{"id":76073,"date":"2026-01-31T01:50:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T06:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=76073"},"modified":"2026-01-31T01:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T06:50:42","slug":"snow-squalls-and-bitter-cold-to-end-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=76073","title":{"rendered":"Snow Squalls and Bitter Cold to End January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday, everyone. It&#8217;s the final day of January and we are sending the month out on a bitterly cold note. We even have a few snow showers and squalls rolling through the region. ow about the start of February? I&#8217;ll take a look into that.<\/p>\n<p>Our day starts with a winter storm continuing across far southeastern Kentucky. Several inches of snow have already fallen in several areas with a little more going up in those areas today. A Winter Storm Warning and a Winter Weather Advisory continue for a few areas&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" alt=\"Watches\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Temps this morning range from -5 to 5 above in several areas with wind chills going much lower. -10 to -20 will be possible at times across the north and north central. Everyone else has to settle for -5 to -10.<\/p>\n<p>Wind chills today struggle to get above zero as a strong northerly wind flow continues. This flow also picks up moisture from the Great Lakes, resulting in snow showers and snow squalls&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NAM-20.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76075\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NAM-20.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Light accumulations will coat roads from time to time and reduce visibility to near zero in the heavier squalls.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this is a harsh winters day to end January.<\/p>\n<p>February looks to start out on a bitterly cold note with wind chills nearing -10 or so in the morning. A few leftover flakes will also be flying before a mix of sun and clouds take control during the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Our next system of interest is one Tuesday into Wednesday. The track on this looks to bring the fence in here with snow and a mix possible.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian is trying to dig this in a little more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-76.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76077\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Canadian-76.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS zips it through&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-67.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76078\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-67.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deep troughs start to return by next weekend into the second week of the month&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-68.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76083\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-68.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been looking down the road via the EURO Weeklies and they&#8217;ve been showing this harsh pattern hanging with us into February. The GFS Extended agrees and shows much colder than normal temps&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76081\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-28.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-28.png 968w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-28-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-28-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That would give us all three winter months averaging below normal for temps.<\/p>\n<p>Updates come 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 great Saturday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Saturday, everyone. It&#8217;s the final day of January and we are sending the month out on a bitterly cold note. We even have a few snow showers and squalls rolling through the region. ow about the start of February? I&#8217;ll take a look into that. Our day starts with a winter storm continuing across [&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-76073","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\/76073","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=76073"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76084,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76073\/revisions\/76084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}