{"id":77559,"date":"2026-05-19T01:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=77559"},"modified":"2026-05-19T01:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:13:12","slug":"a-very-wet-pattern-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=77559","title":{"rendered":"A Very Wet Pattern on the Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, everyone. It&#8217;s Election Day and our weather feeling more like summer with toasty temps and a few storms. This stormy setup will really ramp up later this week into Memorial Day Weekend and beyond. Things can get pretty darn wet around here.<\/p>\n<p>Temps out there today generally range from 85-90 with a mix of sun and clouds. Winds will be gusty with the chance for isolated showers and storms going up. As a cold front inches closer, the potential is there for an increase in thunderstorms from west to east this evening and tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The Storm Prediction Center continues to highlight the severe risk across the west with a lower threat getting into parts of central Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png?1779022333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Showers and storms then work across the state from late tonight into Wednesday with the potential for some lingering action into Thursday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NAM-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77567\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NAM-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From there, we watch additional rounds of showers and storms targeting the region over the Memorial Day Weekend. This animation starts Friday and runs through Memorial Day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-2-11.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77565\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-2-11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This wet pattern looks to stick around for much of next week with the models keeping the rounds of showers and storms going through the start of June&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-17.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77562\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-17.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those animations are from the EURO which is showing a lot of rain over this 2 week span&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77560\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-10.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-10-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-10-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian doesn&#8217;t go out as far in time, but the 10 day rainfall forecast is robust&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Canadian-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77561\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Canadian-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Canadian-7.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Canadian-7-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Canadian-7-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of this is playing right into the pattern the EURO Weeklies have been showing and continue to show. The Weeklies are growing even wetter from now through July 2nd with well above normal rainfall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-2-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77568\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-2-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-2-4.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-2-4-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EURO-2-4-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll have the latest on WKYT-TV and on WKYT + later today. Until then, here are the tracking tools you need for the day\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-anno-skip google-anno-sc\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" aria-label=\"Weather\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" alt=\"Watches\" data-src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" 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:\/\/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 terrific Tuesday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, everyone. It&#8217;s Election Day and our weather feeling more like summer with toasty temps and a few storms. This stormy setup will really ramp up later this week into Memorial Day Weekend and beyond. Things can get pretty darn wet around here. Temps out there today generally range from 85-90 with a mix [&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-77559","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\/77559","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=77559"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77570,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77559\/revisions\/77570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}