{"id":47986,"date":"2021-02-19T01:55:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T06:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=47986"},"modified":"2021-02-19T01:55:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T06:55:26","slug":"historic-run-of-winter-weather-coming-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=47986","title":{"rendered":"Historic Run Of Winter Weather Coming To An End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, everybody. Our history making run of harsh winter weather is finally coming to an end, but it&#8217;s leaving behind a frozen bluegrass state and nation. Once we get into the weekend, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel as much milder air gets set to take control, especially into the middle of next week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In terms of this current pattern, it&#8217;s been historic. Anyone arguing that has zero weather perspective. We just had 3 winter storms to hit the region in one week, knocking power out to hundreds of thousands of folks at one point or another.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the winter storms, the cold has been historic in western Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The high temperature today reached 29 degrees in Paducah, KY. This marks the 8th straight day where temperatures remained below 30 degrees, breaking the all-time record which was set twice in 1978. The duration of this arctic cold blast has been mighty impressive! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PhMshLfRYz\">pic.twitter.com\/PhMshLfRYz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NWS Paducah, KY (@NWSPaducah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSPaducah\/status\/1362524666951262216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anytime a record from the brutal winter of 1977\/78 is broken, you know it&#8217;s serious.\u00a0Overall, this has been a harsh winter for much of the area, especially central and eastern Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get to the weather of the present and the future. Our day starts with single digit lows for areas with clearing and into the mid and upper teens for those with clouds. Highs today will generally be in the 20s for many and we still could be seeing a few flakes show up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lows tonight into Saturday morning are generally in the single digits for much of the state if skies are clear.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend weather looks much better with temps inching above freezing for many on Saturday. Those numbers should really jump on Sunday with the 40s waiting on us. That&#8217;s ahead of another cold front working quickly in here with some showers Sunday night. Some of that may mix with snow before ending early Monday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NAM-15.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47987\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NAM-15.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There really isn&#8217;t much cold air behind this quick-hitting front. As a matter of fact, some milder air moves in for the middle of the week. Highs reach the 50s for Tuesday and Wednesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>TUESDAY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47988\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-19.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-19-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-19-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WEDNESDAY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-2-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47989\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-2-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-2-14.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-2-14-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-2-14-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is that a 60?<\/p>\n<p>Notice how the colder air isn&#8217;t too far away to the north. This colder air likely presses south behind a Thursday cold front and it may have a wave of low pressure along it. Several models develop a fast-moving winter weather maker&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>EURO<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EURO-25.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47994\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EURO-25.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CANADIAN<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Canadian-13.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47993\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Canadian-13.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This will be followed up by another temp jump, but this isn&#8217;t a pattern that is going to just snap straight into spring. The pattern into early March can feature more winter action and the overall setup has a stormy look to it. #TeamSpring ain&#8217;t happy about it.<\/p>\n<p>I will have another update later today and on WKYT starting at 4. Have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, everybody. Our history making run of harsh winter weather is finally coming to an end, but it&#8217;s leaving behind a frozen bluegrass state and nation. Once we get into the weekend, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel as much milder air gets set to take control, especially into [&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-47986","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\/47986","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=47986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}