{"id":68195,"date":"2024-12-19T11:38:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=68195"},"modified":"2024-12-19T11:38:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:38:23","slug":"a-light-snow-maker-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=68195","title":{"rendered":"A Light Snow Maker On The Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. It&#8217;s a seasonably cold day across Kentucky as we await the arrival of a light snow maker to start the weekend before Christmas. This will likely cause a few travel issues late Friday into Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>In the overall scheme of things, I have no changes to how this looks to play out.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hit the headlines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This system dives in from northwest to southeast Friday into Friday night.<\/li>\n<li>The main area of impact is across central and eastern Kentucky.<\/li>\n<li>Light snow pushes in quickly Friday morning and may be introduced by a quick-hitting band of rain showers.<\/li>\n<li>Light snow takes control by Friday afternoon and continue into the evening.<\/li>\n<li>From there, a strong northwest flow touches off snow showers and flurries Friday night into Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>Light accumulations are a good bet across central and eastern Kentucky.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m rolling with the First Call for Snowfall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-MAP-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68184\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-MAP-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-MAP-4.jpg 922w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-MAP-4-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-MAP-4-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest models continue to support this forecast, especially the Canadian Models and GFS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Short Range Canadian<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-35.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68196\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-35.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canadian<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-2-19.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68203\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-2-19.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GFS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GFS-32.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68200\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GFS-32.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting to note that all three models are hitting the snows a little harder in northern and east central Kentucky and leaving a donut hole of lighter stuff across northeastern Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-24.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68197\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-24.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-24-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-24-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CANADIAN<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-2-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68204\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-2-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"987\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-2-9.png 987w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-2-9-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-2-9-768x587.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GFS-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68201\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GFS-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GFS-19.png 970w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GFS-19-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GFS-19-768x596.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NAM fam is also seeing this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68199\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"969\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-16.png 969w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-16-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-16-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-2-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68198\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-2-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-2-5.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-2-5-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-2-5-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I suspect the models are seeing a pocket of slightly warmer temps in that area, meaning showers don&#8217;t change to snow as fast. That&#8217;s a microclimate impact I&#8217;ve seen before in that area.<\/p>\n<p>I will have a New Call For Snowfall on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm and here on KWC later this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Make it a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. It&#8217;s a seasonably cold day across Kentucky as we await the arrival of a light snow maker to start the weekend before Christmas. This will likely cause a few travel issues late Friday into Friday night. In the overall scheme of things, I have no changes to how this looks to play [&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-68195","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\/68195","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=68195"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68205,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68195\/revisions\/68205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}