{"id":53293,"date":"2022-02-21T00:08:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T05:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53293"},"modified":"2022-02-21T01:08:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T06:08:10","slug":"a-wild-week-of-weather-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=53293","title":{"rendered":"A Wild Week Of Weather Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, folks. We have a wild week of weather taking shape across the region as a series of storms systems impact the state. In the short-term, the threat is from flooding and strong to severe storms. Later in the week, that focus shifts to flooding and winter weather.<\/p>\n<p>Clouds increase today as temps stay mild. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms move from southwest to northeast into western Kentucky and that action increases into the evening. Some of the storms may be strong or severe and the Storm Prediction Center has the west in a low-end risk for severe storms before the day is over&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The low-end threat then focuses farther east as we head into Tuesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Damaging winds are the main player with this setup and you can see that showing up on the peak wind gust forecast through Tuesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>GFS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FMFlNlLXsAAE19m?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HI RES NAM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FMFlNlMXEAwQbj2?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rainfall totals of 1&#8243;-3&#8243; will be common through Tuesday night and that will be enough to cause flooding and flash flooding in some areas. Locally higher amounts will show up where thunderstorms move over the same areas. The GFS has been advertising this for days, but continues to deviate from run to run on exactly where this corridor sets up. Here&#8217;s the current GFS rainfall forecast through Tuesday night&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FMF-hrnXsAMBJsK?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ugh.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t wall to wall rain and areas of the east may see some sun for a time Tuesday as temps surge well into the 60s.<\/p>\n<p>Much colder air then crashes in here behind the departing system early Wednesday as skies slowly dry from west to east.<\/p>\n<p>This sets the stage for the next system to move in with rain and a wintry mix Wednesday night and Thursday and that continues through early Friday. This is a map I&#8217;ve had out for a few days now and I still like what it shows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FL-rhz_WYAMQo_0?format=jpg&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the GFS amounts for each precipitation type&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FMF-hroX0AIkdLp?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Again, the flood threat is my number one concern, but a prolonged period of freezing rain in the west and north is a growing concern.<\/p>\n<p>Rainfall totals through Friday look like this on the GFS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FMF-hrnWUAAJHgG?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>River flooding is a big concern this week, folks.<\/p>\n<p>I will have an update later today and will have the latest on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm. As usual, I have you all set to track the severe weather potential in the west. Our exclusive interactive radar also features live storm chaser video streams, so be sure to check that out\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><strong>Current watches<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" alt=\"Current Watches\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Possible Watch Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" alt=\"Current MDs\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, folks. We have a wild week of weather taking shape across the region as a series of storms systems impact the state. In the short-term, the threat is from flooding and strong to severe storms. Later in the week, that focus shifts to flooding and winter weather. Clouds increase today as temps stay [&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-53293","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\/53293","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=53293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}