{"id":75954,"date":"2026-01-27T01:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=75954"},"modified":"2026-01-27T01:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:14:44","slug":"our-harsh-winter-pattern-rolls-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=75954","title":{"rendered":"Our Harsh Winter Pattern Rolls On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, folks. It&#8217;s a bitterly cold day out there with many thermometers going below zero with wind chills well into the life-threatening category. This arctic air hangs tough through the next week with light snows moving through and the chance for a bigger system by the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so cold out there that we are getting frost quakes. Those loud booms and cracks you&#8217;re hearing can be jarring, but they&#8217;re harmless. Here&#8217;s a look what how these form&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75956\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"951\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-5.jpg 951w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-5-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-5-768x440.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another arctic front drops in today, bringing a period of light snow to central and eastern Kentucky from late this afternoon into tonight&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CANADIAN-67.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75958\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CANADIAN-67.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This may cause some light accumulations that can cover roads once again in the east. Another light system is possible late Wednesday as bitterly cold temps continue.<\/p>\n<p>A bigger system then drops in Thursday night and Friday with the chance for some light snow with an outside shot at something a little more, especially in the east. A strong upper level system moves in and spawns a strong coastal storm. Can these two come far enough west for this to get more attention? Maybe.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian is closest with snow in eastern Kentucky. It also shows a system coming in behind it early next week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-68.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75962\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-68.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO is similar&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-41.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75968\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-41.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS is, of course, the farthest east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-57.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75960\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-57.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see if this continues to trend west in the days ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, this is another round of bitterly cold temps for the weekend. This wind chill animation goes from Friday morning through Saturday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-40.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75965\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-40.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This keeps the bitterly cold air into early February. The temperature departures from normal for the next 10 days is crazy cold&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75963\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-21.png 960w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-21-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-21-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your normal updates will be on later today. 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 terrific Tuesday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Tuesday, folks. It&#8217;s a bitterly cold day out there with many thermometers going below zero with wind chills well into the life-threatening category. This arctic air hangs tough through the next week with light snows moving through and the chance for a bigger system by the weekend. It&#8217;s so cold out there that we [&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-75954","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\/75954","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=75954"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75969,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75954\/revisions\/75969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}