{"id":13623,"date":"2015-02-19T12:26:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T17:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=13623"},"modified":"2015-02-19T12:26:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T17:26:39","slug":"winter-storm-threat-friday-and-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=13623","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm Threat Friday and Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good afternoon, everyone. I’m going with a Winter Storm THREAT for Friday and Saturday as a developing storm system takes aim at the region. This has the potential<\/strong> to bring widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain to the bluegrass state.<\/p>\n

A Winter Storm THREAT is basically my version of a watch. It doesn’t mean the event is a lock, but it means my confidence is growing. If it continues to grow, I would upgrade to an Alert. If my confidence decreases, I would simply call off the dogs.<\/p>\n

We continue to see the models finally figuring out the depth of the arctic and the snow pack across our region. So, instead of a strong low cutting to our west, they’re now spitting out a flatter solution that’s farther south. This is exactly what I’ve been talking about for the past several days. That doesn’t mean I’m right, but the model trend is undeniable.<\/p>\n

The NAM is all in on a significant winter storm. Here’s the latest snowfall map…<\/p>\n

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Sleet and freezing rain show up well on the same model run…<\/p>\n

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The GFS is also going toward a pretty significant hit. The snowfall map…<\/p>\n

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Here’s the sleet and freezing rain forecast from the same run…<\/p>\n

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Both models are still trying to produce some rain with all this, too. It’s important to note… those are computer forecast models that are subject to change with future runs. With the potential for so many different precipitation types occurring with this storm, you shouldn’t take any one map to heart. This will be a tricky accumulation forecast!<\/p>\n

I will try to tackle that forecast with the First Call For Snowfall\/Ice on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm. I will also update things later this evening.<\/p>\n

Stay warm and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good afternoon, everyone. I’m going with a Winter Storm THREAT for Friday and Saturday as a developing storm system takes aim at the region. This has the potential to bring widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain to the bluegrass state. A Winter Storm THREAT is basically my version of a watch. It doesn’t mean the […]<\/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-13623","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\/13623","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=13623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}