{"id":68614,"date":"2025-01-01T11:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=68614"},"modified":"2025-01-01T11:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:57:21","slug":"winter-storm-threat-sunday-and-monday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=68614","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm THREAT Sunday and Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. It&#8217;s our first Winter Storm <strong>THREAT<\/strong> of the winter and it&#8217;s for the system coming at us Sunday and Monday. This is likely to deliver SIGNIFICANT amounts of snow, sleet and freezing rain to the Bluegrass state and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>For those new to KWC, I put out a Winter Storm <strong>THREAT<\/strong> to heighten awareness to the possibility of snow and ice and that&#8217;s what we have here. As we get closer and confidence increases, we upgrade to a Winter Storm <strong><em>ALERT<\/em><\/strong>. If confidence goes the other way, we stand down and wait for the next one.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a very early look at the impacts this storm may bring to your location&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-MAP-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68597\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-MAP-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"879\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-MAP-10.jpg 879w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-MAP-10-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1-MAP-10-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some fresh bullet points for you guys:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The track of the low is still the key to this whole thing.<\/li>\n<li>Right now, the models are all in good agreement with a similar track I outlined in my last post.<\/li>\n<li>The low goes from near Memphis to near Pikeville then fades into southern West Virginia.<\/li>\n<li>Precipitation types and amounts are and will continue to be a work in progress.<\/li>\n<li>That said, the threat for a MAJOR snow and ice event for Kentucky is increasing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest GFS is a crushing hit to Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68621\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Model is in good agreement with that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Canadian.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68622\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Canadian.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The European Model has been consistent in showing what the GFS and Canadian Models are now showing. Here&#8217;s the early morning run of the EURO&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EURO-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68623\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EURO-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have updates on WKYT-TV this evening and I&#8217;ll be back with another update here on KWC later in the evening. Until then, let&#8217;s track a few flurries and snow showers to open 2025&#8230;<\/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>Enjoy the rest of the day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. It&#8217;s our first Winter Storm THREAT of the winter and it&#8217;s for the system coming at us Sunday and Monday. This is likely to deliver SIGNIFICANT amounts of snow, sleet and freezing rain to the Bluegrass state and surrounding areas. For those new to KWC, I put out a Winter Storm THREAT [&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-68614","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\/68614","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=68614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68624,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68614\/revisions\/68624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}