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Groundhog says spring in 2 more weeks!

First to recap this historic storm which produced tremendous amounts of ice and snow to our northwest along with very gusty winds for most of the country. for regional recaps follow these links....

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to far west for snow tonight

Sorry for the delay with getting an updated forecast out. I’ve known  since this morning this is going to far west for snow. In my last post i discussed the westward model trend well the upper low is...

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Snow Monday and thinking north for later in the week

Right now my thinking matches up well with the 12z ECMWF and JMA from Saturday for later in the week and the Sunday 00z GFS for Monday. Today should be a mostly cloudy day with highs in the 40′s ahead...

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Cold and Snow Give Way to Major Warmup

Last week proved to be a very cold and snowy one in the Bowling Green area, with near-record lows and two separate accumulating snowfall events. First, on Monday, morning rain quickly changed to wet...

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Cloudy Monday(2/21)….Showers?

Highlights: -Warm air and southwesterly flow bringing in higher temperatures -Chance of showers increasing through the day on Monday. -Cooler temperatures on Tues. Discussion: After warm frontal...

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Rain..Rain..

Highlights: -Major rainmaker on tap for Thursday -Cooler temperatures on Friday -Active pattern setting up for next week Forecast: Warm front will move north past Bowling Green early Thursday Morning,...

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Winter Just wont go away!

HIghlights - Continued Cool Temperatures - Rain Chances Tues into Wed - Warm up expected next weekend Forecast Discussion Currently the upper level impusle that affected our weather last night is...

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Blah weather continues…..

Highlights -Upper level trough keeping temps down on Thursday. -Disturbance will bring slight chance of rain on Thursday night and Friday. -Ridging and southwesterly flow returning by Sunday. Forecast...

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Severe Storms Possible Tomorrow

Summary: -Severe weather possible in the early afternoon hours tomorrow -Damaging winds currently expected to be the main threat -Cooler temperatures tomorrow night and Tuesday A strong upper-level...

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Severe Weather Recap

As expected, a large severe weather outbreak took place over the southeastern U.S. yesterday. However, it turned out to be even bigger than expected, with over 1,200 instances of severe weather...

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More Severe Weather Chances This Weekend

According to the Storm Prediction Center, the Bowling Green area has a chance of seeing severe weather each of the next 3 days. Here’s the convective outlook for tomorrow: The severe threat tomorrow...

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Severe Threat Decreasing; Near-Record Highs Tomorrow

The severe weather threat for Sunday evening / Monday morning advertised earlier this week now appears to be much smaller than initially thought. Both the GFS and the NAM have pushed back the timing of...

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Severe Chances Fri?

Highlights • Approaching low pressure system will bring clouds Thursday night • Severe weather threat on Fri, with more moderate/heavy rain possible. • Highs in mid 50′s on Saturday, returning to the...

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Severe Weather Possible Late Tuesday.

Highlights -Big Warm-up through Tues. -Severe weather potential Tuesday Night into Wed. -Heavy rain not out of the question Tues. night into Wed. Forecast As the trough that affected last weekend’s...

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forecast for first half of week

Highighlights: - frontal boundary to remain in region throughout forecast period - periods of thunderstorms each day with severe weather threats - risk for flash flooding by Wednesday night Discussion:...

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forecast for weekend

Highlights - scattered showers and storms still in the forecast for Thursday - much welcomed dry period Friday and Saturday - another frontal system Sunday Forecast: The frontal boundary which produced...

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WKU’s Field Methods in Weather Analysis and Forecasting Trip

Hello blog readers… I am happy to report that our annual Fields Methods class has already embarked on our trip across the Great Plains in search of weather and greater understanding. With any luck (and...

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Field Methods Class–Day 1

The first day of the class started early in Tulsa, OK where the students were learning the daily rituals of the trip.  Each morning the students will conduct their own individual surface analysis and...

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Field Methods Class–Day 1 Recap

The class nailed the forecast target area where cells fired up early afternoon and dropped two tornadoes.  However, they were high precipitation super cells so unless we got dangerously close we would...

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Field Methods–Day 2 Recap

On Friday morning our group woke up in Salina, KS where we discussed possible targets for storms for the day. An MCS came through in the morning causing cloud cover in most of eastern Kansas, limiting...

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