{"id":52010,"date":"2021-12-14T02:08:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T07:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=52010"},"modified":"2021-12-14T02:08:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T07:08:20","slug":"heavy-rain-and-gusty-winds-ahead-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=52010","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Rain and Gusty Winds Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday to one and all. It&#8217;s another quiet day in the bluegrass state, but things are about to ramp up again for the end of the week through the weekend. That&#8217;s when a series of systems will impact our weather, bringing gusty winds and heavy rains. In the longer term, the pattern continues to head toward a colder look.<\/p>\n<p>As I said yesterday, I don&#8217;t like the looks of the upcoming pattern from Thursday through Monday. Here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gusty southwest winds crank late Wednesday into Thursday ahead of a cold front. Gusts of 40mph or a bit higher will be possible and we may have some issues from this. With weakened structures and trees from the recent severe weather, the threshold for damage will be lower.<\/li>\n<li>Showers and thunderstorms then rumble in from the northwest on Thursday as the front sweeps in.<\/li>\n<li>This front slows down with an area or low pressure rolling through Friday and Saturday. This brings heavy rain and a few thunderstorms to the region.<\/li>\n<li>Rainfall totals from Thursday through Saturday should average 1&#8243;-3&#8243; with locally higher amounts.<\/li>\n<li>Colder air looks to win the battle for Sunday as the front moves south a bit. Maybe a morning flake in the east?<\/li>\n<li>We have to be on guard for a third system to develop to our south and southeast. This could bring another round of rain in here with the potential for a little winter at the end of it Monday night and early Tuesday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the wind potential of the next few days. The NAM has gusts well in excess of 40mph&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NAM-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52005\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NAM-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"971\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NAM-11.png 971w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NAM-11-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NAM-11-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the GFS sees all three systems playing out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-30.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52011\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-30.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rainfall numbers during this time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52012\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-26.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-26-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-26-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps spike then crash down behind the second system&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-2-13.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52015\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-2-13.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even colder air comes in here from later Sunday through early next week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-3-4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52014\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-3-4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian does something similar in with all three systems, but has more of a winter look behind the third&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Canadian-17.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52017\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Canadian-17.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the rainfall forecast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Canadian-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52018\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Canadian-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Canadian-14.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Canadian-14-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Canadian-14-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO is coming around to what the other models have been showing with the rainfall and it&#8217;s beginning to see the third system, even if it&#8217;s too far southeast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/EURO-21.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52022\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/EURO-21.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the rainfall forecast from this run&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/EURO-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52023\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/EURO-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/EURO-17.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/EURO-17-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/EURO-17-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking deeper into Christmas week and Christmas weekend, the GFS continues with a very active pattern&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-31.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52019\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-31.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will have updates later today. Have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday to one and all. It&#8217;s another quiet day in the bluegrass state, but things are about to ramp up again for the end of the week through the weekend. That&#8217;s when a series of systems will impact our weather, bringing gusty winds and heavy rains. In the longer term, the pattern continues to [&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-52010","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\/52010","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=52010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}