{"id":76028,"date":"2026-01-29T11:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=76028"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:12:09","slug":"winter-storm-threat-far-southeastern-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=76028","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm THREAT Far Southeastern Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. Let&#8217;s upgrade to a Winter Storm <em><strong>THREAT<\/strong> <\/em>for far southeastern Kentucky where we have an increasing likelihood of 4&#8243; or more of snow through the upcoming weekend. This system will put down lighter snows for the rest of the state with bitterly cold air again.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have a lot of time and will be updating things several times today and on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm, but here is your First Call for Snowfall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CB-SPECIAL-23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76030\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CB-SPECIAL-23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CB-SPECIAL-23.png 940w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CB-SPECIAL-23-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CB-SPECIAL-23-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no chance for freezing rain or ice to complicate this forecast, so that&#8217;s always a good thing. I may wind up making the action in the southeast just a little more expansive because of the strong upslope flow later Saturday into Sunday. This can do some work in the southeast.<\/p>\n<p>The area of &#8220;Coating to 2&#8243;&#8221; may also have some pockets in there that overachieve if we can pop a few snow squalls Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>I expect Winter Storm Watches\/Warnings to go up in the southeast with a Winter Weather Advisory for many&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" alt=\"Watches\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The GFS has a much more expansive snow map in the southeast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76032\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-26.png 967w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-26-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-26-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO likes that idea, too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-29.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76034\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-29.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-29.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-29-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-29-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NAM is getting there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NAM-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76031\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NAM-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NAM-4.png 961w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NAM-4-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NAM-4-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brutally cold air crashes in behind the initial light snow system on Friday. Wind chills go back into the life-threatening category Friday night and early Saturday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-46.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76035\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-46.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updates come your way later today. I\u2019ll also have 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 great Thursday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, everyone. Let&#8217;s upgrade to a Winter Storm THREAT for far southeastern Kentucky where we have an increasing likelihood of 4&#8243; or more of snow through the upcoming weekend. This system will put down lighter snows for the rest of the state with bitterly cold air again. I don&#8217;t have a lot of time [&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-76028","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\/76028","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=76028"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76037,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76028\/revisions\/76037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}