{"id":71650,"date":"2025-06-21T01:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=71650"},"modified":"2025-06-21T01:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:32:39","slug":"summer-arrives-with-some-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=71650","title":{"rendered":"Summer Arrives With Some Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday, everyone. It&#8217;s the first full day of Summer and the weather is changing to match the season. The steam is on this weekend and that carries us into early next week, but the pattern can still fire off some scattered storms.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat Advisory criteria around here is for a heat index of 105 for 2 or more hours. The best chance for that to happen is across western Kentucky and that&#8217;s why they have a Heat Advisory&#8230;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The heat index values today are forecast to approach that in the west but come in just under. Central and eastern Kentucky sees low and mid 90s &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71654\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-1-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The heat index forecast for Sunday comes up for the rest of the state but stays similar in the west&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71652\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-2.png 968w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-2-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-2-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monday has a similar look and feel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71653\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-3.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-3-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NAM-3-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can clearly see how the core of the heat stays to our north.<\/p>\n<p>Much of this is driven by the humidity as actual temps only reach the upper 80s to low 90s, especially Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n<p>You will also notice some clouds going up during the afternoon hours during this time. Some isolated showers and storms will also be noted and that will also help us out some.<\/p>\n<p>The GFS continues to show this possibility better than the other models&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-4-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71658\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-4-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-4-1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-4-1-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers and storms start to show up again by the middle and end of next week into the weekend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-8.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71660\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-8.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking farther down the road, the GFS Extended keeps us with above normal rains through much of July&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71655\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-16.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-16-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-16-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is starting to skew a little warmer than normal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-2-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71656\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-2-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-2-4.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-2-4-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GFS-2-4-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m more than ok with some summer temp action!!<\/p>\n<p>I leave you with your radars to track any isolated showers and storms going up out there today&#8230;<\/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>Make it a great Saturday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday, everyone. It&#8217;s the first full day of Summer and the weather is changing to match the season. The steam is on this weekend and that carries us into early next week, but the pattern can still fire off some scattered storms. The Heat Advisory criteria around here is for a heat index 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-71650","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\/71650","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=71650"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71661,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71650\/revisions\/71661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}