Winter Storm Tracker
Our winter storm is now in progress across the eastern half of Kentucky. As of this writing... up to 7" of snow has been reported across parts of southeastern Kentucky. Areas that have been seeing a mix have or will soon change to snow and that will be heavy at times.
The very latest run of the NAM model continued to suggest things were on track for a major snowfall...
That actually matched up pretty well with the snowfall map we put out earlier Friday so we will see how it all works out. This will be a very heavy, wet snow that is likely to cause power outages and bring down trees... especially across the east and southeast where more than a foot of snow is likely in some areas.
Snows will taper to a light to moderate variety later Saturday and this will actually continue into Sunday. A good northwesterly flow will be with us Saturday night which may lead to some enhancement of the snows yet again for the east.
Here is your snow tracking radar...
Looking down the road... our clipper for Sunday night and Monday still looks to bring the chance for another accumulating snow to the region and that's something we will deal with later this weekend. The Christmas storm is still on and should bring a mix of ice and snow to snow for us Christmas Eve into Christmas Day.
As far as the current storm is concerned... it's all up to old man winter now to deliver the goods. Help me and your fellow bloggers out by posting the weather where you live.
I will update as needed. Keep in mind that I will also be working my TV job during this time so be patient with me.
Enjoy the snow and stay safe! Take care. 
Snow finally mixing in in South Jessamine. Down 2 degrees to 34.6 in last 10-15 mins.
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still getting snow in knox co...anywhere from 2-6" in the area...
snow falling
32*
Thanks C.B. for the updates...
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I really want to go to bed so I can wake up with snow in the morning, but at the same time, I'm to excited! I think its gonna be an overachiever
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Me, too..the "Eternal Insomniac Sno-Bunny"...LOL!
I don't know WHY..maybe I'm too full of 'Wishful Thinking"??!-I think this storm has more potential than what has been given credit for, as well...
Besides...everyone should know by now..I certainly DO?!- you can go to bed @ Midnite w/nothing..wake up to pee around 3am, see "snow spits", then wake up unable to dig your vehicle outta the driveway @ 5am...
Gawd...I'm having 'Jan 94 "Flashbacks"...
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In Fleming Co. Still rain.
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Thanks Chris for the update... you are right on it!!! It has started snowing in Hustonville.
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i agree with adam lol
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Snow finally mixing in in south jessamine.
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Sleep is for the weak baby!!!
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The moisture is building west, and its also building to our NW in IL,IN and MO.... I'm gonna say a surprise and LEX gets 7" Frankfort gets 5" Louisville get 3" SE KY gets 19 top total, draw the map in your head now
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If they get 19" there is gonna be allot of people without power!!!!!!
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I know, but as Mitch pointed out, look at that band around Jackson.... Training setting up. Watch out and be safe.
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Very hard snow through Jackson.Looking at the Intellicast Radar storm appears to be rotating like a inland hurricane.
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Roads are getting dangerous in Madison County (Union City Road/Hackett Pike area). Pretty snow falling
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heavy snow in southern lex
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I put local amounts up to 16 for the band near jackson that has stalled. snow now in versailles.
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Thanks Chris for the updates!
Radar is locked & loaded!
Chris no offense, but that radar sucks!! lol
Heres the one you should post.
http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx?location=USKY0721&animate=true
Madison County - Berea
Moderate/Heavy snow
33.4°
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That radar is much better. Looking at it appears the moisture is decreasing to the south where is all the snow supposed to come from?
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Also.... I just gotta feeling. just saying. Never had it about a snow storm before.. And as for the Christmas storm. It will be snow or ice due to the extremely negative NAO and negative AO, no way it goes north of here.... Heck with it. 4-8 for lex....
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Snowing hard here in south Rowan county, has been for last hour or so. I was begining to wonder if we where going to get any snow at all.. Got about 1-2 inches on ground and roads getting bad.
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Geez...we get Ch 27 here in Bardstown, and I just watched the news...
I am sooo jealous...
But I haven't thrown the white rag in YET!
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Eating my words big time for being negative earlier tonight. Considering the previous busts of the past ten years, it's hard to stay positive. Moderate to heavy snow about 3 miles south of London. I have not measured, but I would estimate 2-3 inches on the ground. Neighborhood roads and SR 363 are snow covered and slick.
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I'd say youre estimate is right on because I'm in East Bernstadt and I've got right at 3".
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You getting the heavy snow up in E Bernstadt? I'm impressed how we went from a cold rain to several hours of heavy snow.
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However...looks like Sleet again here, back down to 35°...
I shall eat my Hot Wings now, if no one cares, then head on to bed?!
(It's a "Snowy Night" tradition...??!-I stay up late, watch for snow, eat Hot Wings...wake up the next AM to at least SOMETHING on the ground?!!!
Works for ME.
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Debbie I would be on the ground if I ate hot wings at 1 am lol
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In Nicholas Co. a moderate snow just switched back to a mix of snow/rain. I figure it will switch over to all snow and stay that way soon enough. Nate are you ready for baseball/softball yet! haha
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Wooooohooo zoweeeeee! Snow flakes the size of bunny tails! WOW- I LUV U all Maan!.... wait a second- it is raining now!? I am cutting ALL of you out of my will now!
Anything above six inches of heavy stuff is not much better than an ice storm as far as weight on trees and poles, so hope everyone's power stays one. This puppy could have wrap around snow action, so could be a long weekend for some.
Stay safe!
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Bubba, I saw that 'wraparound" a couple of hours ago...(look back..lol!)
In the course of 2 hours here in Bardstown, we've went from around 35°/Rain, to 36°/Sleet, back to a temp of 38°/Rain...now we are @ 36° & Sleet/Snow/Rn. MIX...WTH??!:/
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had 6+ inches of heavy stuff and bout 4 am power out and transformer blew
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Great multi-tasking between WSAZ and your blog. They should pay you to keep up the blogs but I guess that probably wouldn't be as fun as being on tv.
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Still snowing in perry county. my power is starting to flash. I would guess we have about 5-7 inches here, and the trees are really getting weighted down
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Mitch we are not getting much in morgan I see you have us in that band of 6 to 16 when do you think we will start seeing this I was getting ready to go to a wal-mart all night shopping with the family do i need to stay home?
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more in the general 6 range the hvy band is staying south of morgan county.
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Thanks Mitch I guess I might just stay in tonight.
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Not a great view of the entire area, but look at the westward movement on this radar. Makes me happy. http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=LVX&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
Eastern KY http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=jkl&product=N0R&loop=yes
Region http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/centgrtlakes_loop.php
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I really cant see the western movement but this thing is a huge storm that appears to be gathering moisture from the Atlantic and wrapping around. Snow is covering a lot of ground this will only enhance next weeks storm.
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ground whiting in lex heavy snow, from the looks of things maybe the nam is going to be right
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Still pouring the snow here South of Corbin! 3-4 inches, let 'er rip!
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Lookie how that SE/E band is fishy-tailin' back & forth there....??!
And, what was once a "mix" there in OH is now Snow, and has thrown itself into IN...and watch out for that IL stuff, too...my cousin just IMed me-she just drove in from Ames, IA....said the snow was "tailin' her a**" from the IA/IL border on into the S. IL/IN border...
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It is blowing up into a mega snow maker.
CB's key indicators are proving correct. Most are still looking at Christmas Eve as a player too.
If CB's key indicators show Go for Christmas Eve, it could be like the Walton's Christmas special.
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One thing at a time. Let's enjoy our 5-6 inches this weekend. Hopefully a clipper system on sunday night will drop another inch or two.
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the ground isnt covered and its like 50 degrees here. i dont think we are going to get any snow. im in new mexico.
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LOL!! It would appear you would have ALOT more then us!! IF it was the normal trends of 10+ years!!
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Are you really in NM my sister in law is in Las Cruses NM,well shes here now but she will go back tues.
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Whats that I hear!????? Crashing of the MIGHTY KY SNOWDOME!! YAYYYYY!!
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Hey uncle Bernie, how much would you say weve got right now.....btw, my road is HORRIBLE, and the salt truck has already came by 2x.
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Looks about a good 1" but still coming down pretty good. Roads are horrible here too. I know your excited just as me! lol
Now you can tell mom that Chris is da MAN! lol
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Haha! I hope to tell her "Told ya so". Im gonna stay up till about 1 and then Im off to bed....3 dogs, 2 kids, and Matt( my 3rd child) lol, so I must get some sleep....From the looks of things, Ill be seeing WHITE for a while.....
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I've not had much sleep all week and yet tonight I'm too excited to sleep. I guess I'll sit here drink chocolate and watch the deers eat in the snow.
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That sounds wonderful!
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I agree!
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I broke down and went outside to sweep the satellite dish out again.
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Trees are down, transformers on fire, some people stranded in vehicles by roads, some wrecks, people without electricity. Perry County. And it's still pouring snow! My electricity has been off and back on a few times, and the lights keep flickering. I got tired of cleaning out my satellite dish, so I'm without t.v. for tonight.
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Who needs tv? We've got the blog.
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CB, appreciate all your hard work and the updates! There's 4 inches of snow in my yard, and it's still coming down!
All of us here on the blog should be more like the weather...it pays no attention to criticism at all!
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I hope all the people without power get it back soon...it is no fun being without it.
Everyone stay safe.
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Snow is just starting to mix in with the rain here in Lawrenceburg. But the flakes that are mixing in are HUGE!
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Big flakes here just North of Hazard right now, too. Wow, is it coming down hard!
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Currently 31 in Pikeville heavy snow we have right at 6 inches,Guys is it possible i just saw a flash of lighting?? That looked so weird out. power lines looks like they have 3 inches of snow and ice. pls i dont want to lose power.I turned my heat up high to get warm because I just know its going to go back off.Well if it does i have my pink furry socks on with toes and i will just snuggle with hubby lol.Hope everyone is safe and warm tonight including my precious little cat that disappeard without a trace thanksgiving morning i have a 200.00 reward for her shes on facebook if you want to look at her or i can email a pic to you.
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I think our friends in Knox & Whitley Co has lost their power? Tim? Andy?
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Rolo must have finally calmed down here in clay county.
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Welll....Xanex CAN put one into a Coma/Near Death...let's hope it's neither one...bad as he grates on my nerve (nerve..not plural..lol), he's a good ol' boy...don't know wth he's saying half the time, but, then, again, do WE??!
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Debbie what are you up too? I havent talked to you in awhile. snow still falling in Pikeville with 6 inches on the ground.
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Lost power about 3 or 4 am this morning Bernie but back up now Kudos to RECC for getting the power on fairly quickly
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Still snowing in Monticello we don't have a huge amount but a few inches is a great start. Roads are still clear, it's 32 deg so that makes it melt off houses and under some trees. I'm so excited I can't sleep. I just want to be out in it now.Everyone, Stay safe out there.
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back to rain in versailles now this changeover is taking forever.
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7 inches in my place at manchester HEAVY SNOW FALLING, look like we have at least 6 more hours of moderate snow, been out on roads which are horrible!!
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Rolo I'm happy you got some snow Its not looking to good for us here in Morgan Co we don't evan have a inch we are having a few light showers that's about it.
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what part of morgan co u in? I live in morgan county and i just checked we got 2 in and snowing hard still
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I live up toward 172 Eric where do you live? We have about a inch.
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Eric went out and measured we do have about 2 inches just didn't look like that much from my door....
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l live on 172 in crockett
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Sounds like you gave up to early Rolo. ALWAYS, ALWAYS look at the glass half full.
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You gave up to early. Always, ALWAYS THINK POSITIVE.
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Pouring the snow in Pikeville 31 degrees Is it possible i have seen lighting twice thats what it looks like? Also my power stayed out a little longer this time oh no.
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Nice clip of snow coming down in Southern Bourbon County. Ground is covered @ 2:04 am
updates and pics to come soon
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Snowing hard @ the moment in Lex! 32 degrees
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Boyle County- 3am ...33* at residence about a tenth inch of snow but it is now increasing. Driving from Harrodsburg to Danville and home an hour ago. No accum in Mercer at the time. Danville had about one half to three quarter inch.
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Just lost power at my house in clay county. We have around 3-4 inches of snow currently.
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What part of Clay are you in? We haven't lost ours yet, thank goodness.
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Power has been out here at my house in prestonsburg for about 2 hours. Getting pretty cold in here. About 5 inches of snow so far and still coming down. All I can hear are trees cracking and falling.
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31 here in south Lexington. What has fallen is just barely coating the surface. Most of the snow has melted. Think we may barely end up with a inch left.
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Paintsville, 5am--snowing hard here, least 6 inches on the ground. No reports of power outages as of yet.
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4 in and still snowing
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Well, this is as suspected turning out to be a another HUGE disappointment. We have a dusting here in S. Jessamine, the temperature is still above freezing, and snowing very lightly. We have been amended to get 1-3" by the NWS, but I don't think we'll even make the low end of that..I give up on ever getting much in the way of decent snowfall around here...
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...except on the rarest of occasions, and under 6" in the biggest of storms...
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this is a bust for most of the state!!
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About 6 inches here in east laurel county!!
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Here in Frankfort, we only got a "dusting"! I think I need to move.
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where in ffort do u live,im in collins lane area
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I'm almost to the Anderson Co. line on Green Wilson. My son is building Frosty Jr.'s since there's not enough for a Frosty! lol.
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im gunna go make the worlds tallest snow man in my 1/2 snowfall!!!!then maybe a little streaking around the neighborhood??if theres time of course..
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well here in western powell co. i have a dusting of snow to MAYBE a half inch.
what happen?????
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You are kidding!!!! I am in Eastern Powell on the Wolfe Powell Line and I have about 6 inches in my yard!!! I can't believe there is that much difference from one end of the county to the other!!
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Woke up to about 3 inches this morning, which is about what we had last night when I went to bed. haven't looked at the updated forecast, but fell like we have gotten the bulk of what we are going to get. Which is within what Chris said, so I can't see it as a busted forecast. Besides, radar looks as if there might be some more later .
Probably a good thing, as I need to finish shopping. Dont like much, but need to get it done,
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Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!!!! I woke up and looked outside. This is unreal! I only hope no one in my neighborhood has an emergency today, cause I sure don't know how they would get off this hill. It looks like we are buried in snow! The trees are hanging full of heavy snow. (just north of Hazard)
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At Hagerhill in Johnson County I just measured the snow on my central heat and air unit and I have 10 and 1/2 inches of snow at 7:43am. Way to go Chris.
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Woke up this morning to a little more than a dusting in Lexington and still lightly snowing. Not enough out there to make a snowman, but we did get snow. I hope it snows more today. At least my daughter was excited about what we did get.
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Ok, this storm has been anything but a bust... Its just now halftime for people west of I-75. Our snows are suppost to come today, last night was the changeover ( and did it take its sweet little time or what )so now we're still looking at 1-3 inches by tonight, so chill out.
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hope ur right
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Ok, this is terrible. I'm barely hitting 5 inches of snow in Prestonsburg while Hager Hill (10 miles away) has 10 1/2 inches. Totally not fair.
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At least you got something worth mentioning...
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The NAM model looks like the model that took this storm as far as placement of precip, and track of low....but all of the models done horrible on temps...we actually received more precip here than any model was printing out but the temperature never went below 34 last night, its at 35 now and still no sign of snow, although a lil mixed in last night......wow what a waste of moisture...we would have had a good 6 inches here if it had been snow and probably more
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Paintsville, 8:13am---just measured 9" on the picnic table and still snowing lightly. Reports of power out in one area of town, no reports yet in the county.
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Two inches or so on the ground in my part of Bourbon County and it's still snowing, with more to come per what I'm hearing from the TV weather update. I don't mind at all that we don't have what they are getting on the east coast. I've got things to do and people to see!!
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Just shy of 7 inches of snow here in East Bernstadt. Still snowing lightly. It's absolutely gorgeous outside!!!
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Woke up to a bit more than a dusting here in Lex (Tates Creek area). Maybe the bigger snows will come today?
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2 inches in northern Madison county, and still lightly snowing.
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no snow in louisville rain only
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now rain going melt it all away, aint i unreal. but hey ive enjoyed it tonite.
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main we got 3-4 more inches if the RAIN thats coming was snow..
im in valley at my grannys and we have 4.6 inches here.
i live up on sa hill er i had the bigger total.
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We got about an inch here in Southern Anderson County with it still snowing. In fact, just a few min ago, a moderate burst of snow came through.
It is so hard for that snow to stick on this wet and marginally cold ground. Still sticking to the trees and rooftops making for a nice scene out there.
Looks like that clipper is sinking into the state from across the ohio river...could we get another inch or so out of that?
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I just spoke with my brother, Andy Rose on the phone to check on him. He lives in Knox Co. and is without power since 4am. He said a transformer had blown sometime this morning. He also said it has been a constant 32 degrees, as long as it's snowing it piles on but when it stops it starts melting. He figures around 5-6 inches was the most he had at one time so far, but some of it is melting off. He said as of our conversation it wasn't snowing. That was about 15 minutes ago.
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Woke up to about an inch of snow on the ground and light snow falling. It's a beautiful morning here! We have friends in Radford, VA being hammered by over a foot of snow! Thanks Chris for a great site to track the snow -- I thought the forecast was spot on.
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Big-snowdome holds tight in central KY- we have less than two inches, since never really got a sustained heavy snow to insulate the ground. Thank heaven's the surface temps were not below 32 last night or we would be in Ice Storm II.
We might luck into an inch with the wrap around. Still technically 3" when all is said and done, so flow end of the forecast has been met.
East KY was never a debate with this system. Still- SOME snow is better than NO snow
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32 in Lawrenceburg...snow on the grass and cars only. Light snow still falling. Temperature going UP again though. So we're going to end up with nothing much at all in the Frankfort/L-burg area.
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Here is the rule for winter storms in CKY: storm passes west=rain, north=rain, east=rain, south=rain, very light snow or total miss...
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about 3" in down town barbourville, it varies due to wet ground conditions, but out of town 5-6" solid !!! with temps right around 33* its slushy,and drippy...
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Hi we have light snow in Pikeville. My neighbor accross the street has several tree branches down we are talking good size branches.32 degrees and i havent been out but it looks like we have at least 8 inches of snow.I just hope my power doesnt go back out.
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Crystal... I can't believe you're not out with your camera! Take some pics and post on your F/B page!
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I'd say between 2 1/3 and 3 inches at my house in Barbourville. Perfect for snowmen and women--we have a whole family of them in the backyard, and a partial fort to boot. Not snowing now. I don't know if anything went bust or not; I just know that, for my two kids, waking up on the first day of Christmas break to pancakes and eggs, an hour of playing in the snow, then hot chocolate and a movie while wrapped in a cozy blanket is just about the best they could've imagined.
Hope you all have had a chance to enjoy it. And, if you didn't, I hope the white stuff comes your way very soon!
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I know one thing a couple hundred feet in elevation meant the difference in 3-4 inches of snow... or at least in knox co. it did...lower elevations along the river got a whole lot less than elevations just 100 to 200 ft.. higher!!. by almost DOUBLING totals...down where andy lives just 8 miles away, around 6-7" before the melt down startedt this morning...
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Woke up here in SE Lexington and was marveled at the dusting in our yard...WOW!!! Just admit Central KY weathermen cannot forecast snow......GO TOPS beat UofL!!!!!!
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Boyle County- Eastern section 35* Barely a trace of snow accumulated since this began until now 9:30am. Liquid precip since midnight only .08
For those that dont know Boyle is about 30 miles sw of Lex.......Time to go shovel.HA
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Good Morning Chris!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a very happy camper today! We have between 5 & 6 inches in my yard and it is beautiful! Thanks so much for this wonderful christmas present!!! Merry Christmas Bloggers!!
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well temp. is rising..34* and its not even 10am. yet..I hope by noon were not sitting at 40* with drip!!drip!!..and rain showers in the area!!!
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please pray for whitley county they need our support as their under a state of emergency. national guard is being called in and shelter is being put up at the civic center it has been a bad year for whitley county
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What prompted the state of emergency? I'm in Knox. Did parts of Whitley get more snow, or is the problem power outages?
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chris is going to have steam coming out of his head when he reads this. let's just not mention surface 2m temps are below 32 for most of wednesday on both the 00z and 06z gfs. any frz rain will be a total shock for wednesday travel thanks to those who read this from lmk.
THIS SYSTEM WILL EJECT TO THE NORTHEAST WITH RAINS
BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA BY WEDNESDAY. THE MODELS
CONTINUE TO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH THE TIMING AND TRACK OF THE LOW
WITH THE ECMWF SLOWER AND FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST THAN THE
GFS. REGARDLESS...WITH AMPLE MOISTURE BEING PULLED INTO THE SYSTEM
IT LOOKS LIKE WE COULD SEE A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAIN.
I would write this as
right now it appears a strong low pressure system will track from southern texas to our north and west at this time prefered the warmer ecmwf to maintain with previous forecasts however the gfs is colder and farther southeast with the track than the euro this would result in the potential for a wintry mix at the start wednesday which might create holiday traveling problems. Precipitation should change to light snow or snow showers for christmas day.
that's not what I'm thinking by the way.
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If I am reading between the lines correctly, I agree. I think there is a chance of an ice event during the mid week followed by some snow.
Good news is I am not a MET so no cred to worry about
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There is a guy I follow out of Louisville that usually drills forecasts.... I'm hoping he has this Christmas storm nailed down. Check it out. http://markstenday.com/
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Completely busted forecast for Georgetown too. Less than an inch with a temp of 34. Any snow that falls will melt on contact. Maybe next time....
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I live in the "knobs" of Boyle County we have about 2 inches here. I am sooo happy!! Let it snow!!
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Is there a way to look at radar from an earlier time-- What it did overnight?
*A fine misty snow falling in central Bourbon County. What has already fallen is melting.
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I'd say there is about three inches in my yard here in Corbin. But, like Tim said, it is wet and dripping out there. I guess it's time to start looking at the potential Christmas storm. A lot of people will be traveling and will need to be aware. Thanks for all of your dedication to us bloggers Chris.
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R U kidding Lisa. Corbin has around 6 inches
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Maybe some of mine melted?
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deff a blown forecast it was suppose to be colder and snowy today thats not gunna happen i got a dusting whippe do.
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Still no power at my house in clay county. About 4" of snow on the ground.
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Something I've noticed on the last few runs of the GFS... There are two big lows. one off the coast of the carolinas and then the one over us.... Interesting.
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NOT a blown forecast here around Hazard.
I'm snowed in.
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Ended up with close to 2" in Eastern Pulaski Co. this morning...but most of it has melted
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Just a dusting here in northern Jessamine County (just south of Lex) and sitting at 33 degrees. It was still raining here at 1am when I went to bed. Glad to hear some of you got a good snowfall, but I think the best we did was put a crack in the snow dome as so many of us are still without a decent snow.
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It's still snowing lightly here, too.
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Sad looking sight outside my window in south Lexington. A dusting that is melting away to mud and slush.
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18z GFS takes the Christmas eve storm Low towards the lakes..which would be rain for us with flurries and light snowshowers on the the back side for Christmas...but something kinda interesting was it was also forming a low off the east coast.
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In my area there is 6 inches (East Point in Johnson). It's very pretty, but slushy. The roads might be slick later tonight.
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days like this one remind me of why i decided to transfer to nku, as long as i live in lexington i will never see a major snowfall. and btw nam does win this qfp was at about 3/4'' here so gfs sucked up on qfp but both models screwed up because it was 98% all rain. in a few weeks i'll live where there is a legit threat for snow over 1/2''
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Well its 36 in Pikeville and the snow is melting esp from the trees and from the power lines thank god just as i typed that my power is blinking.we have several renters without power up in town.In the millard area one called and said a power pole had fallen between justiceville and chole red light on the millard side.We are rounding up kerosene heaters for them.
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Chris must be without power?
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I talked to Andy and My mom who lives just about 3 miles from him...this is in knox co..on Rt. 11 south, 7" of snow on the ground down there this morning with multiple trees down, power has been out since 3am. Andy said his has been out since about 4. but this was a SIGNIFICANT SNOW for this area and as wet and heavy as it was, its probably best we didnt get over a foot or it could have been catastrophic...
I have noticed the visibility has lowered with light snow redeveloping over this area again...more accumulation??? I hope..
CHristmas storm...looks like another FLIP-FLOP forecast right up until wed...UGH!!!
LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS STARTING TO FILL BACK IN ACROSS THE AREA AS
THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH NEARS. WARMER AIR HAS ADVECTED IN WEST OF THE
I-75 CORRIDOR CHANGING SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO RAIN AS
TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND 34 DEGREES. BASED ON CALLS AROUND THE
COUNTIES...HAVE DOWNGRADED THE WESTERN TIER OF COUNTIES TO AN
ADVISORY AS IMPACTS ARE MUCH LESS HERE AND BELIEVE ANY SNOW THAT
FALLS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO ONLY BE AN ADVISORY IMPACT
AT BEST. LEFT ALL OF THE OTHER WARNINGS UP FOR NOW GIVEN ALL OF THE
SNOW COVERED ROADS...TREE DEBRIS...AND POWER OUTAGES BEING REPORTED.
ANY SNOWFALL THAT DOES OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE MORE OF AN
ADVISORY IMPACT AND THE WARNINGS WILL MOST LIKELY BE DOWNGRADED LATER
TODAY.
NOW GETTING THE KIDS READY TO GO SLED RIDING!!!! YEE-HAW !!!
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I'm back up and running guys
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.4 in total in versailles, 12z gfs still indicating an ice situation right in tiem for the holiday travel.
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I wonder if Chris has lost power. We have not heard from him in a while. It is 36 with drizzle and MELTING snow here in Somerset. I suspect the WWA will be dropped this afternoon. Not a complete bust here, but a little disappointinng.
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CHRISTMAS STORM LOOKING GOOD IMO, the doubl e barrel low says MONSTERRT.
this was not a bust, we got 6-10 in alot of area in se and east.
now we did have about 3 hours of rain after the snow first started so we ddid miss that much more.
right now I see a 6 plus inch snow for chritmas.
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There is a perfect dry circle around Lexington. Snow all around. How can that be?
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That's the the infamous snow dome! It keeps us snow lovers here in the central part of the state from getting the white stuff!
I bet Louisville got more snow that we did here is Versailles!
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Patty. hope you are well. Thyere is no denying that Versailles KY is the SnowDome capital of thew world. Similar to Moses parting the Red Sea, someone is parting the snow clouds around us.
Sorry to those I offended with my biblical reference(NOT!)
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It was not a bust for this area either. When the numbers came out it said between 1"-3". That is what we got, 1"-3" and the total was on the lower end. People have a tendency to expect the top end number when you say 1"-3" and if they don't see 3" then it is a bust, or 6" or 8" whatever the top number was forecast for their area. I believe Chris was correct in his forecast in most areas.
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How was it not a bust? Lets see 3-6 inches foretasted for Lexington turns into barely a dusting....You tell me? instead this guy all he wants to talk about is SE KY getting snow.....Well all know CB, anyone in this area when they call for snow expect a cold rain, when they do not call for any snow expect a ton of snow....
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With the MOST of us still having power, it's a blessing that some of us didn't get as much of this mess.. Too many weak trees and poles due to the famous icestorm back in January. Too many power outages reported in 4 states and my family in Pike County .. Mingo & Logan County West Virginia, having electric heat and no power and the last report they got was they estimated it would take "DAYS" to get the power back on.. THANK GOODNESS FOR GENERATORS, so its best to count our blessings on this one, this kind of storm reminds me of what we get in March when we get the heavy "WET" snow. The subfreezing snow is much more fun, not as heavy, and safer! Thats my 2 cents of the day.
As far as my totals here, seemed like Chris was spot on in the 3-6" range. around 3-4" as of this morning. Thanks Chris for the "EARLY" heads up and the sacrificing hard work that you put into the passion of weather! IF it hadn't been for you, alot of people in eastern KY would've been unprepared.
As far as the Christmas storm, at this time, I think its going to be a BAD ONE too.. I see a repeat of the icestorm we had back in January. I just hope the ARTIC AIR is back before it gets near us, or the ground temps is gonna HAUNT us again! IF the artic air isn't back, let's pray for RAIN!! HOPEFULLY, I'm wrong!!!
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Latest from Jackson concerning the Christmas storm
THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST REMAINS VERY CHALLENGING.
OPERATIONAL MODELS CONTINUE TO DEVIATE WILDLY WITH THE DETAILS IN
DEVELOPING A DEEP SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS AND THEN SWINGING IT THROUGH
THE OHIO VALLEY. HPC CONTINUES TO TAKE AN ENSEMBLE APPROACH...WHICH
IS HARD TO ARGUE WITH GIVEN THE UNSTABLE OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE. THIS
WOULD BRING THE SYSTEM FURTHER SOUTH...MORE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY. HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TEMPERATURES
BASED ON THE LATEST DATA...HOWEVER HAVE MAINTAINED THE CURRENT POP
SCHEME. THE BIG QUESTION REMAINS IF SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS TEMPERATURES MAY BE A BIT TOO WARM
TO SUPPORT A SNOWY RETURN IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS...HOWEVER CONFIDENCE
IS NOT VERY HIGH. I WILL BE ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THIS ALL PLAYS OUT IN
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS BELOW.
A BREAK IN INCLEMENT WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM AFFECTS US WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS LATE
WEEK SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM...BUT STILL HOLDS
A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING ITS TRACK AND TIMING. WHILE
THE GFS SEEMS TO HAVE LATCHED ONTO A SURFACE LOW TRACK FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS NE TO THE GREAT LAKES...HPC POINTS OUT THAT THE
ECMWF ENSEMBLE AND UKMET WERE NOT AS CLEAR CUT...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR
A MORE SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT. THE 12Z OPERATIONAL ECMWF WAS
SUGGESTING A MORE SOUTHERLY DEVELOPMENT HEADING UP THE MS VALLEY WITH
A TRIPLE POINT LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE SE CONUS AND ROTATING N. WHILE
THE PROSPECT OF RAIN RATHER THAN SNOW LOOKS MUCH GREATER THAN IT DID
YESTERDAY... DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY WILL STILL INCLUDE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SNOW.
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It was a bust for Morehead (City) only about 2 inches mainly rain until midnight before the switch to snow. I should have known buying a snow shovel would jinx me. Areas around us seem to have recieved their predicted amounts but Morehead has the snow-dome over it. Maybe next time.
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like it has been said over and over and over and over again the forcasted totals wasn't just for Friday nite they include Friday Saturday and Sunday so until its over it can't be called a bust same people that did that last night have several inches of snow this morning
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I'm so glad we didn't get too much of this mess.. Too many power outages in 4+ states. My family has no power, and the last word they got was its gonna take "DAYS" to get restored. This kind of storm reminds me of snowstorms we get in March or April. This particuliar one reminds me of the one in April 1987, I think I have the year right? Roofs collapsing and trees are just crumbled to the ground.
The subfreezing snowstorms are much more fun & safer.
As of this morning, Chris was spot on!! We had about 3-4". here in this part of Berea. I'm really THANKFUL to Chris, if it wasn't for his "EARLY" heads up, there would've been alot of more people unprepared, including my family and friends in Pike County. I have alot of friends in Mingo & Logan County in West Virgina, they still don't know when their power will be restored. So I'm counting my blessings on this snowstorm.
I'm THANKFUL for the NWS, but sometimes its best to have a "BUSTED" forecast, at least the people that don't have an optional HEAT solution COULD'VE had some kind of warning alot earlier then 24hrs. By that time, everything is sold out!!
As far as the Christmas storm and my thoughts at this time, I HOPE it either rains or snows, the ground temps may come to "HAUNT" us, Let's either pray for rain or snow, because if the ARTIC AIR isn't here when it gets here, we are gonna see a repeat of Janurary icestorm! I HOPE I'm WRONG!!!
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Bernie, is the glass half full or half empty?
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Total BUST for Jessamine county! so for today I am 0-2. was hoping for a white birthday and watch the Cats........won't get to do either
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its not over with yet kiddo
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I hope you are right Andy! Sadly there isn't a hint of white here in Nicholasville
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Latest NMM and ARW are showing potential for everyone to get a nice 1-4 snow today through tom... So stop being all down about low snow totals
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chris must be without power or he would have at least twittered something by now.
I'll put my thoughts up for those of you in need of a blog fix.
1. the swirl of snow over indiana will dive se tonight into the state producing another inch or so for most and up to 3 inches in upslope areas
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Chris updated!
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Trying to find out how much snow everyone got in Johnson County,Kentucky!..Here in Whitehouse we got 14 inches of snow,and we our still getting more!
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