{"id":75642,"date":"2026-01-19T19:58:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=75642"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:58:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:58:34","slug":"mid-week-light-snow-before-the-bigger-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=75642","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Week Light Snow Before the Bigger Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, everyone. Bitterly cold wind chills are out there tonight as we focus on a pattern that includes a mid-week light snow system and the potential for a winter storm impact this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Our Cold Weather Advisory continues tonight into Tuesday morning for much of north central Kentucky. This includes the Lexington Metro north and northeast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Warning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-75650\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Warning.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"953\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Warning.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Warning-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Warning-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Warning-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Warning-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Warning-1080x608.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The system moving in for Wednesday and Thursday is light, but it&#8217;s likely to spit out a period of light snow and some rain, depending on where you are. As we get closer, there&#8217;s a little better signature for light accumulations, especially western and central Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>The Short Range Canadian Model shows enough light snow to potentially impact roads on Wednesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75647\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-6.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-6-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-6-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO is picking up on the light stuff, too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75648\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-12.png 962w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-12-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-12-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In terms of the weekend winter storm that&#8217;s set to blast much of the country, it&#8217;s still too early for specifics as the models continue to flip around enough to prevent getting the best track on this system.<\/p>\n<p>The Parallel Canadian is showing one of my biggest concerns and that&#8217;s for the lead low to reach all the way into central West Virginia before the main low takes over. That kind of track brings significant snow, sleet and freezing rain into our region. Here&#8217;s what that run looks like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-49.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75652\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-49.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The late afternoon EURO looks a lot like the earlier run of the model and is farther south with the lead low, resulting in all snow around here. This run is also much slower with the movement, but this run only goes out through 1pm Sunday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-2-20.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75643\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-2-20.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO AI doesn&#8217;t show precipitation types and is very similar. It does have more precipitation around here&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-28.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75644\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-28.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS AI also doesn&#8217;t show precipitation types and is similar to the above, but it&#8217;s also in two waves&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-39.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75646\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-39.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That brins us to the GFS which is always too far south and east with systems and this one is no different&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-2-12.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75645\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-2-12.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s possible the GFS is right on this occasion, I&#8217;ll take my chances say it isn&#8217;t. I would be we see this model make a drastic change north in the next day or two.<\/p>\n<p>The main update comes your way later tonight. 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>Enjoy the evening and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, everyone. Bitterly cold wind chills are out there tonight as we focus on a pattern that includes a mid-week light snow system and the potential for a winter storm impact this weekend. Our Cold Weather Advisory continues tonight into Tuesday morning for much of north central Kentucky. 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