Summer-like pattern is setting up for drought conditions.
The passage of the cold front early this morning has left the area with much cooler and drier air in place, but the heat shall return for the weekend and well into next week. The main reason for this...
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More of the Same
With a broad ridge of high pressure still parked over the mid-South and the jet stream well to the north of the area, conditions are forecast to stay dry and warmer than normal for the next several...
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Relief in Sight, Along With Slight Rain Chances
High pressure will continue to dominate the area over the next few days, keeping the hot and dry weather around. Temperatures are forecast to top out in the mid 90s on both Wednesday and Thursday....
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Weekend Cooldown Still on Track
Hot conditions will continue for the next few days, and Bowling Green even has a shot at breaking its record high of 98 today. On Friday, the cold front should finally approach the area, bringing a...
View ArticleRed Flag Warning till 8pm
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Warren County for more click here.
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Is Autumn finally arriving?
For the past several days, we Kentuckians have been stuck with the same aggravatingly hot conditions generated by this more or less stationary ridge over the southeast. Bowling Green started off fall...
View ArticleFront moves through, brings in cooler temperatures.
At long last, the summer heat has broken! The dominant ridge that has been sitting in place over Kentucky for the past several days has been replaced by a trough, bringing in substantially cooler...
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Yesterday’s squall line dropped 0.11 inches of rain at the WKU Farm with a maximum wind gust of 27.5 miles per hour. While certainly not the most impressive total, this was the first time in nearly...
View Articlemajor pattern change in progress
Overall we have low pressure moving up the east coast with a nice pipeline of tropical moisture. Low clouds and light showers will be present on the backside into Tuesday. Also NW flow will be in place...
View ArticleWKU Meteorology blog makes Top 50 list
The WKU Meteorology blog was included in a list of “50 Scholarly Blogs for Climate Science Students” put together by the website Onlinecollege.org. The WKU Meteorology Blog was among 22 “Climate,...
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Let the Model Wars Begin
Today low pressure is moving northeast into the northeast which is still providing for some cloud cover today with fair skies overall and a nw flow with highs in the lower 70′s. Tomorrow skies should...
View ArticleCool weekend ahead with chances of rain on Sunday
A meridional flow is presently residing over the United States, a ridge axis in the west extending through Idaho and Nevada is allowing warm, dry air to make its way into the western portion of the...
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Weekend of great weather
Today is the same story as has been the past few days. Clear skies with warm, comfortable temperatures in the low to mid 70′s. A high pressure is parked out over the central plains and is bringing...
View ArticleCool Sunday
If you have been keeping up with the blog the past two days, you’ve seen that the models have been disagreeing on the chance of showers making its way into the area for Sunday. Well we can disregard...
View ArticleCool today…frost tonight?
Currently, upper level low is still situated over the West Virginia and Ohio border and is still dominating our weather as it has for the last few days. Temperatures have remained below normal for much...
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Frost Advisory tonight….Warm up ahead.
Last night frost was widely scattered but was reported at some locations, especially low lying areas. Here is a graphic of last nights temperatures that reflect this idea. Graphic taken from NWS...
View ArticleHope you like warm weather….
After this morning’s patchy frost, temperatures should moderated quickly. The pesky upper level low that has been dominating the east coasts weather is finally being moved via a 500mb shortwave. High...
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Continued warm and dry weather…some relief ahead?
The latest 250mb Velocity plots show a very clear split flow in the jet stream as of late, with the Mid-South caught in the middle of it, which usually leaves the area high and dry, and that is not the...
View ArticleIsolated to scattered showers, today
With a low pressure system sitting over Missouri and Kansas and moving southeast, the Mid-South is going to see some isolated to scattered showers, today. The main reasons for the lack of rain with...
View ArticleRain Chance This Afternoon, Cooler Weather Ahead
Yesterday brought the first rainfall of October for Bowling Green, with 0.08 inches recorded at the airport and 0.14 inches at the Mesonet station south of town. Today will feature another good shot at...
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