{"id":76263,"date":"2026-02-08T01:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=76263"},"modified":"2026-02-08T01:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:15:28","slug":"big-changes-for-the-week-ahead-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=76263","title":{"rendered":"Big Changes for the Week Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Sunday, everyone. A quick-hitting light snow maker is pushing across eastern Kentucky early today as we get set for a different pattern to finally take hold. This means we&#8217;re gonna melt some snow and ice in the coming days as this pattern grows really active.<\/p>\n<p>The light snow today zips from northwest to southeast across the eastern half of the state. This will put down up to 1&#8243; of new snow in a few spots with the best chance in the northeast.<\/p>\n<p>Much milder air overspreads the region Monday and Tuesday, setting up one heck of a north-south temperature gradient. Areas of the south and west can reach the 60s while areas with snow on the ground come in much cooler. Still, it&#8217;s melting time.<\/p>\n<p>From there, we see a front slide in and slow down just to our south Tuesday night and Wednesday. That front is active with waves of low pressure along it. The wave coming in later Thursday and Friday can produce rain and snow around here. The one by next weekend can do the same.<\/p>\n<p>The models continue to exhibit a lot of waffling, which is routine during such a pattern change to begin with. Throw in what looks to be a very busy setup, and you get your syrup ready for those waffles.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the Canadian sees everything from Tuesday through next weekend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Canadian-6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76270\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Canadian-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFS during the same time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GFS-12.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76269\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GFS-12.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO is snowier with the Friday system, which then suppresses the weekend system to the south&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-9.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76274\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-9.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The setup after that likely features a few major storm systems that can take us from severe storms to snow.<\/p>\n<p>This is late winter pattern that&#8217;s loaded with potential as the pattern features a deep trough extending from near Alaska through western Canada into the midwest and Great Lakes. At the same time, a flat ridge looks to set up across the south and southeast.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 30 day average 500mb height departures from the EURO Weeklies ending on the first day of spring&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76267\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-5.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-5-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-5-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This sets up an active storm track across the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys as noted by the bullseye of heaviest precipitation totals&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-2-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76265\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-2-2.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-2-2-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-2-2-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heavy rain events would be noted along the track of those lows with severe storms possible south and southeast of the track of each system. These storm systems would also produce some healthy snow events north of the track.<\/p>\n<p>This is a pretty good signal for late winter\/early spring snows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76266\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-3-1.png 965w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-3-1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EURO-3-1-768x602.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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 Sunday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Sunday, everyone. A quick-hitting light snow maker is pushing across eastern Kentucky early today as we get set for a different pattern to finally take hold. This means we&#8217;re gonna melt some snow and ice in the coming days as this pattern grows really active. The light snow today zips from northwest to southeast [&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-76263","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\/76263","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=76263"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76276,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76263\/revisions\/76276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}