Communities in Kentucky have seen record-high readings during the day and overnight this week. The heat wave could have lingering effects.
Temperatures are predicted to reach into the mid to upper 90’s through Thursday. Megan Schargorodski is the state climatologist. She said this heat wave is quite unusual.
“This is usually something we don’t see until later in the summer when we start seeing some of the drop off in rainfall,” said Schargorodski.
Schargorodski said there’s a dome of high pressure over the Commonwealth, but it’s hard to say why it is positioned here now. The head of the Kentucky Climate Center noted, after a short break this weekend, the upper 90’s could return next week and maybe even beyond that. The state climatologist doesn’t anticipate hitting 100 degrees because it’s not been an extended dry period.
Here's more of the conversation with State Climatologist Megan Schargorodski:
