{"id":12682,"date":"2014-12-30T12:23:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T17:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=12682"},"modified":"2014-12-30T12:23:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T17:23:13","slug":"tuesday-afternoon-update-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=12682","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Afternoon Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday afternoon, gang. Arctic air is controlling the weather across much of the country and that air is going to continue gain ground over the next week. These shots of air are already being felt across the bluegrass state. Wait, What?<\/p>\n<p>The temps are already busting numbers from the computer models, as expected. This is modified arctic air that is pushing in here into Wednesday. Don&#8217;t believe me? Trace where it originated and also look at dewpoint temps tomorrow. The models are actually forecasting single digit and BELOW ZERO dewpoints. That&#8217;s of arctic origin, folks. You don&#8217;t have to have actual thermometers at a gazillion below zero for air to be considered arctic in nature.<\/p>\n<p>Ok&#8230; rant over. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The storm system for the end of the week continues to look about the same as what it did with the last update. I actually like what the GFS is doing with some very light frozen precipitation possible early Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS39.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12688\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS39.png\" alt=\"GFS\" width=\"551\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS39.png 551w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS39-300x82.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That action should dissipate during the afternoon and evening as our storm system gets set to work across the state over the weekend. That means a big temperature swing is likely with mainly rain and wind Saturday with crashing temps, high winds and snow showers for Sunday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-228.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12683\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-228.png\" alt=\"GFS 2\" width=\"649\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-228.png 649w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-228-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out where the temps wind up by Sunday evening&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-315.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12684\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-315.png\" alt=\"GFS 3\" width=\"393\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-315.png 393w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-315-282x300.png 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Model is even colder with that air and takes temps even lower by Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s when our arctic boundary continues to settle to the south with possible snow makers working along it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-42.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12685\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-42.png\" alt=\"GFS 4\" width=\"264\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The temps associated with that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12686\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-5.png\" alt=\"GFS 5\" width=\"401\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-5.png 401w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-5-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new version of the GFS goes CRAZY cold&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-Temps6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12687\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-Temps6.png\" alt=\"GFS Temps\" width=\"565\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-Temps6.png 565w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GFS-Temps6-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230; I don&#8217;t think things get THAT out of control, but arctic shots are lining up to invade much of the country.<\/p>\n<p>I will have updates later today. Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday afternoon, gang. Arctic air is controlling the weather across much of the country and that air is going to continue gain ground over the next week. These shots of air are already being felt across the bluegrass state. Wait, What? The temps are already busting numbers from the computer models, as expected. 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