7/10 - 3pm - New Website, Traveling

I just launched my new website at http://ryanhoke.com and http://ryanweather.org. This new site will not feature weather forecasts for Louisville like Ryan Weather did, but you can still find all the archived forecast videos on there. My blog has also switched over from Ryan Weather as well, so I'll be blogging about weather news, college, and meteorology.

I'm going on vacation starting tomorrow and I won't be back for two weeks. I'll be sure to post when I come back, which will be only a couple weeks before I go down to Mississippi State. Busy month coming up!

7/9 - 7:45pm - Dry For Now, Rain Coming This Weekend

It's been nice and dry around here today, and it looks like we'll continue that trend with warmer temperatures tomorrow. Temperatures should hold steady in the upper 80's and lower 90's as we continue through the weekend, but rain chances will become an issue starting on Saturday. We'll see a daily chance for rain until Wednesday of next week, but I don't think we'll see rain on each one of those days.

The new replacement website for Ryan Weather is almost done and should be up and running tomorrow. Tomorrow will be my last Louisville weather blog post as well. I'll be on vacation for the next two weeks, and then I'll begin posting every few days about general weather topics and college.

7/8 - 11pm - Cranking Up the Heat

Sorry about the late post... today was our family's annual trip to King's Island in Ohio.

After a high of 86 today, we'll be seeing increasing temperatures as we approach the weekend. A disturbance passing through today actually did produce rain, and there are some heavier pockets of rain to our south right now. This should all clear out overnight and leave us with sunny skies until Saturday. Friday will be the hottest day this week, with highs reaching into the mid 90's.

Monday night was an excellent time to view the International Space Station as it passed over Louisville at around 10:41pm. Tonight was another viewing opportunity, but clouds prevented anyone from actually seeing the flyover. Take a look at the short video I made of the station flyover and the full moon from Monday night:



NOTE: If your computer is having trouble playing back this video smoothly, click the HD button on the video player to switch to a standard definition view.

7/7 - 1pm - Warm, Humid July Pattern Sets In

If you're a fan of the hot, humid, and sticky weather we experience every summer here in Kentuckiana, you're in luck. Temperatures rising into the mid 90's by late week will make things downright hot around here, but rain should put a damper on that for the weekend. A small disturbance will shoot through here on Wednesday as we warm up, but I don't expect any rain from it at this time. Next week still looks wet compared to this week.

Mississippi State University posted a nice press release yesterday about a scholarship I and five other incoming freshman received, click here.

7/6 - 3:45pm - Here Comes Some Hot Weather!

Looks like we're finally done with the rain for a little while here. High pressure forming off to our west will drive precipitation northward, which also means temperatures will be on the increase. Expect highs near 90 around the area tomorrow, with mid 90's entering the picture by the weekend. Our next rain chance will happen on Saturday as this pattern falls apart a bit, but it doesn't look like rain totals will be very high at this point.

More rain is possible next week, but temperatures shouldn't buckle like they did with last week's rain.

With only a few days left of operation, here are some interesting numbers about Ryan Weather:

2 live TV appearances
2 weather video awards
4 tornadoes witnessed with Storm Chasing Adventure Tours
30 months of website operations
106 video forecasts
265 minutes (estimated) of video forecasts
818 blog posts
1,000 blog visits during Hurricane Ike Wind Storm 2008
3,500 blog visits during Ice Storm 2009
14,337 website visits since May 2007
21,884 blog visits since November 2007

7/4 - 5pm - The Final Video Forecast

Rain is falling and will really affect any Independence Day plans you may have. Fireworks will be a wet ordeal and nature may provide some of its own with thunder and lightning. Looks pretty dry after today!



This video was made in high definition thanks to a new camera I just received. If your computer is having trouble playing this video back smoothly, click the HD button on the video player to turn off high definition and revert to a standard definition version. You can also view this video in its highest resolution by clicking the full screen button on the video player.

This is my last video forecast with Ryan Weather. It's time to transition the website to an online resume and archive so I can start getting serious about my meteorology career in college. It's been great fun learning more about weather and broadcasting over the past two and a half years, and I thank everyone for tuning in and looking at my website!

7/3 - 9:15am - Storm Chasing Documentary, July 4th Forecast

I've been hard at work going through and editing more than two hours of video I shot during my storm chasing trip. Here's my final product, a much leaner 22 minutes and 30 seconds:



On to the July 4th forecast.... It looks like we may make out okay for any afternoon and early evening festivities during Independence Day. There may be a few scattered thunderstorms ahead of this front, but they should only temporarily halt any outdoor plans before they move off. Highs around the area should hover around 80, which could make this the most comfortable July 4th in Louisville in many years. The main rain comes after midnight on Saturday, with rainfall totals over one inch according to the HPC. There's still a little bit of wiggle room between the models on when exactly this rain will start, but the general conclusion is that it will happen after midnight. So as long as you get those fireworks shows in before late evening, things should stay dry.

We'll see a small chance for rain on Sunday with the exit of this system, but the rest of next week will be dry with highs in the 80's!