I'll be keeping this blog fairly short, mainly because there's just one story in Bowling Green's weather news: heat. OK, so there are two stories. Humidity will be just as much of an issue in the near future. There is some good news to pass along, however. The latest analysis from the US Drought Monitor was released today. Thanks to some heavy rain over much of south-central Kentucky yesterday, the counties of Muhlenberg, Butler, Grayson, Hart and Edmonson have all been removed from the moderate drought category. The crop belt from Russellville to Hopkinsville to Paducah is still in said category, but all other areas are either abnormally dry or concurrent with averages.
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| Forecast temperatures during peak heating tomorrow by the NAM. Jet stream ridging and dominant high pressure have been annotated. |
With the jet stream surging northward and high pressure building across the nation's Midwest, the troposphere is locking itself into a hot and steamy atmosphere. We are amid our second heat wave of the year; the first since late June. Cyclonic flow to our south is only aiding in pumping rich moisture through our region. The beating sun with climbing humidity was enough to prompt the issuance of a Heat Advisory from the National Weather Service until Monday. Heat index values may top 100° in the coming days. We were close to that mark today. Please limit outdoor activities, especially strenuous ones, and keep those fluids coming.
Tonight: A balmy low of 72° with partly cloudy skies. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
Friday: Highs in the mid 90s. Heat indices of 100° or more with mostly sunny skies and west winds at 5-10 mph.
Friday night: Still humid with a low near 75°. Partly cloudy skies with winds from the southeast at 5 mph.
Keep cool!
- Caleb Chevalier
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