{"id":73529,"date":"2025-11-09T12:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T17:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=73529"},"modified":"2025-11-09T12:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T17:39:07","slug":"old-man-winter-surges-into-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=73529","title":{"rendered":"Old Man Winter Surges Into Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. An early-season winter blast is sweeping into Kentucky, delivering not just our first snowflakes but also the season&#8217;s first light accumulations. Bitterly cold early November wind chills will also flex on us over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with a look at the Winter Weather Advisory for far southeastern Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ADVISORY-MAP.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73537\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ADVISORY-MAP.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ADVISORY-MAP.png 940w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ADVISORY-MAP-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ADVISORY-MAP-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I expect several more counties to be added to that at some point later today or tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Temps are crashing across the Commonwealth this afternoon as the 30s take over from northwest to southeast. Track the cold with this map that updates around the top of each hour&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBTEMPS_STATE_650.jpg\" alt=\"Current Temps\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A broader look at the temps shows the impressive surge of arctic air diving in here from the northwest&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/rtma_ru\/latest\/series_001\/sfct-imp.conus.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Wind Chills are brutal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/rtma_ru\/latest\/series_001\/sfctapp-imp.conus.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have no changes to the overall forecast as rain showers change to snow showers and flurries this evening with those continuing through tonight. Light accumulations show up for some<\/p>\n<p>with the best snows coming on Monday as the strong upper low swings in from the northwest. The latest Call for Snowfall stands&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CB-SPECIAL-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73526\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CB-SPECIAL-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CB-SPECIAL-3.png 940w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CB-SPECIAL-3-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CB-SPECIAL-3-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The HRRR continues to show streaks of heavier snows farther west and that is a concern if snow squalls ramp it up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HRRR-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73535\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HRRR-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HRRR-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HRRR-1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HRRR-1-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brutally cold wind chills are kicking in right now and will drop close to 10 in some cases tonight then again Monday night&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GFS-14.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73536\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GFS-14.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another update or two will come your way later today here on KWC.\u00a0 I\u2019ll also have frequent updates on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChrisBaileyWKYT\">Meteorologist Chris Bailey Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Until then, here are your tracking tools for the day\u2026<\/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>Have a great Sunday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. An early-season winter blast is sweeping into Kentucky, delivering not just our first snowflakes but also the season&#8217;s first light accumulations. Bitterly cold early November wind chills will also flex on us over the next few days. Let&#8217;s start with a look at the Winter Weather Advisory for far southeastern Kentucky&#8230; I [&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-73529","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\/73529","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=73529"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73538,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73529\/revisions\/73538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}