers and storms that can put down heavy rains. Before we look ahead, let&#8217;s look back at this big [&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-65899","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\/65899","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=65899"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65907,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65899\/revisions\/65907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}