{"id":22519,"date":"2017-02-06T19:29:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T00:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=22519"},"modified":"2017-02-06T19:29:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T00:29:53","slug":"monday-evening-update-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=22519","title":{"rendered":"Monday Evening Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good evening, gang. March weather keeps on dominating our winter pattern with lots of ups and downs rolling on. The setup out there tonight into Tuesday can deliver high winds to go along with strong to severe thunderstorms.<\/p>\n

The initial threat this evening is across the western half of the state, then rolls eastward later tonight through Tuesday. Damaging winds and some hail are the primary players. I will get your tracking tools in a bit.<\/p>\n

Let’s talk about the interesting setup for Wednesday and Thursday. Colder air continues to seep in from the northwest and that will set up one heck of a temp gradient. I can see the southeast hitting the 60s at the same time the 30s are showing up in the north and west.<\/p>\n

As the cold air pushes in, a wave of low pressure develops with an increase in rain and snow. As the low deepens to our east, northwesterly winds would cause snow showers and flurries into Thursday morning. Here’s the GFS…<\/p>\n

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The European Model also shows some snow…<\/p>\n

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That’s a healthy cold shot moving in, but it doesn’t have staying power. As a matter of fact, it gets totally wiped out by Friday as southwesterly winds kick back in. That brings the well above normal temps back in here for the weekend…<\/p>\n

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Highs in the 60s will be likely with the potential for showers and thunderstorms increasing. That’s ahead of a cold front that slows down across the region. The models indicate a big piece of upper level energy hanging back across the southwestern part of the country.<\/p>\n

Watch how the European Model then ejects that system out and tries to form a big winter system next week…<\/p>\n

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We are not going to get out of this setup without paying a price to Old Man Winter.<\/p>\n

Here are your evening weather trackers…<\/p>\n

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