{"id":74828,"date":"2025-12-21T01:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=74828"},"modified":"2025-12-21T01:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:36:13","slug":"a-christmas-week-from-the-grinch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=74828","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Week from the Grinch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Sunday, everyone. A shot of seasonable cold is into the region today, but it&#8217;s not going to hang around very long. The Grinch is set to steal our traditional Christmas week weather, replacing it with warm temps and some showers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TheGrinchWhoMeGIF.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74829\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TheGrinchWhoMeGIF.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, you, ya bozo!<\/p>\n<p>Temps out there today are generally in the upper 30s to middle 40s with gusty winds making it feel colder. Skies are partly sunny.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest winds kick in overnight into Monday as milder air fights back in. That air brings some showers along for the ride but those won&#8217;t get in here until the evening. Once we get in on the showery setup, it looks to be with us in on and off fashion through Christmas&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-41.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74832\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-41.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The temperatures are the big story with highs hitting the 60s with the chance for 70 in the west. Take a look at some of the forecast highs from Tuesday through Christmas Day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-24.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74833\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-24.png 956w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-24-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-24-768x610.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-2-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74830\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-2-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-2-3.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-2-3-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-2-3-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74831\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"959\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-3-1.png 959w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-3-1-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GFS-3-1-768x608.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s beyond absurd and further illustrates how our weather swings from one extreme to the other with very little in between.<\/p>\n<p>The milder than normal temps likely continue through the start of next weekend, but a big blast of cold air looks to finally knock that down. The models continue to see this cold blast better and better as we get closer.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian even tries to bring a rain to snow setup&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-32.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74835\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-32.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO doesn&#8217;t go that far, but it sees the blast of cold air&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-32.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74836\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-32.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a great Sunday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Sunday, everyone. A shot of seasonable cold is into the region today, but it&#8217;s not going to hang around very long. The Grinch is set to steal our traditional Christmas week weather, replacing it with warm temps and some showers. Yes, you, ya bozo! Temps out there today are generally in the upper 30s [&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-74828","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\/74828","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=74828"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74837,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74828\/revisions\/74837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}