{"id":52631,"date":"2022-01-05T01:58:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T06:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=52631"},"modified":"2022-01-05T02:02:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T07:02:51","slug":"%e2%9d%84%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%9a%a8winter-storm-alert%e2%9d%84%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%9a%a8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=52631","title":{"rendered":"&#x2744;&#xfe0f;&#x1f6a8;Winter Storm ALERT&#x2744;&#xfe0f;&#x1f6a8;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday, everyone. It&#8217;s a full-blown Winter Storm ALERT for Thursday and Thursday night for much of Kentucky. This is for the likelihood of a swath of 4&#8243;+ snows showing up for a lot of folks out there.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, Kentucky Weather Center is experiencing unprecedented traffic in recent days (and that&#8217;s saying something). This has caused some issues that are being worked on as we speak and this site could return to normal at any moment. I&#8217;m still operating under the assumption it&#8217;s not normal as of this post, so\u00a0don&#8217;t forget to follow me on Twitter for updates: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kentuckyweather\">Kentuckyweather<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, let&#8217;s get into the winter storm moving our way.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some thoughts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Snow develops across western Kentucky very early Thursday and quickly overspreads the state from southwest to northeast.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>With cold air in place, this will be high snow ratio setup. Instead of the normal 10-1, we may be looking at 15-1 or so.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Several inches of snow are LIKELY for much of the state. Totals will be lower in the north than the south.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>I expect Winter Storm Watches to go up quickly this morning.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Roads will quickly become snow covered Thursday and we may have some major travel issues develop.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>We will see lots of early dismissals on Thursday with most kids enjoying a snow day Friday.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Temps drop quickly into the teens from northwest to southeast Thursday afternoon and evening. Lows will reach the single digits for areas with clear skies Friday morning.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday morning wind chills drop below zero.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>I have the First Call For Snowfall map attached to the twitter link for this post, so go take a look at it there. Additional updates to the map will come later today.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now that our storm system is fully over land, the models are now able to get a full sample of the atmosphere with it. You can really see this by how similar the model runs are to one another now.<\/p>\n<p>I had to get creative to share the model forecasts with you as KWC continues to undergo significant maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the short range models are really going wild with the totals&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some late evening computer model forecasts for your viewing pleasure&#8230; or displeasure. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kywx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kywx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HtegMDbm86\">pic.twitter.com\/HtegMDbm86<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Bailey (@Kentuckyweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kentuckyweather\/status\/1478570542651383808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian and EURO aren&#8217;t too far behind&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are the latest snowfall forecasts from the Canadian and EURO Models. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kywx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kywx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6odzLJ5VYZ\">pic.twitter.com\/6odzLJ5VYZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Bailey (@Kentuckyweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kentuckyweather\/status\/1478610177393893378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The GFS is being the GFS, but it&#8217;s going in the right direction for snow lovers&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The latest GFS snowfall forecast continues to run on the low-end of the late evening models. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kywx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kywx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1kb8OgmS19\">pic.twitter.com\/1kb8OgmS19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Bailey (@Kentuckyweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kentuckyweather\/status\/1478578128926777344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I will have updates through the day and on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm. I leave you with your radars to follow the action as it approaches the region from the west&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>follow along\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/builder.zoomradar.net\/zoomradar_weather_map\/weather_page.php?key=dlFZs5IY4VCw7bK\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/radar-large.asp?partner=netweather&amp;traveler=0&amp;site=KY_&amp;type=SIR&amp;anim=1&amp;level=state&amp;large=1#\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" usemap=\"#largemap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a great day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday, everyone. It&#8217;s a full-blown Winter Storm ALERT for Thursday and Thursday night for much of Kentucky. This is for the likelihood of a swath of 4&#8243;+ snows showing up for a lot of folks out there. As you know, Kentucky Weather Center is experiencing unprecedented traffic in recent days (and that&#8217;s saying something). 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