{"id":53038,"date":"2022-01-29T01:51:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T06:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53038"},"modified":"2022-01-29T01:51:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T06:51:44","slug":"watching-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53038","title":{"rendered":"Watching Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday, folks. Our Friday system turned into quite the system with periods of light snow giving way to those big time snow squalls causing all kinds of issues. Now comes the bitter cold to start the weekend as we start to focus on another harsh winter pattern settling in for February.<\/p>\n<p>Many areas picked up on 1&#8243;-3&#8243; of snow with locally higher amounts for some. This put Lexington into the history books once again&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: This is now the 7th snowiest January on record for Lexington and the 12th snowiest month ever recorded. <\/p>\n<p>With today&#39;s 3.1&quot; of snow, we are up to 17.1&quot; of snow for the month. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kywx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kywx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Bailey (@Kentuckyweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kentuckyweather\/status\/1487249367463514113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We likely added to that after that tweet was sent, but WOW.\u00a0 \u00a0And to think there was a\u00a0 TV station in Lexington that spent the entire month telling folks not to believe the snow forecasts coming from the &#8220;other&#8221; station.<\/p>\n<p>Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Toby Keith&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toby Keith - How Do You Like Me Now?! (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3umaLe37-LE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Of course, I&#8217;m kidding with this&#8230; Kinda. &#x1f60e;&#x1f601; Lighten up, people.<\/p>\n<p>Temps out there today are brutally cold to start with single digits across the northern half of the state with wind chill numbers below zero. Afternoon temps are in the 20-25 degree with a mix of sun and clouds.<\/p>\n<p>The setup for next week continues to look concerning as a big temp gradient sets up in our region for the middle of the week. We will likely see temps get to normal or a bit of above Tuesday and Wednesday with rain moving in.<\/p>\n<p>Arctic air then slides in here on Thursday as a slow-moving boundary hangs around with waves of low pressure working along it. The models are hinting at rain to freezing rain and snow. The freezing rain signal is there with each run of the models&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>GFS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FKP5s7hXEAAOh8u?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Canadian<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FKP5s7fWYAQ0en_?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>EURO<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FKQDASVWQAAmabU?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is still several days away, but it&#8217;s something we definitely need to keep watch on. Here&#8217;s hoping the cold fully takes control and gives us more of a rain to snow signature without any kind of icy transition.<\/p>\n<p>One thing&#8217;s for sure, this kicks off another bitterly cold period and the operational models are showing some wicked numbers behind this system&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FKP5s7iXMAMWgvu?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This pattern is loaded with cold and winter weather systems through much of February.<\/p>\n<p>I will update things later today, so check back. Make it a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday, folks. Our Friday system turned into quite the system with periods of light snow giving way to those big time snow squalls causing all kinds of issues. Now comes the bitter cold to start the weekend as we start to focus on another harsh winter pattern settling in for February. 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