{"id":72567,"date":"2025-09-19T00:51:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T04:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=72567"},"modified":"2025-09-19T00:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T04:51:30","slug":"much-needed-rains-on-the-way-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=72567","title":{"rendered":"Much-Needed Rains on the Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday to one and all. Changes are slowly showing up out there today as the threat for scattered storms returns to western Kentucky. This kicks off a slow transition into a much wetter pattern for later this weekend and, especially, next week.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s showers and storms are rather scattered as they move into the west. Temps are toasty once again as some clouds roll across the rest of the Commonwealth. I&#8217;ll have your Kentucky Weather Radars to time out the scattered stuff later in this post.<\/p>\n<p>Isolated showers and storms develop on Saturday as moisture increases across Kentucky and surrounding areas. A much better chance for scattered showers and storms will enter the picture Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This animation from the GFS shows all this from Saturday night through Monday evening&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GFS-11.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72575\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GFS-11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The setup next week features a slow-moving low pressure moving into the Mississippi Valley from Tuesday through Friday. The exact placement of this system is a work in progress, but the pattern may look a little something like this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-MAP-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72570\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-MAP-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"924\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-MAP-2.jpg 924w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-MAP-2-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-MAP-2-768x451.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The forecast models continue to show a setup that can put down quite a bit of rain in and around our region over the next few weeks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-2-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72569\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-2-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-2-8.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-2-8-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-2-8-768x643.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO AI has been the most consistent model in showing this setup, even as others waffled a bit. Here&#8217;s what it now has over the next 2 weeks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72571\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-13.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-13-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-13-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think many of us would take that and be happy with it.<\/p>\n<p>In the tropics, Gabrielle continues to strengthen but will be another fish storm that stays well out in the Atlantic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/storm_graphics\/AT07\/refresh\/AL072025_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png\/180249_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png\" alt=\"cone graphic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s another system coming off the coast of Africa that the National Hurricane Center is watching&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/xgtwo\/two_atl_7d0.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As always, I leave you guys with your friendly tracking toys. ay\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWARNINGS.jpg\" alt=\"Warnings\" data-src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWARNINGS.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" alt=\"Watches\" data-src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" \/><\/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>Have a fantastic Friday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday to one and all. Changes are slowly showing up out there today as the threat for scattered storms returns to western Kentucky. This kicks off a slow transition into a much wetter pattern for later this weekend and, especially, next week. Today&#8217;s showers and storms are rather scattered as they move into the [&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-72567","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\/72567","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=72567"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72576,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72567\/revisions\/72576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}