{"id":6640,"date":"2013-05-08T23:44:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T04:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=6640"},"modified":"2013-05-08T23:44:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T04:44:19","slug":"tracking-more-storms-and-a-cold-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=6640","title":{"rendered":"Tracking more storms and a cold blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, everyone. Rounds of showers and thunderstorms will continue to rule the weather across the bluegrass state over the next few days. That&#8217;s the focus of the short term weather. The longer term is dominated by a huge blast of cold air swinging in for late weekend into early next week. Got frost?<\/p>\n<p>To say the weather around here has been much wetter than normal would be an understatement. Take a look at how much above normal we are over the past 30 days&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Radar-rain-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6641\" alt=\"Radar rain 1\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Radar-rain-1.png\" width=\"623\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Radar-rain-1.png 779w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Radar-rain-1-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a heck of a lot of rain and the positive numbers also show up on the year to date map&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Radar-rain-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6642\" alt=\"Radar rain 2\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Radar-rain-2.png\" width=\"622\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Radar-rain-2.png 778w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Radar-rain-2-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a total reversal of how things were looking one year ago at this time across our part of the world&#8230; especially across the west.<\/p>\n<p>Additional rounds of showers and storms will go up this afternoon and evening. Locally heavy rain and a ton of lightning will be possible.<\/p>\n<p>A cold front enters the picture on Friday with a little more widespread shower and storm action. We may also run the risk of some strong or severe storms.<\/p>\n<p>The next front that arrives on Saturday will touch off some isolated stuff, but it&#8217;s the cold air coming in behind it that steals the show. Temps for Mother&#8217;s Day into Monday will have a hard time getting out of the 50s. Monday morning may start with record cold and frost across the region.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is the cold will be short lived and temps will take off by the middle of next week. Here&#8217;s the European Model&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Euro2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6643\" alt=\"Euro\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Euro2.png\" width=\"511\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Euro2.png 511w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Euro2-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a terrific Thursday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, everyone. Rounds of showers and thunderstorms will continue to rule the weather across the bluegrass state over the next few days. That&#8217;s the focus of the short term weather. The longer term is dominated by a huge blast of cold air swinging in for late weekend into early next week. Got frost? 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