Officials in more than a quarter of Kentucky’s 120 counties have declared burn bans, thanks to very little rain the last few weeks. Philomon Geertson is the lead meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Jackson.
“Most of eastern Kentucky is abnormally dry at this point and there are some small areas of moderate drought and that’s been quite a change from what we’ve seen earlier in the year. We saw a very wet winter and spring and early summer,” he said.
Geertson said by early August, some parts of eastern Kentucky were already close to receiving their annual rainfall averages. Since then, there’s been little rain, but Geertson said some help is on the way.
“We do have a system that's kind of working into our area over the next couple of days, and that will culminate with a cold frontal passage on Thursday, and that does look to bring at least some rainfall to most areas,” he said.
Geertson said much of eastern Kentucky should receive at least a half-inch of rain Thursday, with some areas getting between an inch and two inches.
