{"id":61604,"date":"2023-11-08T01:37:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T06:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=61604"},"modified":"2023-11-08T01:37:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T06:37:32","slug":"windy-and-warm-ahead-of-a-strong-cold-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=61604","title":{"rendered":"Windy and Warm Ahead Of A Strong Cold Front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday to one and all. Near record highs are likely today across the state as a strong southwest wind gusts up ahead of a cold front. This boundary brings some rain to the region and also knocks the temps way back down to normal.<\/p>\n<p>Highs out there today warm into the 75-80 degree range across Kentucky with a few records in jeopardy. Southwest winds gust up this afternoon and evening with some of these gusts tonight possibly reaching 40mph at times.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the peak wind gusts through early Thursday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nam-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61605\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nam-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nam-2.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nam-2-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nam-2-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The front blows in with some scattered showers tonight and early Thursday as cooler winds take over. This front slows down as a wave of low pressure develops along it and scoots across the southern Appalachian Mountains. This throws a band of rain across parts of the state with the south and east getting the bulk of the action.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian continues to be the most generous with the coverage of the showers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Canadian-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61607\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Canadian-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Canadian-1.png 960w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Canadian-1-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Canadian-1-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS is the stingiest&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61608\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-2.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-2-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-2-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still, all models bring a decent shot of rain to the southeast where those forest fires are still burning out of control, so that&#8217;s welcome news.<\/p>\n<p>Chilly winds come in behind this with near normal temps into the weekend. Skies look dry except for the GFS that&#8217;s trying to blow up another system by Sunday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-5.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61609\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-5.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the GFS so that&#8217;s a big strike against that happening, but I can&#8217;t totally rule that out based on the pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Seasonal temps then hang tough into early next week before we mild it up again for the second half of the week.<\/p>\n<p>The focus continues to be on a colder pattern taking control for Thanksgiving week and the EURO Ensembles continue to show this change very well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61602\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-2-1.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-2-1-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-2-1-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just like in recent days, the control run of the GFS is even more aggressive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-2-3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61601\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-2-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another update will find its way into your life later today. Have a wonderful Wednesday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday to one and all. Near record highs are likely today across the state as a strong southwest wind gusts up ahead of a cold front. This boundary brings some rain to the region and also knocks the temps way back down to normal. Highs out there today warm into the 75-80 degree range [&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-61604","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\/61604","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=61604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}