{"id":17485,"date":"2016-01-27T12:28:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=17485"},"modified":"2016-01-27T12:28:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:28:44","slug":"a-few-midday-thoughts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=17485","title":{"rendered":"A Few Midday Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, gang. It&#8217;s a cloudy and cold day for many of us across Kentucky, but a short mild-up is on the way for the coming weekend. As I&#8217;ve mentioned many times, it&#8217;s not going to last very long and the recent model runs are going nuts with the cold that follows.<\/p>\n<p>Before I get into that, let me say a big thank you for everything you did with our recent wind driven winter storm. You made last week the busiest week in the history of this site with nearly 1.5 million visits. I really need to sell local ads on this thing and retire. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>One snow shower maker moves in Thursday night and Friday morning. After that, it&#8217;s game on for the big weekend warm up. This leads us into a potent storm system moving our way late Monday and Tuesday. This could be a big thunderstorm and wind maker for our region&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS34.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17484\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS34.png\" alt=\"GFS\" width=\"641\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS34.png 641w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS34-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The air coming in behind that is MUCH colder&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-224.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17481\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-224.png\" alt=\"GFS 2\" width=\"406\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-224.png 406w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-224-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wraparound snows will be possible as that northwesterly flow kicks in for the second half of the week.<\/p>\n<p>The models are all going gangbuster with the cold shots that follow that up. The GFS even brings the PV into the United States&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-38.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17482\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-38.png\" alt=\"GFS 3\" width=\"1285\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-38.png 1285w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-38-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-38-1024x329.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1285px) 100vw, 1285px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brutal cold&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-42.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17483\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-42.png\" alt=\"GFS 4\" width=\"440\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-42.png 440w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GFS-42-300x284.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Ensembles are similar&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Canadian28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17479\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Canadian28.png\" alt=\"Canadian\" width=\"441\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Canadian28.png 441w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Canadian28-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The European Ensembles 5 day average temp anomalies at 850mb have a similar look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Euro34.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17480\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Euro34.png\" alt=\"Euro\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Euro34.png 1024w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Euro34-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buckle up for a wild winter ride as we get into February. It has that extreme look to it&#8230; Again.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the afternoon and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, gang. It&#8217;s a cloudy and cold day for many of us across Kentucky, but a short mild-up is on the way for the coming weekend. As I&#8217;ve mentioned many times, it&#8217;s not going to last very long and the recent model runs are going nuts with the cold that follows. 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