{"id":62898,"date":"2024-01-02T19:08:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T00:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=62898"},"modified":"2024-01-02T19:08:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T00:08:29","slug":"watching-the-weekend-and-beyond-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=62898","title":{"rendered":"Watching The Weekend and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, folks. We have a weak cold front coming into the region late Wednesday, but the main focus is on back to back storm systems set to hit our region. Both of those will bring rain and snow to the region.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s focus on this weekend system and the possible impact it has on our weather. Here&#8217;s a first look at what may play out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-MAP.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62908\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-MAP.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-MAP.png 956w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-MAP-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-MAP-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please take notice of the CHANGES TO THE FORECAST ARE LIKELY part of that graphic! &#x1f601; And just because you&#8217;re in the SNOW part doesn&#8217;t mean you get a lot&#8230; I&#8217;m strictly trying to define the precipitation type.<\/p>\n<p>The Weather Prediction Center is highlighting the areas most likely to pick up on some accumulations. Notice they have a low risk in several areas by 7AM Saturday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WPC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62900\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WPC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"793\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WPC.png 793w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WPC-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WPC-768x458.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That risk area really expands across the central and eastern parts of the state Saturday and Saturday night&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WPC-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62901\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WPC-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WPC-2.png 800w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WPC-2-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WPC-2-768x458.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, all of this depends on where this lead low goes and just how strong it is. If you want snow in Kentucky, you want a fairly strong low going into the southern Appalachians. The models go back and forth on this happening.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the latest run of the EURO&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EURO-6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62904\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EURO-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS went much weaker with this scenario on the late day run but has snow across the eastern half of the state&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62902\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next storm system continues to look massive and should bring high winds and rain before snow and the chance for a quick blast of arctic cold.<\/p>\n<p>Look at the EURO deepening this storm right on top of us&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EURO-2-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62905\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EURO-2-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO is a bit west of that, but you can see the trend of a big time storm system&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-3-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62906\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-3-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have the latest on WKYT News at 10pm on the CW Lexington and on WKYT News at 11.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the evening and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, folks. We have a weak cold front coming into the region late Wednesday, but the main focus is on back to back storm systems set to hit our region. Both of those will bring rain and snow to the region. Let&#8217;s focus on this weekend system and the possible impact it has on [&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-62898","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\/62898","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=62898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}