{"id":13478,"date":"2015-02-13T02:05:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T07:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=13478"},"modified":"2015-02-13T02:05:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T07:05:13","slug":"arctic-cold-and-snow-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=13478","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Cold and Snow Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Friday to one and all. We’re making our way into our big Valentine’s weekend and tracking a lot of winter weather. It’s a pattern that looks very harsh for much of the country over the next few weeks with no signs of an early spring anywhere to be found.<\/p>\n

Today is fairly tranquil when compared to what’s on the way. Highs today will mainly be in the mid and upper 20s with gusty winds making it feel even colder. Clouds will battle it out some some rays of suns and a few flurries may even dance around.<\/p>\n

Our arctic boundary for Valentine’s Day looks stout…<\/p>\n

\"NAM\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s how that looks to play out…<\/p>\n

– Temps spike toward the 30s by late in the morning as winds increase ahead of the front.<\/p>\n

– The front surges in during the afternoon with temps dropping 15-20 degrees in an hour or two.<\/p>\n

– Snow showers and squalls will be likely behind this front. Some accumulations will be a good bet and that could cause some travel troubles because of slick spots and reduced visibilities.<\/p>\n

– Temps by Saturday evening will be ugly…<\/p>\n

\"GFS<\/p>\n

Sunday morning readings will likely drop into the 0 to 5 above range with wind chills from -5 to -15 possible.<\/p>\n

High temps on Sunday will only be in the teens with an increase in clouds. Those clouds are ahead of a potential snow maker streaking in here from Sunday evening into Monday. The latest trend with this system is to make it stronger with more moisture.Here’s how the NAM sees this…<\/p>\n

\"NAM<\/a> \"NAM<\/a>The European Model…<\/p>\n

\"Euro\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Euro<\/a><\/p>\n

The UKMET has the low farther north into southern Tennessee with the arctic high across the Great Lakes by Monday evening…<\/p>\n

\"UKMET\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The GFS isn’t as robust with thatsystem, but has much more juice than what prior runs were showing…<\/p>\n

\"GFS\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Whatever moisture comes with this system, it will be falling into arctic air in place across the state. That will help maximize snowfall ratios.<\/p>\n

With much more of a system showing up from late Sunday into Monday, that keeps the next system much weaker and farther south and east for Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Let’s see if this late Sunday into Monday system continues to show up stronger with future model runs. Regardless… it gets bitterly cold again for the middle and end of next week.<\/p>\n

I will update things later today. Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good Friday to one and all. We’re making our way into our big Valentine’s weekend and tracking a lot of winter weather. It’s a pattern that looks very harsh for much of the country over the next few weeks with no signs of an early spring anywhere to be found. Today is fairly tranquil when […]<\/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-13478","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\/13478","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=13478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}