{"id":63592,"date":"2024-01-29T01:15:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T06:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=63592"},"modified":"2024-01-29T01:15:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T06:15:31","slug":"its-a-pattern-in-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=63592","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s A Pattern In Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. We have some flakes flying out there today as our overall pattern is in flux for the closing days of January. Once into early February, we make the transition to a setup that can feature a lot of harsh winter weather across much of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s flakes are just flakes for much of the region, but the far southeast will likely pick up accumulating snows. This may create some slick travel for those counties that border Virginia, so keep that in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Here are your radars to follow whatever is out there&#8230;<\/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>The next system is a clipper dropping in late Tuesday into Wednesday. This likely brings some light rain and snow showers to the region. The future radar from the Hi Res NAM tracks this from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NAM-21.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63597\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NAM-21.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A rather convoluted pattern takes shape by the weekend with a deep trough heading into the northeastern part of the country as a big southern storm rolls from west to east. This may wind up being a close call for a possible impact on our weather&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-50.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63598\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-50.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have no changes to the idea of a very wintry setup fully settling in during the second week of February and, likely, continuing into the first half of March. As I&#8217;ve been outlining for nearly two weeks now, the pattern progression reminds me of what we went through to get to the harsh few weeks of winter we recently had. The difference is, this one will likely have much more staying power.<\/p>\n<p>The EURO Weeklies continue to show this progression very well as blocking sets up in the high latitudes, allowing deep troughs to swing into the eastern part of the Country. This is a daily animation that goes from February 11 through February 29&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EURO-27.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63593\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EURO-27.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If we extend that out for the first two weeks of March, we find a similar look with the trough in the east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EURO-2-9.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63594\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/EURO-2-9.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of an early spring, this is not the pattern for you. I&#8217;m torn on how to feel about this because I shift to spring mode by the second half of February.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have updates later today so check back. Make it a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. We have some flakes flying out there today as our overall pattern is in flux for the closing days of January. Once into early February, we make the transition to a setup that can feature a lot of harsh winter weather across much of the country. Today&#8217;s flakes are just flakes for [&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-63592","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\/63592","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=63592"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63599,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63592\/revisions\/63599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}