{"id":34139,"date":"2019-01-13T14:20:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T19:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=34139"},"modified":"2019-01-13T14:26:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T19:26:27","slug":"sunday-afternoon-update-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=34139","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Afternoon Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, folks. Several inches of snow fell overnight and early this morning into parts of northern Kentucky and now comes one last round of light stuff. This may cause some slick spots to develop on area roads later tonight and early Monday.<\/p>\n<p>From there, it&#8217;s a pattern locked and loaded for an extreme looking setup for much of the country, including another big storm next weekend.\u00a0I&#8217;ll get that in a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with what&#8217;s happening out there for the rest of our Sunday. One more weak disturbance crosses the state from west to east. Temps will be dropping with this as light snow and some freezing drizzle shows up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"http:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t\u00a0 much in terms of snow, but it may combine with freezing drizzle to slicken up many roads, especially tonight when temps hit the 20s.<\/p>\n<p>Seasonally cold temps are with us over the next few days, then a quick hitting system zips across the state by Thursday. That looks like a mainly rain maker, but it may be close&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-3-5.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34136\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-3-5.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our weekend storm system continues to look like a monster system, capable of producing all modes of precipitation across the bluegrass state. The European Model from WeatherBell continues to look like February 2003 storm that hammered Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-24.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34143\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1717\" height=\"1160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-24.png 1717w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-24-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-24-768x519.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-24-1024x692.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1717px) 100vw, 1717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s hoping the European is wrong on all fronts because it&#8217;s cranking out a ton of precipitation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Freezing Rain<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-4-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34142\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-4-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"949\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-4-5.png 949w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-4-5-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-4-5-768x442.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Snow<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-3-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34141\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-3-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-3-7.png 931w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-3-7-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-3-7-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rain<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-2-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34140\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-2-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"947\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-2-14.png 947w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-2-14-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-2-14-768x550.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a lot of arctic air coming in with this storm system. For areas having snow and ice on the ground, the numbers may tank. The European temps&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-5-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34144\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-5-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"943\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-5-1.png 943w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-5-1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Euro-5-1-768x481.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS is more progressive with this system and spits out less precipitation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-15.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34137\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-15.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That would be basically rain to snow with bitter cold coming in. The GFS suggests temps\u00a0go from the\u00a050s to near zero in roughly 24 hours&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-Temps-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34145\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-Temps-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-Temps-2.png 940w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-Temps-2-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-Temps-2-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another system tries to follow that up a few days later&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-2-6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34135\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-2-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rounds of arctic air keep diving into the country as our southern stream remains active&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-5-4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34146\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/GFS-5-4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This pattern is\u00a0how legends are made.<\/p>\n<p>I will have another update this evening, so check back. Make it a good one and take care.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, folks. Several inches of snow fell overnight and early this morning into parts of northern Kentucky and now comes one last round of light stuff. This may cause some slick spots to develop on area roads later tonight and early Monday. From there, it&#8217;s a pattern locked and loaded for an extreme looking [&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-34139","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\/34139","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=34139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}