{"id":35244,"date":"2019-02-22T01:53:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T06:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=35244"},"modified":"2019-02-22T01:53:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T06:53:02","slug":"tracking-another-big-storm-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=35244","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Another Big Storm System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, everyone. We have a significant storm system moving into the region over the next few days, leading to flooding issues and the potential for strong to\u00a0severe thunderstorms. This is another in a long line of big weather makers for our region.<\/p>\n<p>The strengthening storm is working into the plains today and rill deepen as it moves into the western Great Lakes. This is going to produce blizzard conditions behind it, with severe weather and flooding ahead of it. Check out this monster&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35248\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1262\" height=\"984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-8.png 1262w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-8-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-8-768x599.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-8-1024x798.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1262px) 100vw, 1262px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a breakdown of\u00a0how things look to play out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy rain is targeting southern and southeastern Kentucky today. This may very well cause renewed high water issues in a few areas.<\/li>\n<li>Farther north, things are much drier through today into this evening.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy rain and thunderstorms develop across southern Kentucky and lift to the north into Saturday morning. Flooding is likely to develop during this time.<\/li>\n<li>Temps surge into the 60s on strong southwesterly winds Saturday afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>Strong to severe thunderstorms develop across the west during the afternoon and roll east during the evening. Damaging winds, large hail and a few tornadoes are all possible. Here&#8217;s the latest Severe Weather Outlook from the SPC:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In addition to the thunderstorms, winds are going to become a major player. Gusts may reach 50mph or greater at times through Saturday night.<\/li>\n<li>Total rainfall numbers through Sunday morning will generally range from 1&#8243;-4&#8243;\u00a0across the state, with the highest totals in the south and southeast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest computer models look like the forecast I put out a few days ago&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>GFS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35252\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1090\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-14.png 1090w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-14-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-14-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-14-1024x753.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1090px) 100vw, 1090px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New GFS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-2-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35251\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-2-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-2-5.png 1100w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-2-5-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-2-5-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GFS-Rain-2-5-1024x744.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canadian<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35250\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-9.png 1100w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-9-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-9-768x560.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Canadian-9-1024x747.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will shoot you another update or two later today. I leave you with your tracking toys&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"http:\/\/gray.ftp.clickability.com\/wkytwebftp\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"http:\/\/gray.ftp.clickability.com\/wkytwebftp\/WEBWARNINGS.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/radar-large.asp?partner=netweather&amp;traveler=0&amp;site=KY_&amp;type=SIR&amp;anim=1&amp;level=state&amp;large=1#\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"http:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" usemap=\"#largemap\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make it a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, everyone. We have a significant storm system moving into the region over the next few days, leading to flooding issues and the potential for strong to\u00a0severe thunderstorms. This is another in a long line of big weather makers for our region. The strengthening storm is working into the plains today and rill deepen [&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-35244","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\/35244","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=35244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}