{"id":13576,"date":"2015-02-17T02:12:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T07:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=13576"},"modified":"2015-02-17T02:12:10","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T07:12:10","slug":"more-snow-and-record-cold-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=13576","title":{"rendered":"More snow and record cold on the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, everyone. The snow dome came tumbling down on Monday as a major winter storm pounded the bluegrass state with record snows for some. Much of the state picked up double digit snow totals with parts of the east seeing up to 18&#8243;.<\/p>\n<p>This marked the first widespread double digit snowstorm since February 1998. Something about that line sounds familiar.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WKYTRulesWinter?src=hash\">#WKYTRulesWinter<\/a> for a reason. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Kentuckyweather\">@kentuckyweather<\/a> Winter Forecast (Nov. 20, 2014). Many thanks to him and all of <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WKYT\">@WKYT<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/YxPTimc9YP\">pic.twitter.com\/YxPTimc9YP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Bailey (@_andrewbailey_) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/_andrewbailey_\/status\/567483322281259008\">February 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>I should probably just quit forecasting at this point and walk away\u00a0on a high note. Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;m still here and will blow\u00a0a forecast\u00a0soon enough to make you forget all\u00a0about that. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Ok, let&#8217;s get down to\u00a0business because we have some serious weather rolling in. Temps this morning may actually start out\u00a0below zero for some areas. Afternoon highs will reach the upper teens and low\u00a020s as clouds\u00a0roll back in. Those clouds are ahead of another strong arctic system that is likely to produce snow\u00a0late tonight through Wednesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GFS22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13580\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GFS22.png\" alt=\"GFS\" width=\"804\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GFS22.png 804w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GFS22-300x144.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s ugly and will likely put down another 1&#8243;-4&#8243; of snow across the state. Winds will be\u00a0gusty and could hit 30-35mph at times with blowing and drifting snow a good possibility. Temps will stay in the low and mid teens for most of the day. Wow!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of wow&#8230;\u00a0the computer\u00a0model temps for Thursday into Friday are frightening.\u00a0Check out the low temps from the GFS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GFS-Temps10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13579\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GFS-Temps10.png\" alt=\"GFS Temps\" width=\"514\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GFS-Temps10.png 514w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GFS-Temps10-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not only would\u00a0daily records be shattered, but monthly and all time records would be in jeopardy. For perspective&#8230;\u00a0the coldest temperature ever recorded in Lexington is -21. The GFS has -28\u00a0as the Friday morning low.<\/p>\n<p>The European Model\u00a0also has temps getting\u00a0into the -20 range\u00a0during the exact same time.<\/p>\n<p>You should take all\u00a0necessary precautions to get ready for these\u00a0brutally cold temps!<\/p>\n<p>The weekend looks interesting as another storm system targets our region for winter weather.\u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0just now beginning to really look at this setup and it has the look of snow and ice in our region. The\u00a0European Model shows where the winter weather sets up through the weekend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Euro12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13581\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Euro12.png\" alt=\"Euro\" width=\"676\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Euro12.png 676w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Euro12-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian is similar&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Canadian10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13578\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Canadian10.png\" alt=\"Canadian\" width=\"748\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Canadian10.png 748w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Canadian10-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to get too specific on this system until I can devote more time to studying it\u00a0today.<\/p>\n<p>For the fun of it, look what the European Model says follows this system into\u00a0next week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Euro-26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13582\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Euro-26.png\" alt=\"Euro 2\" width=\"604\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Euro-26.png 604w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Euro-26-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week I said we were likely heading into a memorable\u00a0period of winter weather. I was wrong&#8230; this period will likely\u00a0be remembered as historic.<\/p>\n<p>Regular updates return later today. Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, everyone. The snow dome came tumbling down on Monday as a major winter storm pounded the bluegrass state with record snows for some. Much of the state picked up double digit snow totals with parts of the east seeing up to 18&#8243;. This marked the first widespread double digit snowstorm since February 1998. 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