Happy Halloween

First freeze for some

The first freeze of the year for Hopkinsville, Clarksville, and Nashville this morning with temperatures at 32 degrees. Others received a freeze last weekend.

I will be for a Geology trip in East TN and SW North Carolina tomorrow through Sunday be back Sunday.

Frosty Night

Frost Advisory for the purchase area tonight. Lows in the 32-37 range tonight for Western Kentucky.

Tornado Outbreak meeting stream

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nwa-2011-town-hall

Town Hall Meeting at 7 about the April tornado outbreaks.

Cooler days ahead

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=pah&storyid=74100&source=0

Would not be surprised to even see a freeze(32 or below) in a few areas next week.

Elevated Fire Danger

Elevated fire danger today and warmer temperatures. Beware out there and don't do anything today into tomorrow which may cause a wildfire.

The Fog

Beware of Dense Fog early this morning.

Nice couple of days

Watch out for elevated fire conditions. Otherwise a very nice couple of days

Elevated fire issues

Elevated fire issues today. October is a month where some forest fires can occur. Not near the threat of TX, CA, AZ and such, but in years past there have been an occasional structure which has caught on fire during fall fire season.

Today got up into the Mid 80's We do that again tomorrow.

Frosty

Frost Advisory for areas east of LBL. Low's in the mid to upper 30's tonight could be dangerous to sensitive plant-life.

http://www.kymesonet.org/

End September and welcome October after today. What a nice way to end the month.

White Plains Tornado

https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=201109262142-KPAH-NOUS43-PNSPAH

EF2 Tornado struck White Plains KY last night.

Roaring Springs, Lafayette, Herndon, Hopkinsville Tornado Warning.

Update

Severe Weather event doesn't appear to be major for Western KY but some isolated storms could produce hail and wind

Slight Risk of Severe Weather

A Slight Risk of Severe Weather is in effect for Western KY. Some storms could turn severe today.

Minerals everywhere

http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of00-144/of00-144.pdf

Minerals everyone.

Warm today cool for a few

Warm today but drizzle and cooler weather expected this weekend into next week, before another warm up.

2.4 Magnitude earthquake occurred at 5:09 PM CST yesterday evening (9/19/11 approx. 4 miles northwest of Centertown, Ky. in Ohio County. No damage reported as far as I know. From David Powell

Nice Weather for football

Whether you bleed red(Cardinals) or blue(Wildcats) the weather is nice in Lexington. Isolated showers along a warm front may occur tonight across Western KY.

Active storms

Some pretty active storms from Cobb(SE Caldwell County KY) to Cadiz to Dover and Cumberland City TN moving east. These could eventually impact the Hopkinsville/Oak Grove/ Ft.Campbell KY and Clarksville TN areas. Damage to barns and 60MPH winds have been reported with these storms.

Strong storms

Strong storms are moving across Western KY. One storm is severe and may produce large hail and damaging winds across North Graves, SE McCracken, and North Marshall. Including Symsonia,Benton, KY Dam State Park Airport.

90's won't last long.

The 90's returned today. Many areas landed in the 90-93 range. This won't last long as a strong cold front surges across Western KY. Non-Severe Thunderstorms are expected Wedensday and Wedensday before another surge of fall air occurs. Cool enough for tempartures to hang in the upper 60's on Thursday and Friday and lows to fall below 50 Friday and Saturday morning.

Harvest Moon

The Harvest Moon that occurs closet to the Fall Equinox. This appears low in the sky allowing farmers in the days without tractor lights to gather the crops past daylight.

http://www.space.com/12878-september-full-moon-harvest-moon-monday.html

9/11

God bless all Soilders, EM, Firefighters, Police, and all during 9/11 and throughout all of the disasters we face. God bless all those who lost their life during the 9/11 attacks.

Isolated Showers to Warm

Isolated to Scattered showers this weekend. Does get warmer some mid to even upper 80's for Early Next week.