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\nGood Tuesday afternoon everyone. Just to let you know… if you are not a fan of my rants on how the National Weather Service does business around here… please turn away. ![](\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/emoticons\/wink.png\")
This is about the current HEAT HYPE that is totally out of control with the forecasts coming from our local NWS offices. It has reached a stage to where it deserves its own post.<\/p>\n
Let’s set the stage with where we are. If you are a regular reader of the blog… we have had an ongoing DIRECT challenge to the absurd heat numbers coming from the GFS and those who use them or even skew toward them. I am not going to rehash how things have been going with the challenge as the numbers speak for themselves. The computers and those who swear by them are getting CRUSHED with their temp forecasts.<\/p>\n
Now some of the same people are trumpeting the heat of today and tomorrow as something straight out of the pits of H E double hockey sticks. The National Weather Service in Jackson has even upped the ante with an Excessive Heat Warning for tomorrow. By my count… they have issued 5 separate Heat Advisories this summer and not one has verified…. that includes today.<\/p>\n
Let’s recap today’s blazes\u00a0of a forecast from Jackson…<\/p>\n
…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT WEDNESDAY…<\/p>\n
.REST OF TODAY…HOT. PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S. AFTERNOON
\nHEAT INDEX NEAR 100.<\/p>\n
That was their forecast from around noon today for the rest of the afternoon. Now… read this from their update on today’s “heat” as they put out tomorrow’s end of the world Excessive Heat Warning…<\/p>\n
346 PM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010<\/p>\n
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT WEDNESDAY…<\/p>\n
* TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL INTO THE 90S<\/strong> IN MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH Temps will REMAIN into the 90s????? I can’t find where\u00a0temps have even hit 90s yet. Check out the afternoon obs…<\/p>\n 400 PM EDT TUE AUG 03 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n CITY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SKY\/WX\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TMP DP\u00a0 RH WIND\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRES\u00a0\u00a0 REMARKS KYZ054-064>069-076>088-106>120-032100- CITY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SKY\/WX\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TMP DP\u00a0 RH WIND\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRES\u00a0\u00a0 REMARKS Given the overhyped heat of today and the past several days… one would assume they would be MUCH more cautious and try not to get burned once again. One would assume wrong! This is from the afternoon discussion from the NWS in Jackson…<\/p>\n THE BIG STORY IS THE HEAT FOR TOMORROW. DECIDED TO GO WITH A HEAT So… let us be clear on this. We have yet to even hit heat advisory criteria… even today… and the forecaster says there are some things that can mess it up tomorrow like clouds and showers and storms. Then why on earth would you issue an excessive heat warning?!! Could it verify? Well.. anything is possible and I am not even so much talking about tomorrow verifying or not. It is just the fact that no one bothers to look to see how poorly the forecasts are verifying today and in the past few days and just giving you more of the same then spinning it to sound as if they were right.<\/p>\n It’s not just Jackson getting in on the hype… Louisville and Wilmington have been doing the same for PARTS <\/strong>of their forecast areas. In particular… the Lexington area. Heck… Louisville is even showing the record highs for tomorrow which means they are doing it for a reason thinking we can challenge them…<\/p>\n RECORD HIGHS FOR TOMORROW: Folks… if Lexington and Frankfort come even get close to record highs for tomorrow I would be VERY surprised!<\/p>\n Let me be clear… there is NO hype for the western half of the state as temps are blazing in these areas. The fight I have is for the eastern half of Kentucky.<\/p>\n Now… for those of you who want to rip me for taking the NWS to task… I have a question for you. Why aren’t you doing it? Here is an open invite to any National Weather Service forecaster to respond directly to this blog. I will even give you your own blog post to explain yourself.<\/p>\n Normally I feel better after a rant… not this time as the whole “spin” factor of all this really has me steamed!\u00a0 Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Good Tuesday afternoon everyone. Just to let you know… if you are not a fan of my rants on how the National Weather Service does business around here… please turn away. This is about the current HEAT HYPE that is totally out of control with the forecasts coming from our local NWS offices. 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\n\u00a0 THIS EVENING.<\/p>\n
\nLEXINGTON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOSUNNY\u00a0\u00a0 89<\/strong>\u00a0 66\u00a0 46 SW8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30.04F HX\u00a0 91<\/strong>
\nCOVINGTON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PTSUNNY\u00a0\u00a0 89<\/strong>\u00a0 70\u00a0 53 SW8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30.01F HX\u00a0 94<\/strong>
\nFRANKFORT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PTSUNNY\u00a0\u00a0 88<\/strong>\u00a0 68\u00a0 51 SW6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30.02F HX\u00a0 91<\/strong>
\n$$<\/p>\n
\nSOUTHEAST KENTUCKY<\/p>\n
\nJACKSON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PTSUNNY\u00a0\u00a0 87<\/strong>\u00a0 72\u00a0 60 CALM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30.08F HX\u00a0 93<\/strong>
\nLONDON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CLOUDY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 89<\/strong>\u00a0 70\u00a0 53 W6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30.07F HX\u00a0 94
\n<\/strong>
\nAs of the writing of that statement from the NWS in Jackson.. NOT ONE SINGLE REPORTING STATION HAD HIT 90. Yet… they tell you temps will REMAIN well into the 90s. Heck… the heat index was only in the low 90s and a far cry from verifying the heat advisory that was issued.\u00a0It\u00a0is as if they are saying…\u00a0don’t pay attention to what is ACTUALLY happening…\u00a0just our version\u00a0of what is happening.<\/p>\n
\nWARNING…HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN MESS IT UP.<\/p>\n
\nLOUISVILLE……101 IN 1930
\nLEXINGTON…….99 IN 2002 AND 1930
\nBOWLING GREEN…104 IN 1930
\nFRANKFORT…….101 IN 1930<\/p>\n
\nIt is our tax dollars at work and we as a people have every right to demand nothing but the best from those who, effectively, work for us. You don’t pay me a dime for my forecasts or blog so you do not have a vested interest in what I say. That is not the same for the NWS forecasts and information.<\/p>\n