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August 2009 ArchivesSeveral calls into the Weather Center this evening about the Red "Star" next to the moon tonight... The star is actually the planet Jupiter. For more information about Jupiter and the night sky Click Here ...I will be at the waterfront once again this year delivering the weather live from the 2009 Ford Ironman Louisville. I'll be bringing some awesome weather for the event, temperatures will be in the 60s through the morning, with low 70s during the afternoon. A big change from the year before, when we had 90s. It'll be a cool 2.4 mile swim, then a crisp 112 mile bike ride, finally a comfortably cool 26.2 mile run! Those ironmen and wo...
If you have any late summer plans for the east coast, you might be dealing with some rough surf this weekend! Danny will be... It's going to be hazy, hot, and humid again today and summer-like again tomorroow. But, a big change to much cooler weather isn't too far away. A cold front brings showers and storms Friday and Saturday, then brings down temperatures back to the 70s this weekend, through the middle of next week!!! Enjoy! Here's your 7 day.
No, we are not "Feathered" hair, bell bottoms or Disco, but 70s in August... Todays high of 79 has given us 3 days of 70s in a row (79-today, 77-Sunday, 75-Saturday), and that got me thinking... "How many times has this happened in the past?" The answer... Quite a few times, so here are the top three years... 5 days in a row - 2004 So, would this be the opposite of an Indian Summer? What a gift to the Chamber of Commerce, more perfect weather for the Kentucky State Fair again today with highs in the mid 70s. Folks from out of town will remember this perfect weather in Louisville, and we'll keep distant memories of a flood, ice, and wind storm out of our heads. Saturday's high was only 75, 10 degrees below average. Bowling Green actually set a record cool high... Thank you cold front! Get ready for the 70s! Not talking about the band Journey at the fair tonight, I'm talking about the much cooler, fall-like air back in town this weekend! Highs Saturday and Sunday will struggle to hit the mid 70s. Just a sprinkle or light shower chance late today mainly north of the river, then again Saturday afternoon, but plan on mostly dry and certainly cooler weather. We'll warm back up for the middle part of ne... We are the Official Weather Station for the Kentucky State Fair and after they heard my forecast for opening day tomorrow they came up with a Top Ten List... From the KY State Fair Board
STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH MARION,TAYLOR,WASHINGTON, ANDERSON, AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES, KY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN (1"/HR)AND GUSTS 35-45 MPH. ...Tornado Watch for South Central Indiana has been cancelled. Scattered strongs storms still possible overnight. ...A line of strong to severe storms are pushing into central Indiana this evening and the do have a history of producing tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail in IL. Because of this a Tornado Watch has been issued until 1 AM for the following Indiana Counties, Lawrence, Jackson, Jennings, Ripley and Switzerland. Scattered showers and storms this evening and tonight for everyone else, any storms that develop will be capable of heavy ... Kentuckiana is setting under a very warm and moist (tropical) airmass and any storms that develop today will be capable of producing locally heavy rain and gusty winds. By Thursday evening a strong cold front will begin to push into the area. Increasing our chances for strong to severe storms. Right now it looks like a squall line could develop with damaging winds and flooding rains.... SPC has us in a slight risk for severe storm Thursday ... Hurricane Bill is now a Major Category 3 Hurricane packing winds of 125 mph and could become a Cat 4 hurricane, on the SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE, within the next 24 hours. Bill is located in the Atlantic Ocean about 555 miles east of the Leeward Islands and will be near Bermuda by Saturday. To track Hurricane Bill and other tropical storms Click H... Tropical Storm Claudette formed today, the 3rd named storm of the season. Ana, Bill, and Claudette all were named within about 24 hours of each other. Claudette is spinning just south of the panhandle of Florida and will be dumping inches of rain over Florida and Alabama over the next couple days. Winds have been sustained at 50mph within the storm. Claudette will not become a hurricane, but Tropical Storm Bill could be the first major hur... We're finally tracking the tropics! It's been a below average year, with no tropical storms or hurricanes - until today. Tropical Storm Ana was named this morning, then Bill this afternoon. If you have any vacation plans to the tropics, keep track of the action with our Tropical Tracker. Both storms have winds around 40 mph. Ana is expected to remain a tropical storm, while Bill cou... The Perseid meteor shower is about to peak. The show begins after sunset on Tuesday, August 11th, and continues until the sun rises on Wednesday, August 12th.... For more information Click Here. ...If you like to wish upon falling stars, and you are in the need for many wishes, the Perseid Meteor shower is for you! It's coming up Wednesday (August 12th) night. IT appears a comet could help our shooting star numbers! Great story from NASA here... Here's more from spaceweather.com... "Space Weather News for Aug. 4, 2009 Patoka Lake/Blue River Area = 91, Hazy, Hot, Humid, HI: 95-100 Rough River - Taylorsville Lakes = 92, Hazy, Hot, Humid, HI: 95-100(Including Bluegrass, Western Kentucky Parkway Areas) Nolin River - Green River Lakes = 93, Hazy, Hot, Humid, HI: 95-100 Bartley Lake >> Continue reading: Lake/River Forecast For Sunday 8/9/09 The heat, haziness, and humidity went way up today! However, we still only hit 89 degrees officially at Standiford Field. The heat index was well into the 90s however. There is even a Heat Advisory in effect for areas to our northwest for Sunday, including Lawrence County, and the town of Bedford. With that said, we haven't had 90 or above in over 42 days, more than 6 weeks, that was on June 27th. Our hottest day this year so far i... The East Fork of the White River crested this morning at Seymour at 19.2 ft, at 19.0 ft, 70% of Jackson County can be under water. The Muscatatuck River will crest near Wheeler Hollow and Milltown Friday evening. SKY11 was up over the rivers today and captured some incredible footage, you'll find here on whas11.com. Major flooding in these areas is expected. Here's the warning information from the NWS... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES... That was a once in a lifetime rain Tuesday... Yesterday's rain (4.53") broke the one day August rainfall total that has been around since 1879 (3.76")! What is so amazing about Tuesday's rain was that 3" fell in one hour at the Airport and 1" of that poured in just 10 minutes. For more information and a rainfall map Click Here ...All rivers are running high and fast in Kentuckiana. Plus the following rivers in Southern Indiana are under Flood Warnings until Friday... - Muscatatuck For more River information Click Here and >> Continue reading: River Levels and Conditions Hunderds of storm reports from yesterday's record breaking weather... From water rescue to power outages caused by lightning and gusty winds. It was truly an amazing weather day! Click here for Kentuckiana storm reports. ...What a crazy day...!!! Record setting rain arrived with a one, two punch. The first round dumped 3 to 6 inches between 9-10 AM... Round two arrived during the early afternoon with gusty winds and another 1-2 inches. The official rainfall at the Airport was 4.5 inch making it the wettest August day (the old record was 3.76" in 1879) and the 11th wettest Louisville day ever...! For more information >> Continue reading: Flash Flood 2009 We had a record wet June, a record cool July, now what for August??? Well, the Climate Prediction Center has our area, especially just to the north, highlighted for above average chances of below average temperatures and above average rainfall. So to sum that up, there's a pretty good chance at a warm (not hot) August, with plenty of rain chances. Here are the maps. Temperatures: Patoka Lake/Blue River Area = 81, Becoming Mostly Sunny Rough River - Taylorsville Lakes = 83, Partly Sunny. Dry for Rough River, left-over early morning shower for areas east of I-65. Clearing this afternoon for everybody with lower 80s! (Including Bluegrass, Western Kentucky Parkway Areas) Nolin River - Green River Lakes = 84, Partly Cloudy, 30-40% Chance of a Shower/T-st... No day hit 90 degrees or above. The first time this has ever happened in July since records started being taken in 1871. The high temperature averaged 81.1 (-5.0) degrees, the 1st coolest July for high temperatures. The average temperature was 73.4 (-5.0) degrees, the 2nd coolest July on record. We had handfull of record cool high temperatures, and one record cool low. Rainfall was above average at 6.02", ... |
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