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July 2008
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Hey, it's almost time to pack up the friends and family and head down to the Fifth Third Bank Waterfront Independence Day Festival! The team was out there yesterday and it was great. By the time the fireworks started, the crowd was all the way back to 64. That is always an impressive site! Hope to see you there! ...I've been hearing a lot of complaining from my co-workers about my 4th of July forecast... Showers/Thunderstorms and a high of 82 (like I have any control over the weather). So how does this forecast compare to the past five years? Here are the stats... - 2007... High: 90, Low: 72, Rain: 0.11", Showers/Thunderstorms Oh, if only we could keep the weather from the last few days! Rain and storms are returning to the area as we speak in the form of an area of low pressure and a cold front. Everything is converging on us just in time for the holiday. Our storm chances ramp up to a 40-50% chance and continue through the 4th. Pockets of heavy rain and storms will be most likely during the max heating of the days. Stay tuned! ...Not a bad weather set up for our Wednesday across the area. Hey, at least we are one day closer to Independence Day! Our weather is still pretty nice even though the heat has been turned up on us. We will see highs near 90 with a slight increase in the humidity levels. We will stay dry with no showers expected. That won't be the case on Thursday or Friday. We are watching for a front to push in starting on Thursday and then stalling over... Here's a once in a life time opportunity... Your chance to meet Jamie, Ben, and me (I know, pretty exciting...!) The "Three Amigos", also known as the WHAS11NEWS First Alert Stormteam, will act as emcees for the 2008 Fifth Third Waterfront Independence Festival. Come by and say hi... We will be there the 3rd and 4th July broadcasting live during the 5, 5:30, and 6 pm newscast. Here's a little information on the ... Fantastic weather returns for today! Lots of dry air is moving in with our west and northwest winds. The low humidity levels will be pretty rare for this time of the year, so get out and enjoy! Our weather gradually gets back to summer. By tomorrow, we will see the humidity returning. No showers expected, just highs near 90. The showers and storms return for Thursday as a cold front moves in. The front will stall over the region throug... I'm all for a bit of a cool-down. Check out the flow...notice anything special?
Yep, t... So far, so good. No severe weather around Kentuckiana today, as it looks like we have dodged one bullet. The Severe Thundestorm Watch has now been cancelled for most of Kentuckiana. A few more storms are possible tonight, but very little in the way of severe weather is expected.
Here's a big list of Kentuckiana storm reports from Friday night's line of storms. Get ready for the possibility of another round or two of storms Saturday afternoon and evening... PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... A line of strong thunderstorms with a history of damaging winds and hail is moving closer to Kentuckiana tonight. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been in effect for areas in southern Indiana and western Kentucky. This will be moving quickly east as the night progresses and the storms move closer. This line is associated with what we call a "vort max", basically a wave in the middle levels of the atmoshpere. This vort is a strong kicker, he... Damage reports left by a few severe thunderstorms around Kentuckiana and the Louisville Metro Thursday are coming in... Leitchfield, Grayson county, KY... Tree Down... 7:12pm
Salem, Washington county, IN... Several trees, power lines down in the city... 7:47pm
Jeffersontown, Jefferson county, KY... Trees Down... 7:37pm
6miles S Louisville, Jefferson county... Trees down ... The heat and humidity has been helping to pop up spotty showers and thundestorms lately during the afternoons and evenings. We'll have more of those "splash n' dash" storms again on Friday. These storms really aren't too worrisome, just go inside if you hear the thunder. Different story on Saturday however. A cold front will move through Kentuckiana late Saturday afternoon and evening. Some cold air high in the sky will also tag al... Ok. Yes, it is summer. Time to heat things back up. We will see the highs climbing back into the low 90s today with above normal temps expected as we head into the upcoming weekend. This heat, along with higher humidities thanks to a south wind, will help bring back showers and thunderstorms. A few of the storms could be on the strong side by Saturday with gusty winds and heavy rain. Just watch the skies during the heating of the next fe... It's been very nice the last couple of days... We can thank the dewpoints and not the relative humidity for our comfortable weather. I know there are some of you now saying "Monty, it's not the heat, it's the humidity..." Dewpoint: The temperature to which a given air parcel must be cooled at constant pressure and constant water vapor content in order for saturation to occur. (The temperature at which ... Boy, the last week or so has been so nice compared to what we saw for weather the first 2 weeks of June! Sure, we have seen some showers and storms, but the best part has been the lack of 90 degree heat and return of cool and dry mornings. It just helps make everyone's mood better when you can start off with the cool mornings first. Those will be ending soon as the winds will be shifting more to the south as our next system draws near. Low... Check out this radar image. Normally these storm would not look severe. Most areas were recieving light to moderate rain. However, as these storms were collapsing, they pulled down winds aloft from 40-60 mph. These produced a damaging gust front (rush of air) ahead of the line, which downed trees and some powerlines. Damage reports have been coming in from southern areas of Bullit county, Nelson county (especially around Bardstown), Hardi... NOAA's Climate Prediction Center has released the latest July outlook. After a warmer than average June (remember the heat wave?), July could turn out cooler than average and a bitter wetter than normal for Kentuckiana. Here's a look at the month of July outlooks...
A northwest flow continues to dominate our weather pattern. This time of year that means we get to enjoy cooler and drier weather. This Friday a weak disturbance will slide down that northwest flow and give us a slight for a stray late day shower or storm. We have another chance for a shower/storm over the weekend (20-40%), but don't let it stop your outdoor plans, just be ready to run inside for a few minutes to let it pass. The dry... A cold front pushed through Kentuckiana today (Monday)... A few storms managed to fire up out ahead of the front earlier this morning and after that our atmosphere did a good job of stabilizing itself. Most of the active weather associated with the front was confined to our south and east. Behind the front a cooler and drier northwesterly flow will develop in the upper atmosphere and that will put us on the cooler side of the jet stream. Th...
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