12-08-09 Wind possible severe event tonight

From the SPC Day 1

...LOWER OH AND TN VALLEYS...
STRONG LOW LEVEL WAA COMBINED WITH COLD MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES/
STEEP LAPSE RATES SPREADING ACROSS THIS REGION TUESDAY EVENING/
NIGHT WITHIN EXIT REGION OF A 100+ KT MID LEVEL JET NOSING INTO THIS
AREA SHOULD SUPPORT ELEVATED TSTMS. THE STEEP LAPSE RATES WITH
ACTIVITY ROOTED AROUND 850 MB AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR 30-35 KT IS
EXPECTED TO SUPPORT AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR HAIL... POTENTIALLY UP TO
1 INCH. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP EWD ACROSS SRN IND/KY/TN TUESDAY
NIGHT.

From Louisville NWS:
A strong weather system will affect the Ohio Valley beginning today and lasting into Wednesday. Low pressure over Missouri will rapidly intensify and move northeast to Chicago. Rain is expected across Kentucky and southern Indiana starting this morning...then will increase in intensity tonight. Rainfall amounts will likely exceed one inch in most locations. Along with the heavy rain...a few thunderstorms are also possible, especially across south central Kentucky late this evening. Strong gusty winds are possible with any thunderstorm development.

A cold front will move through the region Wednesday morning ushering in much cooler air. The low over the Chicago area will also help to create very gusty winds with the falling temperatures. Wind gusts in excess of 50 mph are possible Wednesday. Temperatures will start off Wednesday in the mid 40s, but will fall into the mid 30s by afternoon. There may be enough moisture behind the cold front to produce a few snow showers Wednesday...but accumulations if any, will be light.



Now time to sit and watch everything unfold tonight.... would be nice to get a severe event in December....

12-06-09 Lexington Forecast

Just for the heck of it and since its been a while since i did an actual forecast here's one for the Lexington area for the next few days

Lexington Point forecast.

Sun 7pm: 35f, no precip, wind 5-10 ese, Clear
Mon 1am: 25f, no precip, Wind 5-10 se, Mostly Clear
Mon 7am: 29f, no precip, wind 0-5 s, Mostly Cloudy
Mon 1pm: 42f, Light Rain after 2 pm wind 10-15 SW, Cloudy
Mon 7pm: 40f, Light Rain, wind 0-5 WSW, Cloudy
Tue 1am: 35f, Light Rain Event Total 0.10 inches, wind 0-5 variable, Mostly Cloudy
Tue 7am: 30f, no precip, wind 0-5 NE, Partly Cloudy
Tue 1pm: 37f, Light Rain after 3pm, wind 5-10 SE, Cloudy
Tue 7pm: 39f, Light Rain, wind 10-15 SE Gusting 20-25, Cloudy
Wed 1am: 45f, Moderate Rain ch/thunder, wind 10-15 S, G 25-30, Cloudy
Wed 7am: 51f, Light rain before 5 Am event total 1.10 inches, Wind 15-20, G 25-30, Mostly cloudy
Wed 1pm: 65f, no precip, wind 20-25 G 30-40 WSW, Scattered Clouds
Wed 7pm: 40f, no precip, wind 15-20 WSW, Mostly Cloudy

Rain and maybe some snow is possible Monday no accumulation expected Rain totals of less than a tenth of an inch.

Winds will become gusty Tuesday into Wed with gusts as high as 40 mph possible.
Rain will begin Tuesday afternoon and rain will be light until the overnight where periods of heavy rain are possible along with a rumble of thunder or two, Rain totals of 1.10 inch possible.

12-05-09 First snow of the 2009 Winter Season

Waking up this morning to a horrific sight... a thin white blanket of snow.... Yes i hate snow... So this was kinda depressing.. anyways its the first snow of this winter season so i had to get a few pics.

11/09/09 Sunrise Halo

With (at the time) Hurricane Ida in the gulf up here in Ky we usually get some cool sunrises and sunsets a day or so before they make landfall... this wicked sunrise was waiting for me on the way home from work....



This is a HDR (High Dynamic Range) image (gives color tones a wider range) made from 3 exposures.

Photo is now featured on the NWS Louisville websites Top News Story.

All Hallows Eve

Another fine display from the sun. Sunset on Oct 31,3009 totally awesome colors

10-30-09 Wicked Sunrise

This morning I got treated to one of the better looking sunrises i've seen in a while. the clouds lit up like they were on fire. It was an awesome sight.....

10-23-09 Wet wet wet

Well so much for thunderstorms it just rained for the most part all day... Then just before sunset the clouds broke and got a great view of a rainbow that was very bright against the dark rain clouds.

10-09-09 Strong winds

Early AM line of strong storms with a history of 70-80 mph winds was approaching the area.. unfortunatly these storms died off as soon as they got into visible range... (typical) we did get some good 45-50 and maybe a 60 mph gust as the leading edge passed by. it did have some lightning but again this was dying off fast and in the heavy rainfall it was impossible to get any kind of shots.

What we did get was a few pics of a deteriorating shelf cloud as it came closer.

Fist view of the shelf off in the distance.


Shelf cloud more visible in the lights...

09-21-09 Storms w/Heavy Rain

After a day of heavy rainfall we ended up getting some actual thundertorms, there were 2 cells one to the west of me which was fairly weak and another to the east, this one was a bit more organized...

08-17-09 Lightning

Cluster of rain approached from the southwest, shortly before it reached us it became electrically active. Again as the storm grew closer we spotted another shelf cloud. this passed overhead but luckily it was the eastern edge of the cells and we got little rain and lots of lightning as the cell passed about 4 miles west of our location.

08-15-09 Lightning

Small pop up storm developed over eastern Fayette county around 9:45 pm This storm spit out a few decent air bolts before it fell apart as it drifted northward.

8-11-09 Midnight Storms

After 11 pm a small cell developed over northwest Fayette county and drifted to the southeast with clear skies ahead of it there was a good photo op for lightning . a few pictures came out well most were in cloud flashes in the mid levels of the storm but a couple were cloud to air discharges. when the storm passed over it did have a shelf cloud associated with it.

08-10-09 Lightning

While in the north end of Lexington with a great view some storms moved into the area just before sunset and lasted till it got dark. managed to capture a couple shots of lightning after dark and a very weak shelf cloud before the sun set.

08-04-09 Severe Storms

Thunderstorms rolled across the area today bringing damaging winds and heavy rains along with very intense lightning. Around 245pm Severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Fayette county, By this time we were already set up at a great spotting location on the Fayette/Jessamine county line, At first the sky didn't look much different from any other storm but when the shelf cloud came into view we knew it was more than we expected. the shelf drew closer and we could make out significant lowerings behind it. Then off on the horizon we could see the advancing rain as more and more of the details of the horizon vanished. After the shelf rolled overhead, we observed what looked like a gravity wave about 2 miles behind the leading edge, this is the area that several funnels were seen, none became anything significant.

It was around this time a car pulls up behind us and out steps Bill Meck, WLEX Channel 18's Chief Meteorologist. (One of the best met's Turns out hes on vacation and had a chance to enjoy the storms in person rather than being in the studio during them. We chatted a few minutes and said our goodbyes as the precip started to reach us..

When the rain hit it came down hard and fast , within minutes streets were starting to flood over, As we headed back for the house bri decided to check something out near his house and WOW, looked like a small waterfall pouring out from behind his yard, water was a few inches deep about 10 ft wide and was moving very fast.

Probably due to a storm drain back there being clogged.

Power outages, Flooded and closed roads and tons of lightning strikes were common around the Lexington area this afternoon... with the front hanging around the region well just have to wait and see what we get tomorrow....

Until next time












































1.5 inches of rain in less than an hour caused excessive runoff issues across the county






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