{"id":13663,"date":"2015-02-21T14:40:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T19:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=13663"},"modified":"2015-02-21T14:43:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T19:43:26","slug":"harsh-winter-pattern-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=13663","title":{"rendered":"Harsh Winter Pattern Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Saturday afternoon, everyone. The past 7 days in the bluegrass state have been nothing short of amazing and historic. Let’s review:<\/p>\n

– We started the week with the biggest snowstorm in nearly 2 decades.<\/p>\n

– That was followed up by a 2″-5″ snowstorm that helped give us one of the deepest snow packs on record.<\/p>\n

– Every single day featured single digit temps or colder.<\/p>\n

– History making cold moved in for Thursday and Friday with records absolutely smashed.<\/p>\n

– Friday morning gave us some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded in the state of Kentucky.<\/p>\n

– Last night and today… another winter storm slammed the region with sleet, freezing rain and snow.<\/p>\n

This is a week that is now legendary and one that will be the standard bearer for years to come.<\/p>\n

Yet, some people are complaining it hasn’t been bad enough. If that’s you… you should probably take a step back and reexamine your life. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Let’s see where we go from here and start with what’s left from our current winter storm. This thing is an absolute beast with the amount of precipitation it’s producing and the temperature profiles. Not a whole lot of consistency with the profiles and that’s why you are seeing random places in different corners of the state getting heavy snow.<\/p>\n

Heavy rain, snow melt and ice clogged waterways will lead to high water issues for some in western and southern Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Temps will drop below freezing tonight and that will make everything ice up… use caution if you’re out driving.<\/p>\n

From there… it’s more harsh winter weather. Another shot of arctic air moves in late Sunday into Sunday night and could produce some light snowflakes…<\/p>\n

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That brings in another round of single digits and possible below zero numbers…<\/p>\n

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Another arctic front sweeps in on Wednesday with some snow showers. Guess what follows that up?<\/p>\n

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We’re already on pace for one of the coldest Februarys on record… the week ahead of us will only push us closer to the top.<\/p>\n

A few days ago, I started talking about another signal for a winter weather even showing up for the end of next week into the weekend. That signal is still there and is a littler stronger. A storm system shows up on all the models…<\/p>\n

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If you are tired of the harsh winter weather… I wish I had some better news. This looks to continue deep into March!<\/p>\n

At this rate, many schools will be in session through June, again. That leads me into this song that teachers should love. It even gives your friendly weatherdude a shout out…<\/p>\n