{"id":66048,"date":"2024-08-27T01:13:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=66048"},"modified":"2024-08-27T01:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:13:22","slug":"toasty-temps-leading-up-to-labor-day-weekend-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=66048","title":{"rendered":"Toasty Temps Leading Up To Labor Day Weekend Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, folks. The heat is on across the Commonwealth and surrounding areas as August ends on a very toasty note. This is ahead of a much cooler pattern sweeping in over the Labor Day weekend. A weekend that will also feature some showers and storms.<\/p>\n<p>Temps out there today range from the low and mid 90s in the west and north to the upper 80s and low 90s across areas of central and southeastern Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, humidity isn&#8217;t a big issue today with the heat index numbers only a smidge above the actual thermometers. The core of the worst of the heat continues to stay away from most of our region&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most of the region is dry today, but there is the chance for a storm to go up north of the Ohio River. Here are your radars to follow these\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>After another hot day Wednesday, a weak cold front drops in from the north. This touches off a few thunderstorms that can roll into parts of northern and northeastern Kentucky, especially. The Storm Prediction Center even has a low-end risk for a few severe storms&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png?1724693628\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday is another similar hot day as humidity levels come up a bit. Those humidity levels then climb even more on Friday ahead of a cold front dropping in from the northwest. This brings scattered showers and storms into Kentucky later in the day and those continue into Saturday before things improve Sunday and for Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s, at least, the current thought process from the GFS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-21.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66061\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-21.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This brings another blast of fall weather behind it with temps going well below normal Labor Day into Tuesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-2-11.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66058\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-2-11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lows will be back into the mid 40s to low 50s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-TEMPS-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66060\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-TEMPS-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-TEMPS-12.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-TEMPS-12-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-TEMPS-12-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-TEMPS-2-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66059\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-TEMPS-2-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-TEMPS-2-10.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-TEMPS-2-10-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GFS-TEMPS-2-10-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian is much slower with the overall front and would produce fairly widespread showers and storms that take us through Sunday into Labor Day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Canadian-7.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66057\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Canadian-7.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There could be another hefty trough digging in later next week.<\/p>\n<p>While the tropics continue to be unusually quiet, there&#8217;s a system of interest now in the Atlantic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/xgtwo\/two_atl_7d0.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have a great day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, folks. The heat is on across the Commonwealth and surrounding areas as August ends on a very toasty note. This is ahead of a much cooler pattern sweeping in over the Labor Day weekend. A weekend that will also feature some showers and storms. Temps out there today range from the low and [&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-66048","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\/66048","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=66048"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66062,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66048\/revisions\/66062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}