{"id":68482,"date":"2024-12-29T15:14:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T20:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=68482"},"modified":"2024-12-29T15:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T20:14:40","slug":"high-winds-before-a-harsh-winter-pattern-develops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=68482","title":{"rendered":"High Winds Before a Harsh Winter Pattern Develops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. High winds continue to blast the Bluegrass State as a potent low pressure sweeps through. This is ahead of a big pattern change that will lead much of the country into a harsh winter weather pattern for much of January.<\/p>\n<p>Winds are gusting to near 60mph or a little higher this afternoon across parts of central and eastern Kentucky. A few lingering showers continue to spin in behind the departing low pressure and these will be with us through tonight and early Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Here are your windy tracking tools\u2026<\/p>\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<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The system coming in for New Year&#8217;s Eve is another wind and rain maker with colder air crashing in behind it to start the New Year. That colder air will likely spawn a few flurries and snow showers for the first day of 2025 and the NAM is showing this well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-28.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68488\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAM-28.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The system coming in behind it Thursday night and Friday will likely bring a swath of light accumulating snows, but we still have some model spread on this.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian is the snowiest and keeps light snow going into Saturday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-45.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68484\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-45.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The signal for the next storm is still there right behind it, but the Canadian is a bit south with this run&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-2-23.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68483\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Canadian-2-23.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO went from a storm cutting to the Great Lakes to a low rolling across the northern Gulf Coast States&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/EURO-51.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68485\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/EURO-51.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS went from a low to our south to a low moving right on top of us&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GFS-45.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68486\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GFS-45.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I told you we will see some wild swings and that&#8217;s going to continue for the next several days. I can tell you the system next weekend into early the following week may be a Threat storm and should have a few more behind it as bitterly cold air controls our weather.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll throw you another update later this evening, so check back. Make it a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. High winds continue to blast the Bluegrass State as a potent low pressure sweeps through. This is ahead of a big pattern change that will lead much of the country into a harsh winter weather pattern for much of January. Winds are gusting to near 60mph or a little higher this afternoon [&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-68482","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\/68482","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=68482"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68492,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68482\/revisions\/68492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}