{"id":78018,"date":"2026-07-03T23:30:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=78018"},"modified":"2026-07-03T23:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:30:03","slug":"happy-4th-of-july-weather-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=78018","title":{"rendered":"Happy 4th of July Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday and Happy 4th of July, everyone. It&#8217;s the 250th birthday for our country and it&#8217;s also the 18th birthday for KWC. Some toasty temps and scattered storms are out there for our big day, kicking off a pattern that skews stormy once again.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick breakdown of how things are looking in the days ahead&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Temps out there today are generally in the upper 80s to low 90s with humidity making it feel a little hotter than that.<\/li>\n<li>A storm or two will blow up across the region but it won&#8217;t be all day stuff.<\/li>\n<li>A better chance for storms will then show up on Sunday with temps back into the upper 80s to around 90.<\/li>\n<li>Scattered showers and storms increase into early next week and become a little more common.<\/li>\n<li>Any storm that goes up from today through early in the week.<\/li>\n<li>We will also have to be on guard for locally heavy rains with the potential for some hit and run high water issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In terms of the severe weather potential, it&#8217;s not the greatest in the world but it&#8217;s enough for the Storm Prediction Center to put out the low-end risk for parts of the region&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Today<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png?1782936800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png?1782927124\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monday<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody3.png?1782804966\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a rather active setup next week with additional waves showers and storms going up\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2512.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78033\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2512.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are likely to see the heat ridge expand back to the west with the propensity for dips on the jet stream in the east over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the recent runs of the GFS show this well\u2026<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2513.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78034\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2513.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As always, I leave you with your daily tracking toys\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-wrap\">\n<div class=\"post-content entry-content\">\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 Happy 4th of July and take care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday and Happy 4th of July, everyone. It&#8217;s the 250th birthday for our country and it&#8217;s also the 18th birthday for KWC. Some toasty temps and scattered storms are out there for our big day, kicking off a pattern that skews stormy once again. Here&#8217;s a quick breakdown of how things are looking in [&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-78018","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\/78018","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=78018"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78035,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78018\/revisions\/78035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}