{"id":72963,"date":"2025-10-18T01:56:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=72963"},"modified":"2025-10-18T01:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:59:51","slug":"tracking-a-very-active-weekend-of-weather-and-looking-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=72963","title":{"rendered":"Tracking a Very Active Weekend of Weather and Looking Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday, everyone. Our weekend storm system is about to blast the Bluegrass state with all kinds of nasty. This kicks off a very active pattern setup that may carry us into an earlier than normal start to winter as we get into November. Sit back and enjoy another loaded KWC post!<\/p>\n<p>Temps out there today are warm with 80-85 in many areas on a strong southwest wind flow. This is ahead of our storm system rolling into the region tonight and Sunday. Here are the highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Showers and storms impact western Kentucky later today into the evening. Some of these may be strong or severe.<\/li>\n<li>Storms rumble into central Kentucky and should weaken some. The low-end severe risk continues with this line.<\/li>\n<li>Winds are the main story with 40mph-45mph wind gusts tonight and Sunday. Pockets of higher winds may show up.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday is ugly across central and eastern Kentucky with widespread gusty rains.<\/li>\n<li>Temps Sunday drop into the upper 40s during the afternoon and early evening.<\/li>\n<li>Monday morning is cold with upper 30s delivering a kiss of frost to a few areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The future radar from the HRRR runs from this afternoon through 8pm Sunday and shows our system well&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HRRR.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72971\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HRRR.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, winds are the big factor with widespread gusts topping 40mph. Some of the models continue to point toward some 50mph gusts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HRRR.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72972\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HRRR.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HRRR.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HRRR-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HRRR-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72973\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-3.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-3-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-3-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those winds come in two BIG bursts with the first arriving with the front late tonight. The second as low pressure cranks and pulls away to our north on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the severe threat, the greatest risk continues to be in the west. That&#8217;s where the Storm Prediction Center continues with the Slight Risk today. The Marginal Risk extends farther east into parts of central Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1.png?1747720718\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Damaging wind is the main threat&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_WIND.png?1747703206\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is also a low-end tornado risk in the west&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody1_TORN.png?1747720892\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SPC does have a Marginal Risk for Sunday morning severe storms in the east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/partners\/outlooks\/state\/images\/KY_swody2.png?1760767032\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is one stout temp drop from Sunday morning through Sunday afternoon and evening&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72976\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Areas of upper 30s likely show up by Monday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72975\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-2-1.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-2-1-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-2-1-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some patchy frost is possible in the sheltered valleys, but the winds won&#8217;t fully calm down which means wind chills will show up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72978\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-3-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-3-1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NAM-3-1-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next system then slides through here on Tuesday unleashing the coldest air mass of the fall season, so far&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-13.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72983\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-13.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lows will be deep into the 30s with a widespread frost potential Wednesday and\/or Thursday mornings.<\/p>\n<p>The trough digging into the eastern half of the country has been on my radar for a while now and it continues to show up well on the operational models and the various Ensembles like the GFS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-13.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72982\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-13.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting to note some of the recent runs of the GFS Ensembles have been showing flake action during that time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-SNOW.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72981\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-SNOW.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-SNOW.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-SNOW-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-SNOW-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I continue to watch the evolution on the EURO Weeklies as they continue to trend toward a very active November that may get winter started a little early. The overall forecast continues to be remarkably consistent but the trough in the east shows up a little stronger with each run.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the weekly breakdown of the 500mb height anomalies from the EURO Weeklies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-3-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72966\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-3-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-3-4.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-3-4-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-3-4-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-4-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72967\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-4-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-4-3.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-4-3-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-4-3-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-5-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72968\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-5-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-5-2.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-5-2-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-5-2-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-6-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72969\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-6-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-6-1.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-6-1-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-6-1-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The signal is for an active November with above normal precipitation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-2-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72965\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-2-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-2-7.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-2-7-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-2-7-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can clearly see an active Ohio Valley storm track with that. I do expect some of that to fall in flake form and so do the Weeklies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72970\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-17.png 968w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-17-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-17-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m liking this early season pattern as you can probably tell by the length of me recent posts. Y&#8217;all know I like my winter early!!<\/p>\n<p>I will have updates as needed today and on my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChrisBaileyWKYT\">Meteorologist Chris Bailey Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Until then, here are your storm tracking tools for the day\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWARNINGS.jpg\" alt=\"Warnings\" data-src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWARNINGS.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" alt=\"Watches\" data-src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><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\" \/><\/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>Current watches<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" alt=\"Current Watches\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/watch\/validww.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Possible Watch Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" alt=\"Current MDs\" width=\"582\" height=\"408\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/products\/md\/validmd.png\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make it a great Saturday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday, everyone. Our weekend storm system is about to blast the Bluegrass state with all kinds of nasty. This kicks off a very active pattern setup that may carry us into an earlier than normal start to winter as we get into November. Sit back and enjoy another loaded KWC post! Temps out there [&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-72963","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\/72963","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=72963"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72986,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72963\/revisions\/72986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}