{"id":57582,"date":"2023-01-13T01:50:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T06:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=57582"},"modified":"2023-01-13T01:50:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T06:50:21","slug":"winter-returns-to-the-bluegrass-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=57582","title":{"rendered":"Winter Returns To The Bluegrass State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, folks. Winter has returned to Kentucky as we track rounds of light snow and snow showers. This will bring small accumulations to many, with a better shot at a few inches or more of snow in the southeastern Mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Before we get into today&#8217;s winter weather, let&#8217;s look back on a mind-boggling occurrence from Thursday. Mercer County has hit by a tornado and an earthquake on the same day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mercer-County-Tornado-Earthquake.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57594\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mercer-County-Tornado-Earthquake.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"837\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mercer-County-Tornado-Earthquake.png 837w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mercer-County-Tornado-Earthquake-300x286.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mercer-County-Tornado-Earthquake-768x733.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The odds of that happening are astronomical! Feel free to share that graphic if you want&#8230; Just give your weatherdude some credit. &#x1f601;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s going to be interesting today and tonight to see where these heavier snow streaks set up on this strong northwest flow. Some intense bands of snow may show up in these streaks from northwest to southeast, leading to local accumulations that can overachieve.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the mountains in the far southeast are likely to pick up a few to several inches of snow. You can see all this playing out on the snowfall maps from the HRRR and Hi Res NAM&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRRR-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57584\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRRR-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRRR-1.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRRR-1-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HRRR-1-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NAM-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57585\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NAM-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"969\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NAM-10.png 969w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NAM-10-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NAM-10-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t sleep on a cold northwest flow with a wide-open Great Lakes!<\/p>\n<p>Here are your radars to track the winter weather\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>Go to our weathercams page to check out the winter views from across the state&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AvlZ9FVsL0\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?page_id=417\">Weathercams<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Weathercams&#8221; &#8212; Kentucky Weather Center with Meteorologist Chris Bailey\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?page_id=417&#038;embed=true#?secret=NoDuF1pGRh#?secret=AvlZ9FVsL0\" data-secret=\"AvlZ9FVsL0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This blast of winter doesn&#8217;t have staying power past early Saturday as temps jump back up this weekend and early next week. A few weeks ago, I said if this patten doesn&#8217;t change soon that we would get ourselves into some trouble with heavy rain and severe weather. That just played out again on Thursday and I&#8217;m afraid we can see that again in the week ahead before we do change it up.<\/p>\n<p>One storm system moves in with rain and some thunder later Monday into Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A much stronger system then shows up a few days later with the potential for strong storms and very heavy rain before winter crashes in for a longer stay&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Canadian-24.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57593\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Canadian-24.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That starts the pattern of Old Man Winter doing some flexing again across the eastern half of the country. Watch this trough develop and just hang tough&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Canadian-2-3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57595\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Canadian-2-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those same ensembles are showing an increase in potential snowfall during that time as well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Canadian-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57596\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Canadian-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"971\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Canadian-14.png 971w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Canadian-14-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Canadian-14-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking way down the weather road, regardless of temps, we appear to be locked into a very active storm track through our region well into February. The EURO Weeklies go almost to the end of February and show well above normal precipitation here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EURO-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57589\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EURO-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EURO-11.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EURO-11-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EURO-11-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS Extended doesn&#8217;t go out as far, but has a similar look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GFS-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57591\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GFS-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GFS-3.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GFS-3-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GFS-3-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The operational version of that is kinda crazy looking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GFS-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57590\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GFS-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GFS-2.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GFS-2-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GFS-2-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Given the active storm track, it&#8217;s safe to assume a few of those storms will threaten us with a lot of snow and ice. It might also be safe to assume we could see additional severe threats.<\/p>\n<p>Extreme is our new normal!<\/p>\n<p>I will have updates later today, so check back. Make it a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, folks. Winter has returned to Kentucky as we track rounds of light snow and snow showers. This will bring small accumulations to many, with a better shot at a few inches or more of snow in the southeastern Mountains. Before we get into today&#8217;s winter weather, let&#8217;s look back on a mind-boggling occurrence [&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-57582","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\/57582","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=57582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}