{"id":71099,"date":"2025-04-30T01:11:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=71099"},"modified":"2025-04-30T01:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:11:20","slug":"rounds-of-storms-rumble-toward-derby-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=71099","title":{"rendered":"Rounds of Storms Rumble Toward Derby Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday to one and all. It&#8217;s another day featuring the potential for a few strong or severe storms as this similar setup rolls into Thursday. Beyond that, the chance for rain looks to linger into Kentucky Derby Weekend for some areas.<\/p>\n<p>Temps today reach the upper 70s to low 80s in most areas with a mix of sun and clouds. The chance is there for another cluster of strong to severe storms, especially across central and northern Kentucky. This shows up on the future radar from the HRRR&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hrrr-5.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71106\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hrrr-5.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because of this, the Storm Prediction Center has a low-end risk for a few severe storms in this part of 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>The threat for strong to severe storms should increase a bit for the entire region as we go into Thursday and Thursday evening. The Hi Res NAM shows these storms going up and rolling from west to east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NAM-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71107\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NAM-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s likely to bring another damaging wind threat across much of Kentucky and the Storm Prediction Center is highlighting this potential for Thursday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png?1745949270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kentucky Oaks Day looks very warm with the potential for more showers and storms firing up later in the day. This is ahead of a low pressure pushing in from the southwest to start Kentucky Derby Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Since the weekend, I&#8217;ve talked about the potential for this thing to slow down on top of us, keeping some rain chances into the big weekend. Unfortunately, the EURO is taking this potential to a whole new leverl.<\/p>\n<p>Watch how showers and some thunder spin around this cut off low from Derby Day through Monday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EURO-26.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71104\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EURO-26.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s the case, ugh.<\/p>\n<p>The AI version of the EURO is showing something very similar&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EURO-2-20.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71105\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EURO-2-20.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The operational run of the EURO then keeps this cutoff low spinning around here all of next week into next weekend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EURO-3-11.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71102\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EURO-3-11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That setup would mean a daily threat for showers and storms during that same time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EURO-2-19.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71101\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EURO-2-19.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s hoping the EURO is overreacting with that whole scenario, but a blocky pattern can produce some ugly days.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, I have all your storm tracking needs for the day\u2026<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\" \/><\/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>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>Make it a wonderful Wednesday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday to one and all. It&#8217;s another day featuring the potential for a few strong or severe storms as this similar setup rolls into Thursday. Beyond that, the chance for rain looks to linger into Kentucky Derby Weekend for some areas. Temps today reach the upper 70s to low 80s in most areas with [&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-71099","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\/71099","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=71099"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71109,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71099\/revisions\/71109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}