{"id":61790,"date":"2023-11-17T01:41:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T06:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=61790"},"modified":"2023-11-17T01:41:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T06:41:21","slug":"a-frigid-thanksgiving-taking-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=61790","title":{"rendered":"A Frigid Thanksgiving Taking Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday to one and all. It&#8217;s a wet day for much of the region as a cold front rolls across the Commonwealth. This boundary brings seasonably cold air for the weekend, but there&#8217;s an absolutely frigid air mass coming at us Thanksgiving week. This is a pattern that looks a lot like the heart of wintertime.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s kick things off with what&#8217;s going on out there today. Showers are working from west to east with our cold front crossing into the state late this afternoon and evening. Beneficial rains of .25&#8243; to .50&#8243; will be common across central and eastern Kentucky with locally higher amounts possible. Much lighter amounts will be possible in the west.<\/p>\n<p>The showers will taper from northwest to southeast this evening into the wee hours of Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Here are your fully rested radars to track today&#8217;s action\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-wrap\">\n<div class=\"post-content entry-content\">\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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Much colder air sweeps in behind this for the weekend. Highs on Saturday may not get out of the 40s for much of central and eastern Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NAM-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61792\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NAM-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NAM-7.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NAM-7-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NAM-7-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday looks really good with near normal temps.<\/p>\n<p>That brings us to our big storm system coming our way in the Monday through Wednesday time period. In the overall scheme of things, I have no changes to the thoughts I&#8217;ve had out on this system for quite a while now.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Low pressure develops in the lower Mississippi Valley Monday and lifts northward into the Ohio Valley on Tuesday. From there, our strengthening storm works to the northeast with a second low popping along the east coast.<\/li>\n<li>Rain moves in here from southwest to northeast fairly quickly on Monday.<\/li>\n<li>Rounds of rain and gusty winds will be common Tuesday as the low works through the region. There could even be a rumble of thunder.<\/li>\n<li>Winds will be gusty as this low works through with peak gusts of 30-35mph possible.<\/li>\n<li>Cold air quickly surges in behind the departing low Tuesday night and Wednesday. Leftover moisture could be in the form of a few showers or even some snowflakes.<\/li>\n<li>Arctic air then surges in late Wednesday into Thanksgiving Day. Lows may reach the upper teens by Thanksgiving morning with highs 30-35 looking possible as of right now. Gusty winds make it feel even colder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The forecast models continue to have a decent handle on this early season storm system.<\/p>\n<p>The latest GFS went back to what it had been showing up until the past few days and that&#8217;s a fully phased system&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-2-10.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61796\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-2-10.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s stout, folks!<\/p>\n<p>That upper level setup spawns a heck of a surface low that is cold enough to wrap some flakes back in here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-26.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61798\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-26.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, this is some serious cold for much of the country and could make for one of the coldest Thanksgiving Days for the country in a long, long time. Check out the wind chills from this run of the GFS from 7am Wednesday through 7am Thanksgiving Day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-3-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61797\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-3-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I mean&#8230; That&#8217;s some crazy cold for this early in the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian is similar to the GFS, but the EURO appears to be holding too much energy back in the southwest. That&#8217;s one of the biases of the model, as you know.<\/p>\n<p>The setup for the rest of the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend is primed for another storm system or two to zip across our region from the southwest. Rain and\/or snow will be possible with these systems&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-4-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61799\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GFS-4-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking long range toward the BIG holiday that is Christmas, we find the EURO Weeklies with a cold and active look for Christmas week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61794\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-15.png 960w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-15-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EURO-15-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will have another update later today. Have a fantastic Friday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday to one and all. It&#8217;s a wet day for much of the region as a cold front rolls across the Commonwealth. This boundary brings seasonably cold air for the weekend, but there&#8217;s an absolutely frigid air mass coming at us Thanksgiving week. This is a pattern that looks a lot like the heart [&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-61790","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\/61790","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=61790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}