First, the rain chances.

The HRRR shows a clear day for us, with maybe a shower or storm popping up in random spots. Mid 90°s temps with a superhumid (for us) airmass — dewpoints in the low 70°s ugggghhh — is plenty of fuel for a pop up storm. Just going to be hard for one to form today. One clue: if it’s storming close enough to us in Kentucky, an outflow boundary will come flying south into town. That could create showers and a few lightningstorms. We’ll watch this and post updates on Twitter. read more

Heat index up to 97° this afternoon. Same temps as the weekend but dewpoints over 70° will be to blame for making the humidity worse than it was this weekend.

A system of storms will be going through to our north, which could maybe bring us some pop ups in the afternoon/early evening, but it isn’t looking super likely. read more

Hot and humid again today. Dewpoints hover in the upper 60°s today.

Rain should probably not be an issue today. HRRR shows nothing in our area all day, and then in the evening a tiny shower skirts over our area. Even if rain does happen it should be brief. read more

Our cooler temps, lower humidity streak is over. Humidity is up today. It’ll stay there for the foreseeable future. Temps return to normal for August.

No Major Rain Threat

There are a few thunderstorms south of us this morning. They’re moving east and won’t bother us. We may see light rain this morning but the bigger rain and storms should be east of us all weekend. Here is the HRRR model showing the weekend: read more

Today marks a return to normalcy for August: dewps in the upper 60s and afternoon storms/showers. Highs likely won’t break 90 just yet, but the heat is just getting started.

Rain is back in the forecast today. Model runs are showing activity in the afternoon (see HRRR run below). I say more activity, but we’re not expecting widespread coverage, severe weather, or anything of that nature. Anticipate unpredictable scattered showers/storms here and there, but any action could miss you altogether. Not washout material. Still could delay outdoor festivities. read more

Nothing but dry and warm today. Rain is practically nonexistent in the most current model runs. Some more cloud coverage later today through tomorrow.

Highs today are just shy of 90 and dewps in the low to mid 60s. Sticky, but pretty low for August. Tomorrow will be similar, but dial up the humidity a bit (dewps in upper 60s). Highs sneak into the low 90s and dewps hang out in the upper 60s for the weekend. read more

The trend continues! High’s in the upper 80’s today until the weekend. Not expecting any precip today and dew point lingers around 60 woohoo!

Wednesday: Smoke? Rain??

The smoke from the wildfires starts to move out today. Throughout today the yellow line of smoke moves south and out of our counties for a clearer tomorrow shown by HRRR below. read more

Humidity dropped. Temps not close to 90° (normal August 2 high is 91°). No rain.

Wildfire smoke is back. That’s what’s causing the haze in the air.

Smoke levels drop over the next two days. By Wednesday morning (see below) things will be better, but not smoke-free. read more

Microbursts dropped out of severe thunderstorms.

Imagine a giant water balloon crashing to the ground. Now imagine you’re an ant on the ground. When that water hits the ground, it pushes wind away in all directions. Straight line winds race away from where the balloon hit and burst, knocking over trees. Microburst winds are intense. They aren’t tornadoes (no upward motion), but microbursts can do low-end tornado damage. read more