{"id":46071,"date":"2020-12-21T20:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=46071"},"modified":"2020-12-21T20:00:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T01:00:22","slug":"white-christmas-potential-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=46071","title":{"rendered":"White Christmas Potential Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, folks. Our prospects for a White Christmas continue as we track an arctic front toward the region Wednesday night into Christmas Eve. This looks like it will drop some snow behind the boundary before some light snow and flurries kick in well behind it.<\/p>\n<p>Some fresh thoughts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have no changes to my earlier thoughts. &#x1f60e;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the map I made earlier for the snowfall possibilities right behind the arctic front&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Snow-Map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46062\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Snow-Map.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Snow-Map.png 992w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Snow-Map-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Snow-Map-768x453.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new WPC chances for at least 1&#8243; of snow by 7pm Christmas Eve matches that well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46083\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"791\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-2.png 791w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-2-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-2-768x532.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a matter of fact, the WPC even has eastern Kentucky in a Slight Risk for 4&#8243;+ of snow by that time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46082\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC.png 750w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some late afternoon data suggests areas farther west have a little better chance of seeing some snow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>NAM<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-29.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46069\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-29.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NAM snowfall<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-24.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46070\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-24.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-24-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-24-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is something the SREF (10-1 ratio) was already showing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SREF-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46068\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SREF-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SREF-5.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SREF-5-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SREF-5-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest from the GFS Ensembles(10-1 ratio) also hint at this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-2-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46077\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-2-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-2-3.png 968w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-2-3-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-2-3-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s actually more than the late day operational GFS shows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46074\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-12.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-12-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-12-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the EURO Ensembles average of 51 members&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46066\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-30.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-30.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-30-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-30-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canadian Ensembles&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Canadian-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46067\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Canadian-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Canadian-15.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Canadian-15-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Canadian-15-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an in house computer model I get at work. This is known as the RPM and only goes through 1pm Thursday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46078\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RPM.png 802w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RPM-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RPM-768x619.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO continues to be the most progressive model, but shows eastern Kentucky getting in on a nice event. Here&#8217;s the map through 7am Christmas&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-3-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46080\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-3-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-3-6.png 958w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-3-6-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-3-6-768x609.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, how much snow any one location gets from behind the arctic front depends on just how fast this system is moving.<\/p>\n<p>All of this will then be followed up by a period of light snow and flurries Christmas Eve into Christmas morning as frigid air sweeps in here.<\/p>\n<p>How awesome is it to be talking about just the chance for snow around Christmas? This doesn&#8217;t happen often folks, so think positive and enjoy whatever snow you get outside your window this week. &#x2744;&#x1f385;<\/p>\n<p>I will have the latest on WKYT tonight at 11 then with a full-blown update here later tonight. Have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, folks. Our prospects for a White Christmas continue as we track an arctic front toward the region Wednesday night into Christmas Eve. This looks like it will drop some snow behind the boundary before some light snow and flurries kick in well behind it. Some fresh thoughts: I have no changes to my [&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-46071","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\/46071","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=46071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}