{"id":21404,"date":"2016-12-22T02:09:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T07:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=21404"},"modified":"2016-12-22T02:09:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T07:09:13","slug":"watching-christmas-weekend-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=21404","title":{"rendered":"Watching Christmas Weekend And Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. We are tracking a cold front across the region today, but this isn&#8217;t the system everyone is interested in. It&#8217;s the one blowing into town for the Christmas weekend. This will bring a surge of rain and milder air before winter battles back for the final week of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s front can spawn a snow flurry or two this afternoon and evening. Highs will be a little cooler with upper 30s to low 40s.<\/p>\n<p>Rain arrives at the start of the big Christmas weekend. This means some nasty travel conditions from late Friday into Christmas Eve. Locally heavy downpours are possible during this time and the models are spitting out some decent totals.<\/p>\n<p>The new 3km NAM goes through Saturday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=21403\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21403\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21403\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NAM-21.png\" alt=\"nam\" width=\"658\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NAM-21.png 658w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NAM-21-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the GFS rainfall forecast through Christmas Eve&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=21402\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21402\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21402\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GFS-16.png\" alt=\"gfs\" width=\"719\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GFS-16.png 719w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GFS-16-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christmas Day will see a few showers around, but it&#8217;s not going to rain all day. Temps will rise through the 50s and could hit 60. Those temps will continue into Monday as a cold front swings in here. That should have a band of gusty rains along and ahead of it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=21406\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21406\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21406\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Canadian-25.png\" alt=\"canadian\" width=\"433\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Canadian-25.png 433w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Canadian-25-290x300.png 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps return to near normal behind that front, but another system makes a run at us a few days later. That unleashes colder air to as we round out the final days of the year&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=21407\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21407\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21407\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-2-21.png\" alt=\"euro-2\" width=\"1144\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-2-21.png 1144w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-2-21-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-2-21-768x283.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-2-21-1024x377.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That may be able to deliver some flurries and snow showers, too.<\/p>\n<p>The European Model continues to trend much, much colder in the final days of the year. Check out this arctic blast diving into the country&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=21408\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21408\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21408\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-3-11.png\" alt=\"euro-3\" width=\"1268\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-3-11.png 1268w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-3-11-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-3-11-768x285.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-3-11-1024x380.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That happens in response to this monster ridge developing\u00a0off the west coast of Canada and into Alaska&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=21409\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21409\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21409\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-4-7.png\" alt=\"euro-4\" width=\"507\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-4-7.png 507w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Euro-4-7-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, something similar led to our harsh winter periods of the past 3 years. If that block is real, then the ensuing pattern is likely to be an attention getter.<\/p>\n<p>I will update things later today. Enjoy your Thursday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. We are tracking a cold front across the region today, but this isn&#8217;t the system everyone is interested in. It&#8217;s the one blowing into town for the Christmas weekend. This will bring a surge of rain and milder air before winter battles back for the final week of the year. 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