Dangerous Day Today Across Greater Cincinnati

4:30 AM - CVG: 65°, Overcast

HIGH WIND WARNING 10 AM TO 8 PM TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA

Expect today to be a VERY DANGEROUS day across the Tri-State Area.

A HIGH WIND WARNING was issued just before 4 AM for the NWS Wilmington forecast area. The NWS says winds could gust upwards of 60 mph today, with damage likely.

As if that were not enough, we are also under a HIGH RISK (west) and MODERATE RISK (east) of severe thunderstorms today. The Storm Prediction Center says that a line of storms, currently to the west of St. Louis, will rake through the area around early afternoon. The line, and any storms that precede it, will be capable of any of the following:

-- Damaging winds, potentially upwards of 70 mph

-- Strong, potentially long-lived tornadoes

-- Hail upwards of 1" in diameter

Any storms should sweep east rapidly, and be gone by mid-evening. This front will usher in drier, cooler air - highs will not surpass 70 degrees after one final gasp tomorrow, at least for the next week, and possibly longer.

Because of the fluid situation, please follow me on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/NKYWx for the very latest updates all day long, including any damage reports I receive.

Also, if you have pictures of damage in your area, you may either tweet them to me, or send them to the email address to the right of this blog post.

~Jeremy Moses

HIGH FIRE DANGER Sunday

3:45 AM CVG 53°, Fair Skies

Good Sunday Morning,

A heightened fire danger exists for Sunday across the Tri-State area, as low relative humidity, combined with the current Severe Drought we're experiencing and highs that could approach a record of 89 degrees create dangerous fire conditions. (Interesting fact: Yesterday at 3 PM, the relative humidity was at 13...yes THIRTEEN percent - dewpoints were in the middle 30's with temperatures around 86°! Comfortable, yes - but dangerous for fires.) Remember, a few weeks ago several fires started in Indiana and Kentucky and at times got out of control...luckily, they didn't do major damage.

That fire danger may persist for parts of Kentucky on Monday, particularly near and SOUTH of Interstate 64. For Cincinnati, a cooler air mass begins to settle in, and humidities should increase as well. Unfortunately, this cooler air mass won't have much in the way of precipitation with it, in fact little to none. Also unfortunately, we don't see massive changes for at least the next week...I wish I had better news on that front but it doesn't look like there's any change, anytime soon.