{"id":47576,"date":"2021-02-08T02:09:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T07:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=47576"},"modified":"2021-02-08T02:09:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T07:09:16","slug":"major-winter-weather-impacts-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=47576","title":{"rendered":"Major Winter Weather Impacts This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Monday, everyone. A harsh winter pattern continues to unfold across the Commonwealth of Kentucky and surrounding areas. We have multiple winter weather makers working in that will have a significant impact. The most concerning issue is the increasing threat for widespread freezing rain by the middle of the week.<\/p>\n

We have a lot to talk about, so let’s start with the immediate threat for snow late today into early Tuesday in the north.<\/p>\n

This comes from a wave of low pressure along the stalled arctic front. Rain and snow develops this afternoon in a narrow swath across southern Illinois and Indiana. This will then work northeastward into Kentucky, bringing accumulating snows. Watch how the Future Radar of the Hi Res NAM handles this…<\/p>\n

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That run of the Hi Res NAM is throwing down a corridor of hefty snows in the north…<\/p>\n

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So is the NAM, but it’s just a bit farther north…<\/p>\n

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The GFS offers this up for snowfall…<\/p>\n

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The EURO is similar…<\/p>\n

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There is also the opportunity for some freezing rain just to the south of the accumulating snow. Here’s my First Call For Snowfall for this event…<\/p>\n

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The next wave of low pressure zips by to our south Wednesday and Thursday and brings the potential for significant amounts of freezing rain for much of the state.<\/p>\n

The NAM only goes through 7am Thursday, but shows the magnitude well…<\/p>\n

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The GFS has been all over this for days now and continues to show it, but it’s likely lacking in the snow department in the north and may be ending this too quickly…<\/p>\n

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Nothing good can come from the amount of freezing rain it’s spitting out…<\/p>\n

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Here’s the sleet forecast…<\/p>\n

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The EURO has taken a major jump to what the GFS has been showing, but is a little colder and has even more ice…<\/p>\n

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This is some serious ice…<\/p>\n

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After this, the pattern is likely to throw additional winter weather systems at us this weekend through next week…<\/p>\n

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Updates will come your way later today. I leave you with the radars and a cool addition for you techies…<\/p>\n

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