{"id":48457,"date":"2021-04-01T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=48457"},"modified":"2021-03-31T22:41:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T02:41:04","slug":"near-record-lows-before-a-warm-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=48457","title":{"rendered":"Near Record Lows Before A Warm Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, everybody. April is off and running on a frigid note with temps running way, way colder than normal. This cold air is even being capped off with the possibility of a few snowflakes flying for parts of the state. Record lows are possible tonight before we get into a major warm up for Easter Weekend and early next week.<\/p>\n<p>A strong northwest wind is blowing today and a cold northwest wind can sometimes spit out some snowflakes. This is especially true across the mountains of eastern Kentucky where that air is forced to rise to get over the mountains. That can create snow flurries and even a snow shower or two. Here is your regional radar to follow along&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Temps today may not get to 40 across the eastern half of the state. Gusty winds make it feel like the 20s.<\/p>\n<p>Record lows are possible tonight as lows by Friday morning drop into the low 20s for some&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAM-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48459\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAM-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAM-8.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAM-8-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAM-8-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wind chills are even colder&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAM-2-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48458\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAM-2-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAM-2-5.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAM-2-5-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAM-2-5-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rest of the day looks gorgeous, but looks will be deceiving as highs hang out in the 40s for many.<\/p>\n<p>Easter Weekend looks much better with temps ranging from the upper 50s to low 60s on Saturday and upper 60s to low 70s for Easter Sunday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Euro-20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48462\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Euro-20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Euro-20.png 968w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Euro-20-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Euro-20-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps by Monday and Tuesday then surge deep into the 70s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Euro-2-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48461\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Euro-2-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Euro-2-11.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Euro-2-11-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Euro-2-11-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can we get an 80 early next week? The chance is there.<\/p>\n<p>The next storm system looks to push in here for the middle and end of next week and it could get a little ugly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GFS-13.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48463\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GFS-13.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I look down the weather road toward the following week, the pattern can get even uglier. Some late season blocking is showing up and that can send us a few cold shots into the middle of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Green thumbs shouldn&#8217;t be planting anything at this time of year EVER, so slow your roll.<\/p>\n<p>Have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, everybody. April is off and running on a frigid note with temps running way, way colder than normal. This cold air is even being capped off with the possibility of a few snowflakes flying for parts of the state. Record lows are possible tonight before we get into a major warm up for [&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-48457","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\/48457","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=48457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}