{"id":26647,"date":"2017-12-14T19:31:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T00:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=26647"},"modified":"2017-12-14T19:31:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T00:31:53","slug":"thursday-evening-update-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=26647","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Evening Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, gang. I wanted to drop by for an update on the busy pattern taking shape over the next few weeks. It&#8217;s one where the models are giving us some serious swings.<\/p>\n<p>In the short-term, the first light shower maker arrives on Sunday, with another rain maker coming Monday night and Tuesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26648\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26648\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26648\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1261\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-26.png 1261w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-26-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-26-768x300.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-26-1024x400.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1261px) 100vw, 1261px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That will pull in some colder air for the middle of the week, but will then be followed by a nice bounce back in temps. That&#8217;s ahead of a cold front moving our way by late Thursday into Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The European Model continues to show some VERY wild swings in how it handles the setup behind this front&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26641\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26641\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26641\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro1-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro1-7.png 420w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro1-7-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new run plows the cold air through here to start Christmas weekend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26642\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26642\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26642\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro-2-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro-2-13.png 575w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro-2-13-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That allows for a big storm system to develop across the deep south by Christmas Eve morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26643\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26643\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26643\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro-3-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro-3-6.png 633w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro-3-6-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26644\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26644\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26644\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro-4-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro-4-3.png 798w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro-4-3-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Euro-4-3-768x522.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a similar look to what the Canadian Model gave us earlier today, but is also a far cry from the past few runs of the European Model.<\/p>\n<p>With such an extreme temperature gradient setting up across the country, the big swings on the models will continue for several more days. They are having a tough time figuring out where to place the battleground for winter weather.<\/p>\n<p>The GFS keeps giving us a different look, with the latest look being colder than the earlier runs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26650\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26650\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26650\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, all I can tell you is that we are in the zone for potential wintry precipitation Christmas weekend into Christmas week. That&#8217;s pretty much it.<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to see the GFS Ensembles showing the cold air being more entrenched than the operational GFS. Here is the 5 day temp anomaly in Celsius&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26645\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26645\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26645\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-TEMPS-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-TEMPS-3.png 1024w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-TEMPS-3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-TEMPS-3-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make it a great evening and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, gang. I wanted to drop by for an update on the busy pattern taking shape over the next few weeks. It&#8217;s one where the models are giving us some serious swings. In the short-term, the first light shower maker arrives on Sunday, with another rain maker coming Monday night and Tuesday&#8230; That will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}