{"id":12637,"date":"2014-12-28T02:09:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T07:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=12637"},"modified":"2014-12-28T02:09:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T07:09:13","slug":"the-cold-slowly-takes-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=12637","title":{"rendered":"The Cold Slowly Takes Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Sunday, everyone. Our weekend is wrapping up with a cold rain working across the bluegrass state. This continues to show up on the leading edge of a major pattern change across North America. It looks nothing like what we&#8217;ve had for most of December and, instead, it looks more like what we had back in November.<\/p>\n<p>A potent cold front is slowly working across the state today and is knocking our temps down pretty quickly. Many areas should drop into the 30s as the day wears on. The latest GFS is even hinting at a brief period of light snow\u00a0on the back edge of the rain shield this afternoon and evening&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS35.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12638\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS35.png\" alt=\"GFS\" width=\"385\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS35.png 385w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS35-300x79.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will have to see if that is indeed picking up on something, but that was the trend last night behind the front to our west.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #292929;\">Current temperatures<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kymesonet.org\/wxmaps\/tair_f_large.png?nowtime=1325915126\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monday will feature temps in the upper 30s and low 40s with cloudy skies and the slightest chance for a drop or some flakes.<\/p>\n<p>The models diverge quite a bit late Monday night into Tuesday. That&#8217;s when the NAM develops another wave of low pressure just to out east and brings a period of light snow to central and eastern Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NAM19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12640\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NAM19.png\" alt=\"NAM\" width=\"391\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NAM19.png 391w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NAM19-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NAM-210.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12639\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NAM-210.png\" alt=\"NAM 2\" width=\"381\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NAM-210.png 381w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NAM-210-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a>The NAM is all alone in showing that scenario as the other models have that much weaker and farther east.<\/p>\n<p>The cold for the final day of the year means temps in the upper 20s and low 30s for highs with readings dropping into the upper teens and low 20s as the ball drops on 2015&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Canadian21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12641\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Canadian21.png\" alt=\"Canadian\" width=\"252\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That brings\u00a0us to the end of the week and trying to\u00a0figure out what happens to all that energy\u00a0digging into the southwest.\u00a0With so much arctic air across North America\u00a0and so much energy in the mix, the models\u00a0are all over the place. The current line of thinking is that we a lot of\u00a0that energy to come out at once with a dynamic storm system.\u00a0With\u00a0low-level cold air in place, overrunning moisture could lead to a little bit of everything\u00a0Thursday night into Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The European Model shows where it has winter precipitation falling on Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Euro-317.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12644\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Euro-317.png\" alt=\"Euro 3\" width=\"292\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe some ice with that for some areas?<\/p>\n<p>If all the energy does come out into one main storm system, that mess would change to rain late Friday into early Saturday. The European Model shows that setup well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Euro-219.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12643\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Euro-219.png\" alt=\"Euro 2\" width=\"977\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Euro-219.png 977w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Euro-219-300x106.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those images are from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. You will notice how quickly the cold air comes back in here from west to east.<\/p>\n<p>That is followed up by a true arctic cold front that unleashes a brutal air mass on the country. The leading edge of that is just getting into our region late next weekend. Here&#8217;s the European Model&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Euro-49.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12645\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Euro-49.png\" alt=\"Euro 4\" width=\"597\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Euro-49.png 597w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Euro-49-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0The GFS is even colder for the exact same time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-224.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12646\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-224.png\" alt=\"GFS 2\" width=\"589\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-224.png 589w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-224-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/a>Again.. this is a total reversal of the horrible pattern we&#8217;ve been in for much of December. Think of the upcoming period as this November on steroids. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I will update things later today&#8230; for real.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great Sunday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Sunday, everyone. Our weekend is wrapping up with a cold rain working across the bluegrass state. This continues to show up on the leading edge of a major pattern change across North America. It looks nothing like what we&#8217;ve had for most of December and, instead, it looks more like what we had back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}