{"id":27540,"date":"2018-01-11T19:31:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T00:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=27540"},"modified":"2018-01-11T19:31:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T00:31:31","slug":"winter-storm-alert-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=27540","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm ALERT Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, everyone. As we wrap up another record setting high temperature day, it&#8217;s full steam ahead toward our winter storm arriving from west to east tonight and Friday. Our WINTER STORM ALERT CONTINES.<\/p>\n<p>The transition to ice begins later tonight in western Kentucky, then rolls eastward from there. Snow will then take control behind the ice, with eastern Kentucky being last to get the switch.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my current call for Ice and Snowfall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27538\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27538\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27538\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-5-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"895\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-5-1.png 895w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-5-1-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-5-1-768x441.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That is not the final call, and I will be massaging that call later this evening.\u00a0 Significant snows are likely across our region. The snow totals for any one area will be dependent on how quickly the transition from ice to snow is. The slower that is, the lower the snow totals. The quicker it is, the higher the totals.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, this is\u00a0a super high impact system.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s check the latest snowfall numbers from the computer models.<\/p>\n<p>The European&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27537\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27537\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27537\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"912\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-4-1.png 912w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-4-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-4-1-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GFS Ensembles average&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27536\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27536\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27536\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-3-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"908\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-3-4.png 908w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-3-4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-3-4-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GFS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27534\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27534\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27534\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"906\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-5.png 906w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-5-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Special-5-768x429.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NAM<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27535\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27535\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27535\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/special-2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/special-2-2.png 910w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/special-2-2-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/special-2-2-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>European\u00a0Ensembles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27539\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27539\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27539\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Euro1-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Euro1-5.png 528w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Euro1-5-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Given all that guidance, one would assume a Winter Storm Warning had been issued for just about the entire state. Nope&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27541\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27541\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27541\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Winter-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"896\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Winter-1.png 896w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Winter-1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Winter-1-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am stunned the warning does not include, at least,\u00a0the Lexington metro north and east.<\/p>\n<p>Bitter cold follows all this for the weekend, with another very healthy snowmaker screaming into town on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Also of note, the heavy rain threat across far eastern Kentucky tonight and early Friday. Local high water issues are possible&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will be tweeting out my latest thoughts and have a fresh call for ice and snowfall on WKYT at 11.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great evening and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, everyone. As we wrap up another record setting high temperature day, it&#8217;s full steam ahead toward our winter storm arriving from west to east tonight and Friday. Our WINTER STORM ALERT CONTINES. The transition to ice begins later tonight in western Kentucky, then rolls eastward from there. Snow will then take control behind [&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-27540","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\/27540","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=27540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}