{"id":72630,"date":"2025-09-26T02:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T06:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=72630"},"modified":"2025-09-26T02:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T06:01:19","slug":"watching-the-eastern-sky-and-the-tropics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=72630","title":{"rendered":"Watching the Eastern Sky and the Tropics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday to one and all. We&#8217;ve made it to the end of the week with the final weekend of September kicking off on a pretty nice weather note. Looking ahead, we have to watch the eastern sky, especially with twin tropical troubles off the southeastern seaboard this weekend and early next week.<\/p>\n<p>Before we look ahead, let&#8217;s look back at a soaker of a week here in Kentucky. The Kentucky Mesonet shows widespread 2&#8243;-4&#8243; rains with locally higher amounts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mesonet-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72633\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mesonet-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1379\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mesonet-1.png 1379w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mesonet-1-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mesonet-1-1024x456.png 1024w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mesonet-1-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mesonet-1-1080x481.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1379px) 100vw, 1379px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We gave you notice this was on the way and the forecast from nearly a week out verified nicely&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-MAP-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72581\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-MAP-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1035\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-MAP-1.jpg 1035w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-MAP-1-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-MAP-1-1024x566.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-MAP-1-768x424.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1035px) 100vw, 1035px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reminder that&#8217;s an old graphic and not the forecast for the upcoming week. haha<\/p>\n<p>Temps today are in the 70s for most of Kentucky with the slightest chance for a shower or storm in the southeastern corner of the state. That&#8217;s the same area to watch for a shower or storm this weekend as moisture tries to spin in from the east.<\/p>\n<p>Much of what happens early next week will be dictated by Humberto and, especially, soon to be Imelda. These storm systems are spinning not too far from one another right now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov\/GOES19\/ABI\/SECTOR\/car\/GEOCOLOR\/GOES19-CAR-GEOCOLOR-1000x1000.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Humberto doesn&#8217;t look like a threat to the east coast, but the soon to be Imelda does as it forms near the Bahamas&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/xgtwo\/two_atl_7d0.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, Humberto will likely stay far enough off the east coast to preclude any direct impacts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/storm_graphics\/AT08\/refresh\/AL082025_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png\/242034_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png\" alt=\"cone graphic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s focus on Imelda and the threat it poses to the southeast coast. The latest spaghetti plots from the various hurricane models really like a South Carolina landfall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TROPICAL-TRACK.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72637\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TROPICAL-TRACK.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TROPICAL-TRACK.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TROPICAL-TRACK-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You notice how several of those bend the inland track far enough west to potentially impact our weather with some rain. While that&#8217;s certainly not a given by any means, the potential is there for this system to bring some moisture in here by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the better hurricane models like this idea as well.<\/p>\n<p>The HWRF looks like this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HWRF.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72638\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HWRF.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The end of that run shows rain pressing into Kentucky from the east.<\/p>\n<p>The HMON takes it even faster and farther west into our region&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HMON.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72639\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HMON.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The operational models such as the GFS and Euro have been hinting at this potential for a few days now and continue to do so. Here&#8217;s the GFS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GFS-14.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72634\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GFS-14.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Euro is a little slower with the whole setup and even stalls Imelda near the coast before looping it inland as Humberto gets out of the way and leaves it alone&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-19.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72640\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EURO-19.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are still a ways away from knowing if Imelda even makes landfall or if it can impact our weather. But&#8230; There&#8217;s certainly the chance we can get some rain out of this.<\/p>\n<p>Here are your isolated shower and storm tracking tools for the day\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. We&#8217;ve made it to the end of the week with the final weekend of September kicking off on a pretty nice weather note. Looking ahead, we have to watch the eastern sky, especially with twin tropical troubles off the southeastern seaboard this weekend and early next week. Before we [&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-72630","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\/72630","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=72630"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72641,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72630\/revisions\/72641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}