Slight Risk For Severe Thunderstorms Tonight And Tomorrow

Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog. I want to apologize for the lack of posts in the last two weeks. I've had alot going on plus I've been putting in some volunteer work untill my doctor releases me to go back to full work and let me tell you this it has worn me out! Anyways back to the weather, shall we? :)

Last week we had thunderstorm chances basically everyday and somedays thunderstorms have went severe and put down alot of rain. Everyone has been hoping for a break from the rounds of thunderstorms and rain and I don't want to be the one who brings bad news but all this week we look to have thunderstorm chances and a few days out of the week could be severe thunderstorm chances like late today and tomorrow.

Here's the slight risk area for severe thunderstorms for late today into early morning tomorrow:

This does include cities like London and Manchester but barely. Lexington and Covington have the best chance for severe thunderstorms for today.

Tomorrow is the day I'm a little conerned about, that has the slight risk over more of Kentucky and extending further west. It actually easily covers London, Somerset and all other cities in the coverage area. Here's a look at the Storm Prediction Centers Convective Outlook for tomorrow:

There's a hatched area of 30% in the eastern half of the state and that area starts at Clay County. Not sure yet if it will extend further west or decrease in size. That 30% is an increased risk in which could mean isolated tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds.

I'll have more up on facebook as the storms start up! Have a great day everyone and take care! :)

Here Comes The Rain!

Hello everyone and good day to you! As you know the heatwave snapped a few days ago and when it did it brought some much needed rain. Remember when we used to say this as kids "rain, rain, go away. Come again some other day"? Well this weekend must be that "other day" because up to 3 inches of rain could fall between now and Sunday!

Take a look at what the HPC is saying for rainfall:

Yeah you're seeing this right. Western parts of Tennessee could pick up over 5 inches of rain. 1-3 inches of rain can been seen here on the homefront. What's going to happen is that front that moved through earlier this week stalled out over Tennessee and it's going to get some push and ris eback over Kentucky as a weak wave of low pressure is going to move along the front and thats whywe're going to see an increase of showers and thunderstorms into the day tomorrow and through the weekend.

Hopefully this will bring a dent in our drought. Especally out west because they're in a extreme drought and if this rain doesn't happen we could find restrictions on how we use our water and nobody wants that. I'll have more on the rain chances as we get closer! Have a great day everyone and take care! :)

Slight Risk For Severe Thunderstorms Tomorrow

Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! This post is a breifing on what to expect for tomorrows thunderstorms. There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms through out the day tomorrow ahead of an cold front that just might snap this heatwave.

Here's a look at tomorrow's threat:

That's the whole state of Kentucky included in that slight risk.

The timing of these storms isn't known exactly but we can say it looks to happen in the afternoon to evening hours, the further south you live the later it would be before you see any kind of rain or thunderstorm. The main threats with these storms will be damaging winds in excess of 60 to 70mph, and large hail. These storms will be just like Thursday's and winds could race out ahead of the storms just like Thursday's as well.

Thunderstorms will most likely cluster up and have a motion to the southeast, a frontal convergence could better the chances for severe thunderstorms. Some models show thunderstorms may not affect our area untill late in the day when any storms that happens overnight is always more dangerous because most people are in bed and not able to be aware of existing weather conditions.

I'll have more up through out the day today and tomorrow on my facebook. Now that I have it back I'll be able to be on through any thunderstorms that move through. Have a great day everyone, and stay safe! :)

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog on this hot Thursday! The heat didn't come alone as thunderstorms are expected to drop in from the north as the day goes by. Current timing for this storms show between 3-5 pm around here.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 11PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:




Large hail damaging winds are the main threats. A slight risk for severe thunderstorms does extend on further west to Louisville down to Bowling Green. On top of that we do have a heat advisory in effect and we would like to see more rain but not in the way of severe weather.

I'll have more on the storms as they get their act together, I'm using twitter today to send out quick updates because my Facebook was hacked the other day and I am still trying to recover my account, but even if you do not have twitter you can look on the side of the web page and see what I post on twitter.

Have a great day everyone be safe and take care! :)