{"id":74236,"date":"2025-12-01T19:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=74236"},"modified":"2025-12-01T19:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:17:25","slug":"our-messy-winter-storm-moves-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=74236","title":{"rendered":"Our Messy Winter Storm Moves In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, everyone. It&#8217;s all systems go for a winter storm to impact Kentucky tonight into Tuesday morning. Snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain are all showing up as our system increases from southwest to northeast.<\/p>\n<p>The Winter Weather Advisory got expanded farther south and that&#8217;s a good thing but it&#8217;s still not far enough south. I&#8217;m still worried about a corridor of snows that can push the 4&#8243; mark, which is Winter Storm Criteria for Kentucky. Here&#8217;s a look at the current Winter Weather Alerts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" alt=\"Watches\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the latest call for snowfall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-MAP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-74250\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-MAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"947\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-MAP.jpg 777w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-MAP-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-MAP-768x420.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The late afternoon models all decided to trend straight toward what the GFS has been saying for days now and that&#8217;s for a heavier and more widespread system. Here&#8217;s the latest look from the GFS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74238\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-1-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The model is now seeing some freezing rain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74241\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-2.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-2-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-2-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO is now seeing a hefty snow system, similar to the EURO&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74248\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-1-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also seeing a little more freezing rain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74251\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-1.png 958w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-1-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The late day Short Range Canadian also beefed up snow totals&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74239\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-1.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-1-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has a much greater swath of freezing rain that would cause issues&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74240\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-2-1.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-2-1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-2-1-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the average of more than 50 members of the EURO Ensembles show a healthy snowfall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74242\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The AI Ensembles are much more generous&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74243\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"954\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2.png 954w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Short Range Ensembles Forecast average looks like this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SREF.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74244\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SREF.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SREF.png 960w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SREF-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SREF-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one of the single runs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SREF-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74245\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SREF-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SREF-2.png 963w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SREF-2-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SREF-2-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally the RAP snowfall forecast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAP-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74246\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAP-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1089\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAP-2.png 1089w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAP-2-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAP-2-1024x753.png 1024w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAP-2-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAP-2-1080x794.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1089px) 100vw, 1089px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh wait&#8230; One more&#8230; Here&#8217;s the HRRR<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hrrr.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74249\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hrrr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hrrr.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hrrr-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hrrr-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I may have another update later this evening and will have the latest on WKYT NEWS on the CW Lexington at 10pm then on WKYT at 11. You can also watch everything we do streaming on WKYT+. I\u2019ll also have a few 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:\/\/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 great evening and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, everyone. It&#8217;s all systems go for a winter storm to impact Kentucky tonight into Tuesday morning. Snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain are all showing up as our system increases from southwest to northeast. The Winter Weather Advisory got expanded farther south and that&#8217;s a good thing but it&#8217;s still not far enough [&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-74236","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\/74236","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=74236"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74252,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74236\/revisions\/74252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}