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Ryan Hoke
Louisville, Kentucky
Ryan is the newest member of the WAVE 3 Storm Tracking Team in Louisville, Kentucky. He earned his degree in meteorology from Mississippi State University and has previously been a weathercaster at a TV station in Jackson, Tennessee. Ryan's on-air work has received award recognition from the National Weather Association, American Meteorological Society, and Broadcast Education Association. As a Louisville native he's thrilled to be back home forecasting weather in his home town!
Interests: weather, weather forecasting, computers, gadgets, technology, digital video, world travel, photography, storm chasing
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(5/24) Dodging Memorial Day Showers, Then Warming Up
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How about those cooler temperatures out there this morning? We got down to 50 degrees here in Louisville just before 7am but we're now steadily climbing up to our high of 70 for this afternoon. High pressure behind yesterday's front... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Weather Blog
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(5/23) Interactive Map of the Moore, OK Tornado Path
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Monday's devastating EF-5 tornado left a scar on the landscape and families in Moore, Oklahoma. Below is an interactive Google Crisis Map that contains a satellite image of the damage path along with survey points, photos, and details from the... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Weather Blog
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(5/23) Memorial Day Weekend Preview
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A cold front moving through Kentuckiana today will make for a cooler afternoon with a chance of showers. Not everyone is going to see the rain as showers will be scattered. We're looking at highs today in the lower 70's... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Weather Blog
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(5/19) Storm Chase - Day 6: Wrap Up
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It's been a crazy 48 hours and I'm just now able to post about my last day of storm chasing from Friday. We got back to Oklahoma City at 2am on Saturday after quite a long chase day in Texas.... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Weather Blog
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(5/17) Storm Chase - Day 6: Down to the Wire
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This is the last day of my storm chase out here in the Great Plains. Yesterday we went to the Shreveport, Louisiana area to chase storms but came up short when a line of showers and storms gave birth to... Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(5/16) Storm Chase - Day 5: ArkLaTex Chase Today
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It's a somber moring for us as we make our way eastward for today's storms. Last night and this morning we were saddened to hear of the destruction from the supercell storms that developed east of us in Texas. NWS... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(5/15) Storm Chase - Day 4: Even Better Storms Today
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Yesterday's storms in Texas were pretty good, but today's could be even better! An eastward push of the dryline, which acts like a front between moist air to the east and dry air to the west , will create lift... Continue reading
Posted May 15, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(5/14) Storm Chase - Day 3: Great Storms in Texas Today!
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Our day started out in Del Rio, Texas where we began driving north to our target area just south of Midland and Odessa, Texas. While on our way there we crossed over the Pecos River Bridge just north of Del... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(5/14) Storm Chase - Day 3: Seeking Out Storms in Texas
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Yesterday we drove from San Antonio to Del Rio, Texas since we had a sliver of a chance of seeing a storm move from the mountains of Northeast Mexico near the US border region where we were. While those storms... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(5/13) Storm Chase - Day 2: San Antonio
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This morning we're in San Antonio to do some sightseeing since storms will not be developing today. We'll visit places like the Alamo, the San Antonio River Walk, and more. This is always a fun place to stop over while... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(5/12) Storm Chase - Day 1: To Texas We Go
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This morning all 20 of us piled into our vans and now we're on our way to Texas from Oklahoma City as we begin our storm chasing adventure for the week. We're heading down that way to do some sightseeing... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(5/11) Storm Chase: Leaving for Oklahoma City!
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This morning I'm on my way to Oklahoma City to meet up with Storm Chasing Adventure Tours for an exciting week of storm chasing. Folks from all over the world are flying in today to meet up with our group... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(5/10) Raining Cats, Dogs, Chickens, Elephants...
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Tomorrow I'm leaving for Oklahoma City to go on a week-long Great Plains storm chasing trip. Over the past six years I've traveled with a storm chasing tour company, providing weather briefings and storm commentary for our tour guests. These... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(5/2) Down-to-the-Wire Derby Forecast
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Oaks Through tonight and most of the day tomorrow we should be in pretty good shape. As the area of low pressure we've been talking about all week becomes cut-off in Arkansas a few showers will be possible on Friday... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(4/26) Latest Thoughts on Derby Week
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This post will focus on our weather next week going into the Kentucky Derby next weekend. If you're looking for discussion on this weekend's weather for the Balloon Race and the Marathon/Mini then be sure to check out Lauren Jones's... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(4/25) Frosty, Rainy, Warmer... In That Order!
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Calm winds and clear skies will once again set the stage for another widespread frost this evening. A Frost ADVISORY will be in effect for most of the area tomorrow from 2am to 9am. Low temperatures tomorrow morning will be... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(4/19) The Long Range: Warm Recovery, Then Cooler
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If you're looking for a Thunder Over Louisville forecast, check out Lauren Jones's blog post from this morning here. It's going to be a cool Thunder this year but at least we'll have clear skies with fairly calm winds for... Continue reading
Posted Apr 19, 2013 at Weather Blog
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INTERNS Insight! LATE UPDATE ON STORMS...
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"This post was composed by Intern Sid Abramson" I am in the station late tonight doing some other work and before I left-- I figured I would update on the latest SPC maps and late night data concerning the risk... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(4/12) - Warmer Weekend... Then Stormy Next Week
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It's cloudy. It's windy. Temperatures are in the mid 50's. Yeah, it's not fun out there. The area of low pressure that sent a cold front and rain through here yesterday is still hanging tough over the Great Lakes and... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(4/11) - Storm Potential Today
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Showers, some of them with some moderate rainfall, are continuing to move through Kentuckiana this afternoon. Lightning is staying south of the Kentucky border in Tennessee, but I can't rule out a lightning strike or two in the area with... Continue reading
Posted Apr 11, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(4/3) The '74 Super Outbreak Anniversary, Warmer Ahead
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Today is the 39th anniversary of the 1974 Super Outbreak that spawned 148 tornadoes from Michigan down to Alabama. A tornado was even recorded just east of Detroit in the province of Ontario, Canada. Kentuckiana was right in the middle... Continue reading
Posted Apr 3, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(3/26) Get This Winter Weather Outta Here!
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The cold and snow are getting old. We're almost a full week into spring and winter-like weather is staying past the welcome we've given it. Weather that we more commonly associate with spring is on the way but we'll have... Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(3/20) Why Does it Snow When it's Above Freezing?
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Growing up in Louisville I witnessed some incredibly wacky weather. I remember well the wind storms, ice storms, snow storms, and severe weather outbreaks that got me interested in weather in the first place as a kid. Even after witnessing... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(3/15) From Snow to Storms... Here Comes Spring!
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Yesterday evening we had snow across parts of Kentuckiana as a Clipper system moved through. We had reports of snow falling from Lawrence County, IN to Paoli to Floyds Knobs and even saw some snowflakes in Louisville! Our SkyTrack Cameras... Continue reading
Posted Mar 15, 2013 at Weather Blog
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(3/6) Spring Countdown!
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Spring is almost here! We're now two weeks away from the official start of spring, which is March 20th at 7:02am EDT. This is when the vernal equinox occurs, which is when the sun's rays are directly centered over the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2013 at Weather Blog
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