{"id":75915,"date":"2026-01-25T19:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=75915"},"modified":"2026-01-25T19:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:40:21","slug":"bitterly-cold-temps-settle-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=75915","title":{"rendered":"Bitterly Cold Temps Settle In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, everyone. A State of Emergency continues for the entire state as our massive winter storm starts to move away. Unfortunately, life-threatening cold is settling in and looks to remain through next weekend, at least.<\/p>\n<p>Our Winter Storm Warning continues for the state but the light snow is slowing down&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" alt=\"Watches\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the winter storm moves away tonight, areas of light snow, snow showers and flurries will continue to push in from the northwest&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CANADIAN-63.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75920\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CANADIAN-63.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bitter cold is the story with a rare Extreme Cold Warning out for much of Kentucky through Tuesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75921\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-4.jpg 855w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-4-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-4-768x426.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wind chills are just brutal starting later tonight. This animation shows wind chill readings from Monday morning through Tuesday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-53.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75923\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-53.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Actual low temps may drop to well below zero later Monday into Tuesday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75916\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-23.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-23-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-23-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t stop there with snow and ice on the ground, temps can drop below zero again Wednesday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-2-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75917\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-2-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-2-11.png 968w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-2-11-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-2-11-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Thursday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-3-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75918\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-3-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-3-9.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-3-9-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-3-9-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then fresh arctic air mass surges in by next weekend and sends temps even lower&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-4-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75919\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-4-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"959\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-4-4.png 959w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-4-4-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-4-4-768x607.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This setup will feature periodic light snows and snow showers all week. One of these systems dropping in from the northwest may really crank at some point&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CANADIAN-2-32.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75922\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CANADIAN-2-32.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A full update comes later tonight. I\u2019ll also have 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 Sunday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, everyone. A State of Emergency continues for the entire state as our massive winter storm starts to move away. Unfortunately, life-threatening cold is settling in and looks to remain through next weekend, at least. Our Winter Storm Warning continues for the state but the light snow is slowing down&#8230; As the winter storm [&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-75915","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\/75915","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=75915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75924,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75915\/revisions\/75924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}