{"id":72004,"date":"2025-07-30T01:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=72004"},"modified":"2025-07-30T01:53:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:53:06","slug":"real-deal-heat-ahead-of-a-major-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=72004","title":{"rendered":"Real Deal Heat Ahead of a Major Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday, everyone. Today has a chance to be the hottest day of the summer before the pattern completely changes as we close out July and enter August. That&#8217;s when much cooler temps settle into the region.<\/p>\n<p>Temps today can hit 90-95 in many areas with humidity levels making it feel 100-105 across central and eastern Kentucky with 110+ in the west. That&#8217;s where the heat has been concentrated over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>Isolated storms will go up with a little better shot in the southeast during the daytime hours. By this evening, we will watch for a few storms going up to our northwest. Those could come rolling in and some of these may be strong or severe.<\/p>\n<p>The Storm Prediction Center has the low-end risk for parts of the area today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png?1753819029\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cold front arriving Thursday will have rounds of showers and storms along and ahead of it. You can see all the showers and storms from tonight through Thursday night&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-15.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72010\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-15.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The air coming in behind this is flat out awesome and well below normal to start August. Normal highs are generally near 90 for this time of year, but many locations may not get out of the 70s for Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72006\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-17.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-17-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-17-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lows by Saturday morning may be deep into the 50s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72011\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-18.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-18-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-18-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps stay below normal this weekend and into much of next week as the potential for a few showers and storms creeps back in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-2-6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72009\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GFS-2-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I leave you guys with all your mid-week tracking tools&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><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, everyone. Today has a chance to be the hottest day of the summer before the pattern completely changes as we close out July and enter August. That&#8217;s when much cooler temps settle into the region. Temps today can hit 90-95 in many areas with humidity levels making it feel 100-105 across central 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-72004","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\/72004","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=72004"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72012,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72004\/revisions\/72012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}