{"id":63628,"date":"2024-01-31T01:47:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T06:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=63628"},"modified":"2024-01-31T01:47:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T06:47:04","slug":"looking-ahead-to-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=63628","title":{"rendered":"Looking Ahead To February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday, everyone. We are closing out the month of January on a rather down note, but better days are ahead as we roll into February. Milder weather is on the way with temps above normal for the first week and change of the new month, but a change to winter is still on the way shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Before we get into the weather portion of the program, there&#8217;s a &#8220;Best Of&#8221; competition floatin around out there that some of the other stations are actively promoting. WKYT is not, but if you guys would like to vote for your friendly weatherdude, far be it from me to stop you.<\/p>\n<p>A vote for me is a vote for progress in this wicked world of weather and I promise to deliver everything from snow and cold to sunny and warm to thunderstorms. If elected, the weather world is yours!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestoflex.smileypete.com\/community-and-media\/best-meteorologist\">\u00a0VOTE HERE:\u00a0 \u00a0 Smiley Pete&#8217;s Best of Lex<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SpongeBobSpongeBobMailGIF.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63630\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SpongeBobSpongeBobMailGIF.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m honestly just having fun with this and don&#8217;t really care that much.<\/p>\n<p>Our weather out there today features low clouds and some passing flakes or a bit of light shower action, especially early and mainly in the east. Not much will show up on your radars, but the regional radars are here to keep you company\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>Milder winds kick in for Thursday with a mix of sun and clouds. Most areas reach the 50s.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m watching a backdoor cold front dropping in from the northeast Thursday night and Friday. This may bring a shower into the state, but it may also knock the numbers down just a bit for some areas, especially in the north and east.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the swing in temps on Friday afternoon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63635\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-4.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-4-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-4-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The milder air really surges in for Saturday with low and mid 50s north and east and low 60s west&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63637\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-2-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-2-1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-2-1-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A southern storm system then rolls from west to east and may throw some rain into our region later Sunday and Monday. The Canadian has been most consistent with this signal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CANADIAN-29.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63638\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CANADIAN-29.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temps behind this system are still mild into much of next week and you better enjoy it while you can because things change just after that.<\/p>\n<p>A big time winter pattern then takes control of the pattern for much of the country during week two of the month and looks to continue through early March.<\/p>\n<p>The progression of this upcoming pattern is something to behold and it&#8217;s amazing how the various ensembles are now matching up with what the EURO Weeklies and GFS Extended have been showing for some time now.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s use the Canadian Ensembles to show all this.<\/p>\n<p>The current setup for the rest of the week features a MONSTER ridge across the northern plains and into much of Canada&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63643\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-28.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"959\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-28.png 959w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-28-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-28-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s bringing temps of 50 degrees above normal to parts of Canada. You read that correctly&#8230; 50 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL!<\/p>\n<p>This ridge is slow to get displaced because it&#8217;s the biggest, baddest boy on the block right now. Over the next week, this slowly moves toward the northeastern part of the country and into southeastern Canada as a trough develops in the western part of the country&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-2-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63641\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-2-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"957\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-2-7.png 957w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-2-7-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-2-7-768x608.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Historic warmth will continue across Canada during that time, with record warmth possible in the northern part of the US.<\/p>\n<p>This same ridge continues to get displaced farther north a few days later. At the same time, the trough in the west slowly migrates into the plains states with ridging replacing it along the west coast of North America&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-3-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63644\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-3-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-3-2.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-3-2-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-3-2-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This leads us into an episode of severe blocking from Greenland (-NAO) through the North Pole (-A0) with a massive ridge up the west coast of North America (+PNA). That leads to a monster trough across the eastern half of the country&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-4-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63642\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-4-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-4-2.png 968w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-4-2-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-4-2-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS Ensembles look almost identical at the same timeframe&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63646\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-31.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-31-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GFS-31-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the same ridge of high pressure bringing historic warmth to Canada over the next week is the same ridge that leads the eastern half of the United States into a harsh winter pattern for the middle and end of February.<\/p>\n<p>What kind of pattern does that lead to? One that can turn bitterly cold in the eastern US&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-5-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63647\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-5-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-5-1.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-5-1-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Canadian-5-1-768x579.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The weather in motion is a thing of beauty and I love the challenge of putting all the pieces of the weather puzzle together, or, at least, trying to.<\/p>\n<p>A post like this has got to be worth a vote or two. Right? <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll stop by with another update or two later today. Until then, make it a great day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Wednesday, everyone. We are closing out the month of January on a rather down note, but better days are ahead as we roll into February. Milder weather is on the way with temps above normal for the first week and change of the new month, but a change to winter is still on the [&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-63628","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\/63628","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=63628"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63648,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63628\/revisions\/63648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}