Winter can produce a wide array of precipitation in Kentuckiana. Last week’s winter storm brought all types of weather to the area, including snow, sleet, freezing rain and plain old fashion rain. With more wintry precipitation in the forecast, I thought I’d take this opportunity to explain the differences in these types of precipitation and how each of them are formed…
A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for much of North-Central Kentucky and all of Southern Indiana for late Monday through Tuesday morning. Less than a week removed from the latest round of spring-like severe weather here in Kentuckiana, the area is now bracing for the possibility of some severe winter weather...
As we’ve learned all to often here recently, severe weather can strike quickly, it can strike forcefully, and it doesn’t always matter what season it is. However, it must be noted that severe thunderstorms do not strike out of chance. Certain ingredients must come together to create conditions that are favorable for the development of those big boomers. These ingredients include; instability, vertical wind shear, lift and moisture.
Kentuckiana was hit hard last Tuesday with widespread damaging winds and even a few confirmed tornadoes. Unfortunately, those same conditions appear to be coming again one week later...
