{"id":52229,"date":"2021-12-23T02:21:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T07:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=52229"},"modified":"2021-12-23T02:21:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T07:21:23","slug":"here-comes-the-mild-before-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=52229","title":{"rendered":"Here Comes The Mild Before The Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. Christmas is almost here and things continue to look windy and mild for our part of the world. The mild gets in a big fight with cold air next week, but the cold looks to finally deliver a knockout blow once into the start of the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Temps this morning are deep into the 20s but rebound quickly as the day goes by. Highs range from the middle 40s to middle 50s across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Near record high temps are possible as we head into Christmas as a strong southwest wind gusts up ahead of a system working across the Ohio Valley. This is our payback for last year&#8217;s White Christmas snowstorm. &#x1f62d;<\/p>\n<p>Winds will be gusty and may reach 40mph at times over the weekend. A few showers will also be possible&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-50.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52232\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-50.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That setup is a big time wind maker for a lot of folks. Check out those wind gusts from the plains through our region and into the northeast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-38.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52233\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-38.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-38.png 970w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-38-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-38-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Much colder air comes into the region Christmas night into Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>That sets the stage for a big battle for the closing days of the year. This happens as a MEGA temperature gradient sets up across the country with the northwest seeing brutally cold air with springtime temps across parts of the east and southeast.<\/p>\n<p>This means repeat storm systems rolling across our part of the world through the end of the year. The GFS shows these systems well through the final hour of 2021&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-2-19.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52230\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-2-19.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That setup means the potential for some issues to end the year. Strong thunderstorms and heavy rainfall will be possible during the final 5 days of the year. The GFS rainfall numbers through the final day of the year show this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-2-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52231\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-2-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-2-10.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-2-10-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-2-10-768x615.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Much colder than normal temps then crash in at the start of the new year. The GFS is even showing this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-3-7.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52234\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GFS-3-7.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new EURO is actually a day faster with this change and has the PV rotating into the Great Lakes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/EURO-32.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52237\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/EURO-32.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a super cold look pushing into the eastern half of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Ensembles have been leading this charge and are still doing so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Canadian-33.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52236\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Canadian-33.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will have another update later today. Have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. Christmas is almost here and things continue to look windy and mild for our part of the world. The mild gets in a big fight with cold air next week, but the cold looks to finally deliver a knockout blow once into the start of the new year. Temps this morning are [&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-52229","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\/52229","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=52229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}