{"id":27483,"date":"2018-01-10T12:29:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T17:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=27483"},"modified":"2018-01-10T12:29:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T17:29:25","slug":"updating-the-winter-storm-threat-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=27483","title":{"rendered":"Updating The Winter Storm Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, folks. It&#8217;s a gorgeous day for many in the bluegrass state, but that changes in a hurry over the next few days. We continue with our Winter Storm Threat for much of the region, but I wanted to try and get more specific with the greatest areas of impact.<\/p>\n<p>Let me start by saying this is still a fluid setup, with the track of the low and precipitation amounts still in question. Here&#8217;s my current thinking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27482\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27482\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27482\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-2-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-2-3.png 854w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-2-3-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-2-3-768x414.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will be updating that map, making changes as I get more confident in precipitation amounts and the exact track of our storm.<\/p>\n<p>A First Call For Snow\/Icefall will be coming your way on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s do a quick check of the midday model runs to get you caught up on the current model trends.<\/p>\n<p>The NAM takes one low toward West Virginia, then develops another low just east of the mountains, riding it up the east slopes of the Appalachians&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27476\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27476\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27476\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-2-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NAM has had some pretty big swings in precipitation amounts and placement with the last few runs. The 6z run of the NAM showed a ton of ice&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27478\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27478\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-3-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-3-3.png 798w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-3-3-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-3-3-768x740.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It also produced a crushing band of snow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27479\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27479\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-4-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-4-2.png 798w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-4-2-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-4-2-768x738.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 12z run didn&#8217;t have as much precipitation. Here&#8217;s the Ice forecast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27477\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27477\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27477\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-2-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-2-5.png 800w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-2-5-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-2-5-768x736.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the snow forecast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27481\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27481\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27481\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-10.png 800w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-10-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-10-768x738.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The higher resolution 3km NAM only goes out through 60 hours (7pm Friday), but shows a VERY healthy band of snow and ice sweeping across the state&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27480\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27480\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAM-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS is starting to get better looking with the precipitation shield, but is still a bit disjointed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27474\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27474\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-GIf-7.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GFS Ice Forecast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27475\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27475\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27475\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-Snow-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-Snow-7.png 796w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-Snow-7-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-Snow-7-768x742.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GFS Snow Forecast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27484\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27484\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27484\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-Snow-2-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-Snow-2-4.png 796w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-Snow-2-4-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-Snow-2-4-768x743.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Model takes a slightly stronger low into West Virginia and then northeast, giving a much more solid band of snow and ice behind it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27472\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27472\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27472\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/canadian-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Ice forecast from the Canadian&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27471\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27471\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27471\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Canadian-2-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Canadian-2-4.png 799w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Canadian-2-4-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Canadian-2-4-768x738.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the snow forecast from the same model&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27473\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27473\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Canadian-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Canadian-7.png 801w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Canadian-7-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Canadian-7-768x739.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will get that First Call map out on WKYT at 4, then update it throughout the evening and the next few days. Yes, I will post it here on KWC, too later today.<\/p>\n<p>Make it a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, folks. It&#8217;s a gorgeous day for many in the bluegrass state, but that changes in a hurry over the next few days. We continue with our Winter Storm Threat for much of the region, but I wanted to try and get more specific with the greatest areas of impact. Let me start by [&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-27483","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\/27483","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=27483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}