{"id":16082,"date":"2015-11-04T02:09:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T07:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=16082"},"modified":"2015-11-04T02:09:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T07:09:22","slug":"tracking-a-friday-cold-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=16082","title":{"rendered":"Tracking A Friday Cold Front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday, everyone. Mild weather rolls on for the next couple of days, but a strong cold front is ready to put an end to that. That front arrives in town on Friday with gusty showers and thunderstorms and a seasonal brand of chilly air behind it.<\/p>\n<p>There is still the chance to squeeze out an isolated shower or two today or Thursday. A mix of sun and clouds will be noted with temps back in the 70s.<\/p>\n<p>A strong line of thunderstorms sweeps into western Kentucky Thursday night. Some of those storms could actually be severe with high winds the main threat. That line will then weaken as it works across the state on Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16080\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS4.png\" alt=\"GFS\" width=\"792\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS4.png 792w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS4-300x97.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winds will be very gusty as colder air sweeps in behind this slow moving front. That front may be just slow enough to keep a few showers going into Saturday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16081\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS-22.png\" alt=\"GFS 2\" width=\"786\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS-22.png 786w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS-22-300x97.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a seasonal blast of cold air coming in for the weekend with highs generally in the low and mid 50s. Lows by Sunday and Monday may drop into the upper 20s.<\/p>\n<p>Temps will only slowly recover into early next week before another system works in by the second half of the week. The models continue to show another significant system&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16086\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS5.png\" alt=\"GFS\" width=\"393\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS5.png 393w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS5-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS has another seasonal chill coming in behind that, but the Canadian Model is much colder with some nearby flakes flying&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Canadian-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16084\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Canadian-22.png\" alt=\"Canadian 2\" width=\"867\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Canadian-22.png 867w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Canadian-22-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new European Model also shows a potent storm system leading to a bit of a wintry look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Euro2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16089\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Euro2.png\" alt=\"Euro\" width=\"839\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Euro2.png 839w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Euro2-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s some pretty good\u00a0cold air swinging in behind that. Check out the 850mb temps diving in from the northwest&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Euro-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16088\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Euro-22.png\" alt=\"Euro 2\" width=\"364\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Euro-22.png 364w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Euro-22-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS continues to see a major amplification of the jet stream a few days after that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS-23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16085\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS-23.png\" alt=\"GFS 2\" width=\"654\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS-23.png 654w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/GFS-23-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You now have a few models suggesting our first chance for flakes coming sometime around the middle of the month. That fits well with the time I&#8217;ve been saying to watch for such a setup. One of my flaws early in the cold weather season is to see where a pattern is going, but rushing it along a little too quickly. See, I can admit I have a flaw&#8230;. But just that one! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>See you later today for an update. Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday, everyone. Mild weather rolls on for the next couple of days, but a strong cold front is ready to put an end to that. That front arrives in town on Friday with gusty showers and thunderstorms and a seasonal brand of chilly air behind it. 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