A little busy

I'm a little busy with classwork in the next few weeks, so the post frequency has been down.  There are some severe storms in the forecast tonight along with a Severe Thunderstorm Watch till 9pm.  A few storms out of IL and MO will move into Western KY and a few may produce large hail and damaging winds.

Heat Advisory

Heat Advisory for Daviess, Union, and Henderson Counties today in Northwestern Kentucky. High humidity and temps in the 95-100 range will lead to heat index values at or above 105. 100-105 Heat Index values are expected for the rest of Western KY and into NW Middle TN.

Lake Day Sunday

Lake Day 3 out of 5 same as today. Scattered storms with some areas having widespread activity. Beware of storms if you are going to be out on the lakes. Lightning and locally heavy rain in the strongest storms.

Steady rain moving

Steady rainfall from Paris Landing to Clarksville back towards Centerville and Nashville TN moving northward towards southern Kentucky. Watch out for locally heavy rain and lightning in the strongest storms. If you are on the lake stay in the lodge or an indoor facility till the storms pass.

Lake Day

Lake Day has been upped to a 3 out of 5. Thunderstorms will be more scattered instead of widespread. Some storms will contain locally heavy rain and vivid lightning, but not everyone will get the beneficial rain across NW Middle TN or Western KY.

Lake Day 2 out of 5

Lake Day 2 out of 5. Jason isn't going to be the only issue out on the lakes tomorrow. Scattered to Widespread rainfall is likely across the LBL and Lake Malone areas tomorrow, assuming the boundary doesn't get held back in AL/S TN.

Drought

Portions of Union, Henderson, McCracken, and Ballard County have been upgraded to D4(exceptional drought). This is often the sign of a historical drought developing. These areas have also dodged a lot of the heavy rain the past week. Paducah KY has picked up 2.82 inches of rain since April 1st. They average 15.55 inches during that timeframe.

Helpful rain

Scattered storms today especially a Bardwell to Central City KY line southward into Tennessee. Widespread activity including heavy rains from Thursday-Saturday with scattered rain chances from Sunday into next week. Helpful rain.

Today's overview

Still one more day of hot weather. Highs in the mid to upper 90's but humidity will produce 101-106 Heat Index values. Scattered storms also today. Lake Day 3 out of 5.

More heat

Highs of 103-108 today in Western KY. Relief is coming and the Excessive Heat Warning ends tonight, so hopefully I won't have to talk about the heat for awhile.

Water Shortage Watch for parts of Western KY

http://www.indystar.com/article/B2/20120706/NEWS01/307060073/State-issues-water-shortage-watch-27-Kentucky-counties?odyssey=mod_sectionstories
This includes the Western Kentucky counties of Crittenden and Webster.

Hundred's Everywhere

http://www.kymesonet.org/
More hundred's and I'm not talking about dollar bills.

More High Heat

Excessive Heat Warning continues in Western KY and Heat Advisory for the western 2/3rds of Middle TN as temps. rise into the 100's.

Some Firework Shows have been cancelled

Breaking News: The Western Kentucky State Fair has cancelled the fireworks show. No fireworks in Christian County. This is another addition to the list of counties and cities that have cancelled their firework shows which include Muhlenberg and Todd Counties and the city of Springfield in Middle Tennessee.

Happy Birthday America

Water Restrictions

- Clarksville TN is now under a Water Restriction

I haven't heard of any in Western KY, but Muhlenberg County has asked residents to voluntary conserve water, and everyone in Western Kentucky needs to voluntary conserve water.