{"id":45733,"date":"2020-12-13T19:38:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T00:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=45733"},"modified":"2020-12-13T19:38:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T00:38:44","slug":"tracking-rain-and-winter-weather-into-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=45733","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Rain and Winter Weather Into Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, folks. We continue to watch a fairly interesting situation showing up as heavy rain and winter weather increase from southwest to northeast. The potential continues to be for this to end with a period of heavy, wet snow late tonight and early Monday in parts of the area.<\/p>\n<p>REMINDER: The KWC server gets upgraded Monday, so some slow times and down times will be noted until that&#8217;s complete.&#x1f5a5;&#x1f4b0;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to ride my snow forecast until I see the late evening runs then will make any changes if need be (could be upping totals for some)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45708\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-1-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-1-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-1-627x376.png 627w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-1-440x264.png 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The late day runs of the models are more emphatic on a switchover to snow. The EURO is fairly robust and matches my map from above, but it does have higher totals&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EURO-3-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45741\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EURO-3-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EURO-3-3.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EURO-3-3-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EURO-3-3-768x608.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The HRRR isn&#8217;t as far northwest with the accumulating snow shield, but it continues to go nuts on the southeast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HRRR-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45739\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HRRR-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HRRR-3.png 956w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HRRR-3-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HRRR-3-768x609.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s likely overdone, but that would be a major thumper.<\/p>\n<p>Here are your radars to follow along&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/builder.zoomradar.net\/zoomradar_weather_map\/weather_page.php?key=dlFZs5IY4VCw7bK\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The radar as of this writing has &#8220;the look&#8221; of this ending with heavy snow for some and wouldn&#8217;t take much for this to really ramp up. This will be a long night of nowcasting, so fire up your twitter machines with me. Sleep is for the weather weak and y&#8217;all know that ain&#8217;t me! &#x1f4aa;&#x1f624;<\/p>\n<p>The next system rolls in here quickly for Tuesday night and Wednesday. This is likely to become a messy setup with snow, rain, sleet and some freezing rain. This is my very early look at how this may play out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45732\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"993\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-2.png 993w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-2-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SPECIAL-MAP-2-768x452.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of now, this looks like a widespread high-end Advisory type event.<\/p>\n<p>In looking much farther down the weather road, the GFS Extended has a nice look for snow and cold lovers. This is the 30 day 500mb height anomalies through the middle of January&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-2-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45736\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-2-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-2-5.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-2-5-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-2-5-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The control run for the same time is more emphatic on a mean trough in our region&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45737\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-19.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-19-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-19-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The CFS Seasonal Model for the exact same time period&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CFS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45735\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CFS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CFS.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CFS-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CFS-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For 30 day averages, those are pretty stout.<\/p>\n<p>I will update KWC as needed through the rest of the evening then have the main overnight update. Have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, folks. We continue to watch a fairly interesting situation showing up as heavy rain and winter weather increase from southwest to northeast. The potential continues to be for this to end with a period of heavy, wet snow late tonight and early Monday in parts of the area. REMINDER: The KWC server gets [&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-45733","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\/45733","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=45733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}