July 7, 2008: 7:15pm

The forecast tonight for this next system will be broken down a bit into different areas...

Entire area:

The rain is over for tonight...NO HAZARDS

For tomorrow, isolated storms are possible during the day, but the heat will be the main story. Highs will be from 90 to 93...CODE YELLOW

(Note: Lows for the next week will average from 70-75...)

The main weather story will be a front that will move into the area, and stall somewhere from southern Indiana to the Kentucky/Tennessee border. This will effect our weather from Tuesday night through Thursday morning...CODE RED for parts of the area...see below discussion

After that, the weather will calm down and heat up...with highs from Friday-Monday in the lower to middle 90's. An isolated storm or two can be expected each day in this period. Humidity will be high, so heat indexes could reach 100...CODE ORANGE

Remember, there is a code PURPLE and WHITE, which are worse than red...

Regionalized forecast for Tuesday night-Thursday morning:

West-central, parts of south-central Indiana, and northwest Kentucky:

This area is west of a line from Seymour, IN to Salem, IN to Corydon, IN to Brandenburg, KY to Leitchfield, KY...

These areas are under a code red for the potential for more heavy rain. This morning, 2-3 inches fell in this area. With the stationary front effecting the weather, heavy rain is again possible Tuesday late night-Wednesday afternoon. A flood watch may be issued for these areas, as around 1-2 inches of rain is possible over these areas in Indiana. Northwest Kentucky could see anywhere front 2-3 inches.

These totals will all change depending on where the front stalls...if it stalls over the Ohio River, anywhere from Seymour to E'town will see the biggest rains.

My assumption is that the front will stall in somewhere in central Kentucky...

The rain will end early Thursday morning...with not much more heavy rainfall amounts expected...

The rest of southcentral Indiana and north-central Kentucky:

This area is along and east of the previously mentioned line...

Heavy rain is possible over this area as well, but not to the extent as to the west of this area.

1-2 inches is likely over southern Indiana and the north central Kentucky counties bordering the Ohio River, with 2-3 inches likely south of there.

Of course, this could all change with the front movement. New update tomorrow...

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Hurricane Bertha is a CAT 3 with 115 mph winds, but poses NO HAZARD to the United States...

Alex C.