{"id":62667,"date":"2023-12-24T01:39:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T06:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=62667"},"modified":"2023-12-24T01:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T06:39:26","slug":"merry-christmas-eve-weather-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=62667","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas Eve Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Sunday and Merry Christmas Eve! It&#8217;s a VERY mild day out there as we get set for Santa to bring wind and rain into the region for Christmas Day. Once this passes through, a change to winter weather is on the way for the closing days of the year.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, temps out there today reach the upper 50s to low 60s for most of the state. There&#8217;s a mix of sun and clouds with just a small shower chance lingering into the day. Here are your radars to help you find any of the holdover drops\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>A potent storm system spins from the Plains States into the Mississippi Valley Christmas Day. This brings a surge of wind and heavy rain into the region later tonight through Tuesday morning. This means widespread rain for Christmas Day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-17.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62670\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-17.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many areas should pick up a half to one inch of rain during this time and there&#8217;s even the chance for some Christmas thunder across the western half of the state.&#x1f384;&#x1f329;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p>Winds are also a big time player with gusts from 30mph-40mph a good bet, but some of the models are spitting out gusts of 40mph or greater&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-2-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62671\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-2-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-2-5.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-2-5-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-2-5-768x578.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62672\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-10.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-10-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NAM-10-768x578.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The much-anticipated pattern change arrives shortly after Christmas with snow chances and much colder temps showing up. The models are having a time resolving all the individual systems\u00a0 floating around and diving into the trough developing in the east. This animation shows chaos in the upper levels with soooooooo many areas of vorticity&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GFS-2-21.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62676\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GFS-2-21.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How those interact with one another is a tall task for any model to figure out and that&#8217;s why we are seeing the models jumping around a bit.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian continues to be the most consistent&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Canadian-25.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62674\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Canadian-25.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the best chance for snow arrives Thursday and continues into, at least, part of the New Year&#8217;s Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The GFS changes from run to run, but it&#8217;s showing a healthier system trying to spin up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GFS-37.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62675\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GFS-37.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pattern into early January looks very active and, perhaps, quite wintry. An active southern storm track combining with frequent cold air intrusions could get pretty fun and that potential is showing up on recent ensemble runs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Canadian-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62677\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Canadian-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Canadian-13.png 960w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Canadian-13-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Canadian-13-768x582.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have another update later today. Merry Christmas Eve and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Sunday and Merry Christmas Eve! It&#8217;s a VERY mild day out there as we get set for Santa to bring wind and rain into the region for Christmas Day. Once this passes through, a change to winter weather is on the way for the closing days of the year. As mentioned, temps out there [&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-62667","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\/62667","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=62667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}