{"id":58329,"date":"2023-02-14T02:02:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T07:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=58329"},"modified":"2023-02-14T14:58:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T19:58:29","slug":"high-winds-start-a-wild-weather-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=58329","title":{"rendered":"High Winds Start A Wild Weather Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday and Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day. We have a really wild period of weather unfolding for the rest of the week. It&#8217;s a pattern that&#8217;s straight out of springtime and one that will likely cause issues across Kentucky and surrounding states.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a breakdown of the rest of the week&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High winds kick in late today through early Wednesday. Gusts to 50mph or a little higher will be possible and may cause some additional damage.<\/li>\n<li>A few showers and storms may be noted late today into the evening, especially in the west.<\/li>\n<li>Near record highs are possible Wednesday with readings reaching 70-75 degrees for some.<\/li>\n<li>Winds crank again Wednesday night and Thursday. Gusts to 50mph will be possible and that&#8217;s without thunderstorms.<\/li>\n<li>Rounds of thunderstorms quickly increase Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Some of those could be strong or severe.<\/li>\n<li>With low pressure tracking to our west and northwest Thursday, our region will be in the area to watch for additional strong to severe storms.<\/li>\n<li>Damaging wind is the main threat, but there&#8217;s enough spin for a low tornado risk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Storm Prediction Center is highlighting western Kentucky for a low-end risk for severe storms late Wednesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That threat then increases and moves farther east across the region for Thursday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/public\/state\/images\/KY_swody3.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Behind all this comes a big temperature crash and the potential for some flakes to fly on Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>GFS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GFS-24.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58332\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GFS-24.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look at those Friday morning wind chills&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58334\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-1.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-1-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GFS-TEMPS-1-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will have updates later today. Until then, here are your radars to follow the scattered showers and storms working in from the west&#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>Make it a great Tuesday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday and Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day. We have a really wild period of weather unfolding for the rest of the week. It&#8217;s a pattern that&#8217;s straight out of springtime and one that will likely cause issues across Kentucky and surrounding states. Here&#8217;s a breakdown of the rest of the week&#8230; High winds kick in late [&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-58329","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\/58329","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=58329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}