{"id":73188,"date":"2025-10-27T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=73188"},"modified":"2025-10-27T02:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T06:00:30","slug":"a-wicked-halloween-week-storm-system-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=73188","title":{"rendered":"A Wicked Halloween Week Storm System Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. Halloween Week is off and running on a damp note as showers roll across the state. This is the opening act for a much bigger system set to bring some wicked weather from late Tuesday through Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s break it all down on a day-by-day basis&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>TODAY<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rounds of showers roll from west to east<\/li>\n<li>The greatest concentration is across the southern half of the state<\/li>\n<li>Locally heavy rains are a good bet in the south<\/li>\n<li>Highs are mainly in the 50s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>TUESDAY<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A few showers remain in the east to start the day<\/li>\n<li>We have more dry than anything else into the afternoon hours for many<\/li>\n<li>Rain increases across western Kentucky during the afternoon and evening<\/li>\n<li>Heavy rains arrive from west to east Tuesday night<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WEDNESDAY<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Widespread rain and heavy rains spin across the entire state<\/li>\n<li>Winds gust up through the day and may top 30mph at times<\/li>\n<li>Temps are chilly and may stay in the 40s<\/li>\n<li>Heavy rains continue into Wednesday night, especially in the central and east<\/li>\n<li>Local high water issues are possible during this time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>THURSDAY<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Gusty showers continue across central and eastern Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>Winds are cold behind the departing storm system<\/li>\n<li>Gusts to 30mph or a tad higher will be possible<\/li>\n<li>Temps stay in the 40s for many<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">HALLOWEEN<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A few lingering showers will be possible during the day across central and eastern Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>As of now, the rain looks to be gone by trick-or -treat times<\/li>\n<li>Highs are in the 50-55 degree range with 40s for trick-or-treat hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The forecast models are showing some healthy rain amounts, but they have their subtle differences. The GFS is now farthest north of the bunch with the heaviest rains&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73193\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-21.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-21-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GFS-21-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian has a super sharp cutoff on the northern edge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Canadian-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73191\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Canadian-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Canadian-15.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Canadian-15-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Canadian-15-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO is a good comprimise&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-27.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73196\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-27.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-27.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-27-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-27-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a winter weather lover, I&#8217;d love to see a similar setup to this storm 6 weeks or so from now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-25.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73197\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-25.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This will be followed up by a clipper looking system dropping in here to start November this weekend and may very well have another one right behind it early next week. Very chilly showers are a good bet with the outside shot of a snowflake&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-2-10.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73198\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EURO-2-10.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Powerful Hurricane Melissa continues spin into Jamaica&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov\/GOES19\/ABI\/SECTOR\/car\/13\/GOES19-CAR-13-1000x1000.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This storm is an absolute monster and is likely to go down as the worst hurricane hit on record for Jamaica and that&#8217;s saying something. Cuba is next&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/storm_graphics\/AT13\/refresh\/AL132025_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png\/242347_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png\" alt=\"cone graphic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heartbreaking images will be coming from Jamaica, folks.<\/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 rain and wind 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>Make it a magnificent Monday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. Halloween Week is off and running on a damp note as showers roll across the state. This is the opening act for a much bigger system set to bring some wicked weather from late Tuesday through Thursday. Let&#8217;s break it all down on a day-by-day basis&#8230; TODAY Rounds of showers roll from [&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-73188","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\/73188","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=73188"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73199,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73188\/revisions\/73199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}