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Day 10 Recap

We woke up in Stillwater Oklahoma after a successful day the previous day with insane structure on storms we witnessed just northwest of Oklahoma city.  Storms continued to persist throughout our...

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Day 11 Recap

  Due to the main severe risk being too far east to chase, we left Amarillo, Texas, this morning and headed west toward Raton, New Mexico, in the hopes of chasing upslope thunderstorms. On our way out...

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Day 12 Recap

Day 12 of the WKU storm chase began in Raton, New Mexico, where we spent the night recovering from last night’s exhilarating hail storm. After weighing our options in the morning, the class decided to...

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Day 13 Recap

We started off our day by leaving Borger, TX and started to head east and toward home. Most of us fell asleep right as we made it back into the car.  There has been a competition the past two weeks to...

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Isaac to Affect Kentucky This Weekend

Forecast Highlights: Today: Clearing, sunny afternoon, highs in the upper 80s Tonight: Clear, Lows in the mid 60s Wednesday: Sunny, high 90 This Weekend: 60% chance of rain from Tropical Storm Isaac...

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Now Again a Tropical Storm, Isaac Continues to Produce Dangerous Storm Surges...

Forecast Highlights: 1. Sunny and hot today and tomorrow. Clear tonight. 2. Models continue to depict a strengthening mid-level ridge Thursday night through Friday night over the mid-Atlantic coast...

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Tropical Depression Isaac Update

At 10 AM CDT Friday, Tropical Depression Isaac was located 25 miles northeast of Fort Smith, Arkansas. It was moving north-northwest at 11 mph. It will turn northeastward into the Ohio River Valley on...

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Weekend Rainfall Totals from Isaac and Forecast for 9/4-9/6.

Monday has brought us clearing from the remnants of Isaac with skies becoming partly cloudy by noon today and sunshine popping out around 2 pm. Rainfall totals over the weekend for Bowling Green ranged...

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Severe Storm Risk for Friday 9/7 and Weekend Forecast

Friday has continued throughout the week to becoming more promising for a chance at severe weather for Bowling Green. The Storm Prediction Center has placed Bowling Green in a slight risk for storms...

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Cooler, more comfortable conditions expected over the next several days…

A strong frontal boundry moved through the region this past weekend bringing showers and storms for many across the state.  As the front tracked through the region, cooler and drier air filtered across...

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Dry conditions look to continue….

High pressure aloft has continued to bring in very nice, but pleasant conditions across the area as high temperatures topped out in the low 80′s under mostly sunny skies. The ridge was once situated...

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Clouds to stick around….isolated chance for showers.

The weekend kicked off fairly nice across the area with partly to mostly cloudy conditions for much of your Saturday.  The ridge that hovered over the Ohio Valley region much of the week moved into the...

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Tuesday Cold Front to Bring A Taste of Fall

Currently, we are situated in the southerly, return flow of an eastward tracking surface high pressure system. There is also a center of surface low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico due south of...

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A Cold Blast to Finish Out the Week

The surface high pressure system that entered the area yesterday has mostly migrated to the New England states, but is still exhibiting control over our area into the lower Mississippi River valley. A...

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Cold Start to a Gorgeous Day, Rain Chances This Week?

The first weekend of fall brought with it fall like weather.  Saturday and Sunday brought beautifully sunny skies with temperatures falling from high near 80 on Saturday to a high of only 68 on Sunday...

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More Rain Chances Followed by a Dry Weekend

While areas from Paducah to Louisville have received several rounds of rain this week, south central Kentucky has stayed relatively dry.  A slow moving surface front has been located through the Ohio...

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Weekend Weather Wrap Up and Forecast 10/8-10/10

Temperatures are beginning to become more fall like after a strong cold front and canadian air mass moved through Kentucky over the weekend. Surface high pressure has built in behind with winds...

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End of the Week Forecast and Preview into Weekend

We have experienced a cool week here in Warren County with frost advisory most mornings and cools starts to the day. Tonight a Freeze Advisory has been issued by the NWS in Louisville valid until 8 am...

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Weekend Severe Weather Threat and Forecast

Moving into the weekend, we will see a strong shortwave trough continue to advance east over our area. This disturbance will have weakened somewhat upon arrival but will still allow for the development...

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Stormy weather set to move in…

Saturday kicked off the weekend on a relatively nice note.  A cool morning eventually led to partly sunny skies and slightly warmer conditions across the region.  Highs across the area quickly warmed...

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