As someone who doesn't like heat this post this forecast isn't going to make me happy, and for people who are planning on celebrating the weekend before the 4th it will not make many happy. To put it bluntly an all-time record setting and intense heat wave that could rival anything we have ever seen before (especially in late June-early July) is expected to strike Western Kentucky and surrounding areas of the Midwest, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic. Warm winds blowing down the Appalachians, a major SE Missouri Drought Ridge, and the merging of major drought zones across the USA and Mexico will lead to a historical dry heat wave. This heat wave will being on Thursday and continue and peak Friday and into Saturday. The heat will not let up well into next week and possibility even into the 4th of July.
Some possible temperature ranges:
Wickliffe KY
Thursday: 105-109
Friday: 106-110
Saturday: 103-107
Sunday: 103-106
Monday: 101-105
Paducah KY
Thursday: 101-105
Friday: 103-107
Saturday: 102-106
Sunday: 101-105
Monday: 100-104
Henderson KY
Thursday: 100-105
Friday: 102-106
Saturday: 99-102
Sunday: 97-102
Monday: 97-102
Hopkinsville KY
Thursday: 98-103
Friday: 102-107
Saturday: 101-106
Sunday: 97-102
Monday: 97-102
Paris TN
Thursday: 98-103
Friday: 102-106
Saturday: 101-105
Sunday: 99-103
Monday: 97-102
Concerns
- Increased wildfire activity due to extreme heat, and very dry ground. Burn bans are in effect for several Western Kentucky counties. Contact your county before you burn things.
- Although this is a dry heat temperatures in many areas will be in the 100's for at least 4-5 days in a row. This will cause stress especially on the elderly and the disabled who are more vulnerable to heat.
- This heat will cause even more evaporation on already dry soils. Leading to the drought getting worse. I fully expect some D4 exceptional drought to appear in Western Kentucky in future drought outlooks if this continues.
- With all the 4th of July events like the Western Kentucky State Fair in Hopkinsville and Glory Days in Mayfield it is important for event managers and event goers to pay attention to the signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke, and stay hydrated.
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