{"id":75039,"date":"2025-12-29T01:58:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T06:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=75039"},"modified":"2025-12-29T01:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T06:58:23","slug":"old-man-winter-fights-back-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=75039","title":{"rendered":"Old Man Winter Fights Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. It&#8217;s a whole new ballgame out there today behind the arctic front that slammed through the state last night. This caused all kinds of wild weather and that wild continues out there today with bitterly cold wind chills and some flakes.<\/p>\n<p>Before we get to the look ahead, take a look back at what was one of the warmest December days on record for Kentucky with highs in the low and middle 70s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mesonet-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75047\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mesonet-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1346\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mesonet-3.png 1346w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mesonet-3-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mesonet-3-1024x414.png 1024w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mesonet-3-768x310.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mesonet-3-1080x436.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1346px) 100vw, 1346px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transition to today with temps in the 20s surging from west to east this morning and hanging there for most of the day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBTEMPS_STATE_650.jpg\" alt=\"Current Temps\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Actual air temps are 40 to 50 degrees colder than Sunday afternoon with wind chills making it feel more than 60 degrees colder. Those bitterly cold wind chills drop into the single digits for some today and likely stay there through Tuesday morning. This animation goes from this afternoon through Tuesday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-2-25.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75050\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-2-25.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few flakes will be flying early this morning with a better shot for a few flurries and snow showers later today into tonight as a northwest wind kicks in. A few of the models continue to show the chance for a coating across the eastern half of the state&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HRRR-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75041\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HRRR-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HRRR-5.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HRRR-5-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HRRR-5-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75045\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-21.png 968w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-21-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Canadian-21-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a>The next system comes in from the northwest New Year&#8217;s Eve and Day and should bring a light accumulating snow along for the ride. The best chance for this quick-hitting holiday flake maker is across central and eastern Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-43.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75049\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-43.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I continue to watch the blocking setting up for next week. That&#8217;s likely to feature a deep trough in the easter half of the country with a couple of storm systems trying to develop underneath. The Euro continues with the signal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-28.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75052\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-28.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO Weeklies continue to show a cold look for the eastern half of the country for January&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75043\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-17.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-17-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-17-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pattern is also showing a healthy snow look into the first part of February&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75042\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-10.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-10-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EURO-2-10-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another update or two comes your way later today. I\u2019ll also have a few updates on my\u00a0<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 magnificent Monday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday, everyone. It&#8217;s a whole new ballgame out there today behind the arctic front that slammed through the state last night. This caused all kinds of wild weather and that wild continues out there today with bitterly cold wind chills and some flakes. Before we get to the look ahead, take a look back [&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-75039","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\/75039","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=75039"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75053,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75039\/revisions\/75053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}