{"id":75482,"date":"2026-01-15T11:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=75482"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:44:21","slug":"thursday-afternoon-snow-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=75482","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Afternoon Snow Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. We still have some snow showers and squalls impacting parts of the state as our focus turns toward a snow maker moving in late Friday into Saturday. This system likely has a decent swath of light accumulations with it.<\/p>\n<p>The current snow showers and squalls have that direct pipeline to Lake Michigan, and it&#8217;s been awesome to see. These are mainly in the north and east and will still put down some hit and run accumulations that cause local travel issues.<\/p>\n<p>A light snow system moves across western and north central Kentucky late tonight and early Thursday. Accumulations are light but the timing may impact the morning commute.<\/p>\n<p>The system coming in from the southwest Friday evening may start as a bit of a mix and there&#8217;s the chance for a little rain on the southeastern edge of this at the state. Then we go over to a period of light snow that will be followed up by another light snow batch and snow showers later Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>I think most areas see some snow from this, but here&#8217;s the area most likely to pick up on a few inches&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CB-SPECIAL-THREAT-MAP-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75490\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CB-SPECIAL-THREAT-MAP-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CB-SPECIAL-THREAT-MAP-1.png 940w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CB-SPECIAL-THREAT-MAP-1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CB-SPECIAL-THREAT-MAP-1-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian family continues to be solid with this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Canadian<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-3-5.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75492\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-3-5.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-38.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75491\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-38.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS is actually in line with this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-31.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75488\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-31.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NAM fam went a little lighter and more disjointed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NAM-2-6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75485\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NAM-2-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We need to watch for the possibility this comes together a little more than the models think.<\/p>\n<p>Bitterly cold temps and wind chills follow this up for Sunday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-2-17.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75486\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-2-17.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another update comes your way later today and I&#8217;ll have the latest on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm.. 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 rest of your Thursday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. We still have some snow showers and squalls impacting parts of the state as our focus turns toward a snow maker moving in late Friday into Saturday. This system likely has a decent swath of light accumulations with it. The current snow showers and squalls have that direct pipeline to Lake Michigan, [&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-75482","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\/75482","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=75482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75493,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75482\/revisions\/75493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}