{"id":56893,"date":"2022-12-19T02:05:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T07:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=56893"},"modified":"2022-12-19T02:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T07:05:32","slug":"late-week-snow-threat-and-brutal-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=56893","title":{"rendered":"Late Week Snow Threat and Brutal Cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, folks. We are beginning a very busy week of weather across this entire region as a major winter storm\/blizzard targets the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, with the worst of this likely to our northwest. This will be accompanied by bitterly cold temps and life-threatening wind chills for Christmas weekend.<\/p>\n<p>KWC is undergoing a server upgrade, so things are a little funky with the site today. It may even give you an unsafe message, but it&#8217;s totally safe and not hacked.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get right into things.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Snow and bitter cold move into Kentucky.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>The timeline for this is late Thursday through Christmas weekend.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Snow amounts aren&#8217;t even close to being figured out. The track and intensity of this system determines that, but the heaviest snow is likely northwest of Kentucky.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>High winds will become a major issue. Gusts of 40mph-50mph will be possible.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Life-threatening cold temps and wind chills sweep in with this storm.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a VERY early breakdown of how this may play out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An arctic front moves into the Mississippi Valley Thursday. Temps likely come up just a bit in front of this with rain developing for much of the region.<\/li>\n<li>Low pressure develops on this front Thursday and Thursday night. Where this happens and the intensity of it will determine a lot of what happens at this point.<\/li>\n<li>As of now, I think this low moves into the lower Ohio Valley and strengthens rapidly as it lifts northeast.<\/li>\n<li>Bitterly cold air crashes in behind the low with a rapid change from rain to snow from west to east as temps drop more than 30-40 degrees in just an hour or two Thursday night. The forward speed of this system means we only have a short window of moderate to heavy snow right behind the front.<\/li>\n<li>With rain ahead of that much of a temp drop, a full-blown flash freeze is likely.<\/li>\n<li>That low continues to crank as it moves to the northeast of us by Friday. A comma head of wraparound light snows should be common in our area.<\/li>\n<li>Accumulating snow is likely with this setup with the greatest potential for the best snows to occur across western, central and northern Kentucky.<\/li>\n<li>I am still nor prepared to make any kind of snow forecast. As mentioned, the heaviest looks to stay just to our northwest as of now.<\/li>\n<li>Winds along and behind the track of the low will gust to 40mph-50mph across the state.<\/li>\n<li>Those winds happen as temps make a run at zero or below at some point Friday with those same lows more likely Christmas Eve morning and Christmas Morning.<\/li>\n<li>Wind chills around -20 will be possible during this time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the site undergoing a server upgrade, I can&#8217;t get the normal model animations to load. The GFS went farther west while the Canadian and Euro Models held similar to their earlier runs.<\/p>\n<p>This will be quite the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes blizzard with the greatest chance of that occurring to our west and north&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FkUe7lfXoAAqx3N?format=png&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The famed winter weather expert from The Weather Channel chimed in and also sees the similarities of this storm with the blizzard of 1978&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is it time for comparisons yet?? With the caveat that there are still lots of uncertainties in the details&#8230;why not!!  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/winter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#winter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blizzard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blizzard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jAiuuiOdLg\">pic.twitter.com\/jAiuuiOdLg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Niziol (@TomNiziol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomNiziol\/status\/1604635078679842816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What most folks around here forget is that Kentucky didn&#8217;t get much snow from the Blizzard of 78. Most of us only got a few inches with the wind and cold being a much greater deal with that particular storm.<\/p>\n<p>The wrapround snow in the bitter cold is really something for us to watch Friday into Christmas Eve morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FkUe7lVWAAIXJqo?format=png&amp;name=900x900\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With bitterly cold temps, it won&#8217;t take much moisture to produce snow and light snow that can add up and cause big travel issues.<\/p>\n<p>That cold air also means whatever snow you get will be around for Christmas. &#x2744;&#xfe0f;&#x1f384;&#x1f385;<\/p>\n<p>Ok&#8230; Hang tight with the blog upgrade today. I&#8217;ll be back with updates. Have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, folks. We are beginning a very busy week of weather across this entire region as a major winter storm\/blizzard targets the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, with the worst of this likely to our northwest. This will be accompanied by bitterly cold temps and life-threatening wind chills for Christmas weekend. 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