{"id":9980,"date":"2014-05-03T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T05:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=9980"},"modified":"2014-05-03T00:01:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T05:01:02","slug":"a-nice-kentucky-derby-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=9980","title":{"rendered":"A Nice Kentucky Derby Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday and happy Kentucky Derby Day. The eyes of the world are on the bluegrass state for the Run For The Roses. The forecast always takes on a little more pressure when talking about this big day. The good news is things look pretty darn good and get even better going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Highs will reach the upper 60s to low 70s under a mix of sun and clouds. There is a very small chance for a sprinkle&#8230; especially in the northeast. Winds will be a little gusty, but this looks to be a nice day. Track it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/\">\u00a0<\/a><\/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#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" usemap=\"#largemap\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Current temperatures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kymesonet.org\/wxmaps\/tair_f_large.png?nowtime=1325915126\" width=\"479\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Winds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kymesonet.org\/wxmaps\/brbs_large.png?nowtime=1325915761\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday will find a weak cold front dropping in from the northwest. This front will never actually make it through the state, but will get close enough to spark a shower or thunderstorm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9981\" alt=\"GFS\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS1.png\" width=\"337\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS1.png 337w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS1-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a>Temps will surge into the 70s ahead of this boundary and that will kick off a very warm period as we head into next week. Highs in the 80s look common for much of the week. Look how far above normal temps look during this time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9982\" alt=\"GFS 3\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-3.png\" width=\"768\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-3.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-3-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a> Thunderstorms will begin to ramp up by the end of the week as a slow moving system works our way&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9983\" alt=\"GFS 2\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-21.png\" width=\"363\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-21.png 363w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-21-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That could be a severe weather maker that takes us into next weekend. That&#8217;s especially true if the models are right in bringing another chilly blast of air behind that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9984\" alt=\"GFS 4\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-4.png\" width=\"768\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-4.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GFS-4-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>Have a great Derby Day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday and happy Kentucky Derby Day. The eyes of the world are on the bluegrass state for the Run For The Roses. The forecast always takes on a little more pressure when talking about this big day. The good news is things look pretty darn good and get even better going forward. Highs will [&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-9980","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\/9980","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=9980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}