{"id":70144,"date":"2025-02-17T01:25:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T06:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=70144"},"modified":"2025-02-17T01:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T06:25:31","slug":"first-call-for-a-winter-storm-snowfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=70144","title":{"rendered":"First Call for a Winter Storm Snowfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. As the Commonwealth tries to recover from deadly and devastating flooding, Mother Nature is still in an unforgiving mood with a harsh week of winter weather on tap. Snowy roads are out there this morning with a winter storm on the way.<\/p>\n<p>Many Kentucky counties and rivers are still under Flood Warnings and will be for a bit longer, especially along the rivers where severe flooding is ongoing. We also start the day with a Winter Weather Advisory for some and Winter Storm Watches and possible warnings for the next system.<\/p>\n<p>To say this Watch\/Warning\/Advisory map is colorful is an understatement&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Light snow streaks into the region from the west late tonight and early Tuesday. That will bring a swath of light accumulations in a narrow band and will likely cause some slick spots.<\/p>\n<p>Our developing winter storm then rolls from west to east across the state Tuesday night through Thursday. Here&#8217;s what I think we know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Low pressure rolls from west to east across the deep south.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy snow pushes into western Kentucky Tuesday evening and expands eastward overnight.<\/li>\n<li>A swath of heavy snow goes from west to east across Kentucky Wednesday and Wednesday night.<\/li>\n<li>A general 2&#8243;-8&#8243; shows up across the state with the heaviest amounts likely along and south of Interstate 64.<\/li>\n<li>With very cold air in place, this snow should have a good fluff factor.<\/li>\n<li>Additional light snows develop on Thursday as the upper low drops in from the northwest.<\/li>\n<li>This entire system will be a HIGH IMPACT travel event for the entire state.<\/li>\n<li>Bitterly cold temps and wind chills show up with and behind this system.<\/li>\n<li>Lows can get to near 0 by Friday and Saturday mornings.<\/li>\n<li>Wind Chills can go below 0 as early as Wednesday night and be with us on and off through Saturday morning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Believe it or not, I think the GFS has a pretty good handle on this whole setup, as does the EURO.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what it has for the &#8220;sneaky&#8221; light snowfall tonight and early Tuesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70147\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-17.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-17-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-17-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70151\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-28.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-28.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-28-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-28-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my First Call for Snowfall through the entire event&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SPECIAL-MAP-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70152\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SPECIAL-MAP-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"985\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SPECIAL-MAP-5.png 985w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SPECIAL-MAP-5-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SPECIAL-MAP-5-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SPECIAL-MAP-5-440x264.png 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see how the swath of heavier snows becomes narrower through central Kentucky before picking back up in the far east. There&#8217;s a chance I split that into two areas of 4&#8243;-8&#8243; with one in the west and one far east. That would leave central Kentucky in the 3&#8243;-6&#8243; idea.<\/p>\n<p>The GFS is the most aggressive model with total snow numbers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-2-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70149\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-2-2.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-2-2-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-2-2-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO is a little lighter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-2-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70150\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-2-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-2-7.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-2-7-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-2-7-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bitterly cold wind chills will accompany the Wednesday system and those numbers absolutely tank by Thursday and Friday mornings. Wind chills go well below zero by Thursday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-4-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70155\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-4-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-4-1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-4-1-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Actual low temps make a run at 0 or below by Friday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70156\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-3-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-3-1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-3-1-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-3-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70154\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-3-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-3-3.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-3-3-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EURO-3-3-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is just a very ugly week of winter weather, folks.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d really like to say we are done with winter, but the pattern for the final week of February into the start of March potential for more winter weather&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-37.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70158\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GFS-37.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updates come your way later today. As usual, I have your tracking tools including our <a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?page_id=417\">Kentucky Weather Cams<\/a>\u00a0to watch the wild weather across entire region\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<p>Enjoy your manic Monday and take care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. As the Commonwealth tries to recover from deadly and devastating flooding, Mother Nature is still in an unforgiving mood with a harsh week of winter weather on tap. Snowy roads are out there this morning with a winter storm on the way. Many Kentucky counties and rivers are still under Flood Warnings [&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-70144","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\/70144","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=70144"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70159,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70144\/revisions\/70159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}