{"id":74634,"date":"2025-12-12T14:22:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=74634"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:22:14","slug":"winter-storm-alert-and-bitter-cold-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=74634","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm ALERT and Bitter Cold This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. Our first winter storm is winding down after dropping several inches of snow into much of the area. This system did indeed put down more than 5&#8243; in several areas and now we turn our attention to the next winter storm. This one will be followed by bitterly cold temps.<\/p>\n<p>This is a potentially life-threatening winter storm, and I hope the entire weather community is proactive in getting the word out. The combination of a quick-hitting moderate snowfall that&#8217;s immediately followed by a prolonged stretch of bitterly cold air is a serious situation for anyone stranded or caught outdoors for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a breakdown:<\/p>\n<h2>WINTER STORM <i>ALERT <\/i>SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An arctic front drops in from the northwest with a wave of low pressure working along it.<\/li>\n<li>These arctic waves are usually underplayed by the models.<\/li>\n<li>Another healthy snowfall is likely across the northern half of the state.<\/li>\n<li>A few to several inches will be likely in this area.<\/li>\n<li>Once again, we are left with the question on just how far south the snows can get.<\/li>\n<li>This snow will be much drier and more powdery with the arctic air coming in.<\/li>\n<li>Gusty winds will create some blowing and drifting Saturday night.<\/li>\n<li>Roads will become snow covered again and this will be a HIGH impact travel event.<\/li>\n<li>Bitterly cold air moves in Saturday evening and night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my New Call for Snowfall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CB-SPECIAL-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74647\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CB-SPECIAL-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CB-SPECIAL-19.png 940w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CB-SPECIAL-19-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CB-SPECIAL-19-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still worried we have to come farther south with this system and that&#8217;s a trend to watch for tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The latest model data continues to focus the snows farther south&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74637\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-15.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-15-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-15-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74638\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-10.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-10-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-10-768x597.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74639\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-19.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-19-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-19-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>BITTERLY COLD AIR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a dangerously cold air mass, folks.<\/li>\n<li>Wind chills can drop to -10 to -20 at times by Sunday morning.<\/li>\n<li>Wind chills stay around zero or as low as -10 through the day into Sunday night and Monday morning.<\/li>\n<li>Actual air temps will range from -5 to 5 above in several areas for Sunday lows and then again for Monday lows.<\/li>\n<li>High temps Sunday may barely get into the low and middle teens for areas with snow on the ground.<\/li>\n<li>Additional snow showers and flurries will be noted during the first part of Sunday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The wind chill forecast from the EURO starting at 7pm Saturday and going through 10am Sunday continues to be nasty&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-22.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74644\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-22.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those wind chills don&#8217;t improve much through the rest of Sunday through Monday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-16.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74640\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-16.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Actual low temps Sunday and Monday will range from -5 to 5 above in many areas&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74641\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-6.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-6-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-6-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-3-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74642\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-3-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-3-3.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-3-3-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-3-3-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Highs on Sunday look like this on the EURO&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-4-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74643\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-4-1.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-4-1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-4-1-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BTW, the trend is for a deeper trough late next week with a colder look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-3-6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74645\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-3-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updates will come your way throughout the day, so keep checking back. 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 fantastic Friday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. Our first winter storm is winding down after dropping several inches of snow into much of the area. This system did indeed put down more than 5&#8243; in several areas and now we turn our attention to the next winter storm. This one will be followed by bitterly cold temps. 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