{"id":58234,"date":"2023-02-09T01:30:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T06:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=58234"},"modified":"2023-02-09T01:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T06:30:42","slug":"big-winds-blowing-across-the-bluegrass-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=58234","title":{"rendered":"Big Winds Blowing Across The Bluegrass State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. We continue to track a major wind maker rolling across the region today. Once this blows through, we turn our attention to a storm system for the weekend that can deliver a glancing blow of snow to southeastern Kentucky by Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Winds today may peak near 50mph at times as low pressure winds up to our west and north. Gusty showers and a rumble of thunder will be with us this morning before exiting eastern Kentucky by early this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Here are your regional radars to follow the showers and storms&#8230;<\/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>Temps ahead of this front are deep into the 60s. Temps behind the front drop into the 40s.<\/p>\n<p>Friday into Saturday continue to look like nice for the entire region as our storm system takes the southern route. This storm then turns the corner toward the southern Appalachians and into the Carolinas, strengthening along the way. This will likely have snow on the northwest side of the track of the low, and it could be a dynamic snowstorm for whoever winds up in that zone.<\/p>\n<p>The EURO continues to drift farther northwest and slams much of eastern Kentucky on Sunday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-13.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58241\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-13.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS isn&#8217;t as far northwest into Kentucky, but it did move northwest compared to earlier runs of the model&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GFS-15.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58239\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GFS-15.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is one to watch as upper lows are tricky and can put down a ton of snow on that northwest side.<\/p>\n<p>Temps rebound early next week before another system moves in with colder weather later next week.<\/p>\n<p>That may very well be the beginning of another winter look shaping up for the second half of February. The Euro Ensembles show that trough moving through with an even deeper trough diving into the country a few days later&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-12.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58235\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-12.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is right on cue at the time the EURO Weeklies show a cold pattern taking control of the country deep into March. Check out the temperature departures from normal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58236\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"969\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-6.png 969w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-6-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-6-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The control run for the same time is even colder&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58237\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-2-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-2-1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EURO-2-1-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s really not a surprising look at this point. Most of our springs have been late starters over the past decade or so. I was hoping this year would buck the trend, but Old Man Winter doesn&#8217;t look like he will let that happen.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll throw you another update or two later today. Have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, folks. We continue to track a major wind maker rolling across the region today. Once this blows through, we turn our attention to a storm system for the weekend that can deliver a glancing blow of snow to southeastern Kentucky by Sunday. Winds today may peak near 50mph at times as low pressure [&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-58234","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\/58234","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=58234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}