{"id":46128,"date":"2020-12-22T19:29:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T00:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=46128"},"modified":"2020-12-22T19:57:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T00:57:52","slug":"first-call-for-christmastime-snowfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=46128","title":{"rendered":"First Call For Christmastime Snowfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, folks. Our Winter Storm THREAT continues for the eastern half of the state as we track two chances to put snow on the ground for Christmas. The first arrives late Wednesday night into early Thursday behind an arctic front. The second comes from an upper level system Christmas Eve into Christmas Day. I REALLY like the look of this second system with high snow ratios.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve put together a conservative First Call For Snowfall map to include <strong>both events<\/strong> and this goes through Christmas evening&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chris-pic-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46130\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chris-pic-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chris-pic-3.png 864w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chris-pic-3-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chris-pic-3-768x450.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please give the low end totals the same amount of respect as the high end totals.&#x1f61c;\u00a0 \u00a0Again, that&#8217;s just the first draft and I will update that several times tonight into Wednesday before getting to the Final Call.<\/p>\n<p>The Weather Prediction Center has expanded the Slight Risk for 4&#8243;+ snows to include much of central Kentucky and now shows a Moderate Risk across eastern Kentucky. This is through 7pm Christmas Eve&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46123\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-7.png 238w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-7-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The WPC also has much of eastern Kentucky in a 50%-60%+ risk of seeing 4&#8243;+ snow by 7pm Christmas Day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46118\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"805\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-6.png 805w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-6-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-6-768x657.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They give better than 50% odds of seeing 2&#8243;+ of snow all the way back into the Lexington metro with a greater than 80% chance in the east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46119\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"805\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-5.png 805w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-5-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WPC-5-768x578.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those wondering, the WPC is part of NOAA and the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the late day models, we find a little more of a split compared to earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>The NAM continues to be rather boisterous with the snow potential farther west&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-2-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46126\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-2-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-2-17.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-2-17-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-2-17-768x608.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This run was also showing some freezing rain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-27.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46125\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-27.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-27.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-27-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-27-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Hi Res NAM only goes through 1am Christmas Day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-3-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46132\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-3-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-3-4.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-3-4-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NAM-3-4-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Short Range Canadian said &#8220;NAM Fam, hold my beer&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Canadian-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46127\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Canadian-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"957\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Canadian-19.png 957w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Canadian-19-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Canadian-19-768x609.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS continues to hit far eastern Kentucky,\u00a0 but was a little lighter in central Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46124\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"969\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-17.png 969w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-17-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GFS-snow-17-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The late day run of the EURO is also dropping the hammer on the east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-32.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46131\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-32.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-32-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Euro-32-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will have a New Call For Snowfall on WKYT tonight at 11 and overnight on KWC. Have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, folks. Our Winter Storm THREAT continues for the eastern half of the state as we track two chances to put snow on the ground for Christmas. The first arrives late Wednesday night into early Thursday behind an arctic front. The second comes from an upper level system Christmas Eve into Christmas Day. 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