{"id":27667,"date":"2018-01-19T01:57:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T06:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=27667"},"modified":"2018-01-19T01:57:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T06:57:46","slug":"a-milder-and-more-active-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=27667","title":{"rendered":"A Milder and More Active Pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, everyone. Our bitterly cold pattern is now a thing of the past, and it&#8217;s full steam ahead into a much milder setup for the rest of January. It&#8217;s also a setup that looks very active, with large storm systems rolling across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In the short-term, highs today reach the mid to upper 30s for many with mostly sunny skies doing their thing.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend weather will feel better, but won&#8217;t look as pretty as what&#8217;s out there today. Clouds will increase Saturday as a shower or two develops. Temps are generally in the low and middle 40s.<\/p>\n<p>A strong storm system works across the plain Sunday into Monday, dragging a cold front across Kentucky. Ahead of this, temps hit the 50s with an increase in rain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27675\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27675\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27675\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1256\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-14.png 1256w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-14-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-14-768x299.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-14-1024x399.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1256px) 100vw, 1256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps behind the cold front drop into the upper 30s by Tuesday, with just a small chance for a few flakes to fly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27674\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27674\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27674\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-snow-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-snow-2.png 853w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-snow-2-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GFS-snow-2-768x343.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps rebound quickly after that, with another big storm system rolling our way late next week into the following weekend.<\/p>\n<p>If we look down the road, we find an interesting pattern taking shape. The CFS is showing the mild rest of January&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27669\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27669\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27669\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-1.png 858w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-1-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-1-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That carries over into the first few days of February, but the same model shows the cold taking control for the month overall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27670\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27670\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27670\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"856\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-2-1.png 856w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-2-1-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-2-1-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This also looks like a VERY active pattern setting up for the rest of winter. The CFS total precipitation over the next 45 days shows the heaviest amounts right into the bluegrass state&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=27671\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27671\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27671\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-3.png 956w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-3-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CFS-3-768x539.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A lot of that will be from rain, but the snow potential for the second half of winter appears to be greater than I first thought.<\/p>\n<p>I will throw you another update later today. Have a great Friday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, everyone. Our bitterly cold pattern is now a thing of the past, and it&#8217;s full steam ahead into a much milder setup for the rest of January. It&#8217;s also a setup that looks very active, with large storm systems rolling across the country. In the short-term, highs today reach the mid to upper [&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-27667","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\/27667","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=27667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}