{"id":69009,"date":"2025-01-10T01:43:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T06:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=69009"},"modified":"2025-01-10T01:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T06:43:51","slug":"winter-storm-2-rolls-into-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=69009","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm #2 Rolls Into Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, everyone. Our second winter storm in 5 days is rolling into Kentucky today, bringing several inches of snow. This system is part of a very harsh winter pattern that&#8217;s locked into our region for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>A Winter Storm Warning is out for much of Kentucky and surrounding states. This map shows the current warnings and advisories and will update through the day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The snow arrives from southwest to northeast through the day. This rough outline times the first flakes into where you live&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Special.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68999\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Special.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"834\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Special.jpg 834w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Special-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Special-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In terms of snowfall, this continues to be a general 3&#8243;-6&#8243; snowfall through Saturday. The ceiling is a little higher for snows across the Tennessee border counties and a few counties that border Virginia. Given they have deeper moisture, they have the potential to hit 4&#8243;-8&#8243;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2-MAP-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68998\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2-MAP-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2-MAP-5.jpg 820w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2-MAP-5-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2-MAP-5-768x441.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If we go full on Vegas on this, we will set the over\/under on snowfall at around 4&#8243; for any one location. Some will take the over and some will take the under. Either way, we are all snow winners today! ha<\/p>\n<p>This is NOT going to be nearly as potent as the storm we just had. It doesn&#8217;t have the moisture nor the ice component, but it will certainly be impactful for travelers.<\/p>\n<p>Snow showers continue into Saturday across central and eastern Kentucky as temps stay in the 20s.<\/p>\n<p>A series of arctic cold fronts then sweep through here starting Sunday night and Monday and going through much of next week. Each of these can deliver light accumulations as they push through&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-2-3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69015\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-2-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bitterly cold temps slam in here behind these fronts with the potential for lows to reach 0 or below at times&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69016\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-4.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-4-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-4-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69017\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-2-1.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-2-1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-TEMPS-2-1-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wind chills are also going to be a big-time player as they may go well below 0. This wind chill animation from the GFS starts Monday evening and goes through Thursday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-22.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69014\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GFS-22.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pattern should relax some late next week into the weekend before we go right back into another harsh pattern for the week of the 20th. This may feature a winter storm threat and more in the way of bitterly cold air&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EURO-19.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69020\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EURO-19.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will have your typical updates. Until then, I have your tracking tools including our <a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?page_id=417\">Kentucky Weather Cams<\/a>\u00a0to watch the flakes flying across different parts of the state\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>Have a great day and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, everyone. Our second winter storm in 5 days is rolling into Kentucky today, bringing several inches of snow. This system is part of a very harsh winter pattern that&#8217;s locked into our region for the foreseeable future. A Winter Storm Warning is out for much of Kentucky and surrounding states. This map shows [&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-69009","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\/69009","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=69009"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69021,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69009\/revisions\/69021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}