Merry Christmas Eve
Good Thursday and Merry Christmas Eve to one and all. We are rolling into our Holiday with a mega storm that is pounding a whole lot of the country. This will produce a headline grabbing blizzard across the plains into the western Great Lakes. This storm is going to have a big impact on our weather as well with high winds and rain this evening into Christmas Morning. That will be followed by a change to much colder air for the weekend and the chance for some snow on the ground.
This storm to our west is awesome looking on the models...
Christmas Evening
That storm REALLY wraps up quite nicely just to our west. What does that mean for us?
1. Winds are going to increase around here later today into our Christmas morning. Gusts to 35-40mph will be possible.
2. Rain will increase from west to east later today and really crank up tonight into Christmas Morning. Locally heavy downpours will be likely.
3. Temps will climb well into the 40s to near 50 this evening into the overnight before crashing into the 30s from west to east Christmas afternoon and evening.
4. Some evening snow showers and flurries will be possible.
Travelers can track the rains into the region right here...
Once into the weekend... temps will be MUCH colder and we will see the big cutoff low across the plains move toward the Ohio Valley. This will bring weak impulses into our region meaning snow showers may become common.
GFS Sunday Morning
Beyond that... the cold settles in and the pattern threatens to go brutally cold during the first two weeks of January. All of this happens as our southern branch of the jet stream continues to produce storms. One such storm will try to fire up toward the last few days of the year!
This December across the country has already been historic and that goes for parts of this region. The rest of the winter is likely to continue this trend and will leave all of you smiling before all is said and done!!
Take care and Merry Christmas.
This storm to our west is awesome looking on the models...
Christmas Evening
That storm REALLY wraps up quite nicely just to our west. What does that mean for us?
1. Winds are going to increase around here later today into our Christmas morning. Gusts to 35-40mph will be possible.
2. Rain will increase from west to east later today and really crank up tonight into Christmas Morning. Locally heavy downpours will be likely.
3. Temps will climb well into the 40s to near 50 this evening into the overnight before crashing into the 30s from west to east Christmas afternoon and evening.
4. Some evening snow showers and flurries will be possible.
Travelers can track the rains into the region right here...
Once into the weekend... temps will be MUCH colder and we will see the big cutoff low across the plains move toward the Ohio Valley. This will bring weak impulses into our region meaning snow showers may become common.
GFS Sunday Morning
Beyond that... the cold settles in and the pattern threatens to go brutally cold during the first two weeks of January. All of this happens as our southern branch of the jet stream continues to produce storms. One such storm will try to fire up toward the last few days of the year!
This December across the country has already been historic and that goes for parts of this region. The rest of the winter is likely to continue this trend and will leave all of you smiling before all is said and done!!
Take care and Merry Christmas.
I sure hope that the reindeer have their canoe option ready! Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you have a wonderfully relaxing day!
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Can someone make a weather map of EXACTLY what it takes for us (all of us) not just eastern KY, to get a whopping snowstorm here?
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I'll give this a try, somebody may add or take away from this map, but thats my impression of the perfect blizzard for Kentucky.
Perfect Kentucky Blizzard
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Looks good to me, Bernie.
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Merry Christmas!
I will say nothing about the weather, since in regards to snow, I see nothing good to say as far as an outlook, as far as central KY is concerned.
Central KY is the Seattle of the east for winter weather
Uhhh, Ho-Ho-Hoooo
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Bubba, and all you other elves out there...Santa told me that he has indeed gotten his water ski mode ready for this part of the world! So, no worries!
Thanks Chris. for all you do!
Wishing everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! HOpe your holiday is filled with love and joy, and the true wonder of the season!!!
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Coffeelady, Your one of the reasons I read the comments. Always pleasant and always nice things to say. Merry Christmas to you and the rest of the bloggers out there as well. You too Patty in Versailles.
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Thanks for the Christmas greeting MikeM! I wish your family well wishes for this blessed holiday as well. Where's our snow!!??
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I really can't wait to see Santa wading through the mud in his rubber boots!! I for one confess that we just don't need that much rain, but we have to take what Mother Nature gives us.
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but looking at the various model runs and then reading Chris' post gets me a little confused. He says bitterly cold, Okay, to me that is any temp below 5 degrees Fahrenheit, that is bitterly cold. The model runs are in Celsius at around 0 degrees, that puts us at 32f. I know there is a day or two that it gets colder than that but to me 25 - 30 degrees f for a week or two is normal, not bitterly cold.
Now someone tell me if I am misreading the models and the 0 actually means 0 degrees f.
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I just looked at one model run- the 0z GFS. After around Jan 3, the freezing line dips into Tennessee and starts going further and further south, dipping as far as southern Georgia around the 7th and staying there for a while.
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I haven't posted in a while, but just wanted to say thanks to you Chris. Here is wishing you and yours, and all the bloggers out there a safe and very Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas everyone!
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Anyone got a forecast for Nashville at game time on Sunday. I'm sure Chris will start putting it in his post, but a heads up would be nice. Thanks.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!...
Check out all the coverage of WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADV..and Blizzard warnings....even 3-5" of snow tonight in the Texarkana area of Texas,Arkansas,and Louisiana!!! just in time for Christmas morning...PERFECT TIMING FOR THEM... Not to mention the feet of snow expected further north...
http://www.weather.gov/
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Merry Christmas evryone I wish we had some snow but I guess we all will have some rain.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO CHRIS AND BLOGLAND!
I hope each of you have a joyful and safe Christmas and get everything you all have on your lists!! Love & Hugs to all!
The historic part that I like is UK2k!!
And Tim posted a comment about how bad the Cats played yesterday, somebody needs to rewrite that article, they are FINAL FOUR BOUND!!
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i agree, that column had to be written by a hater!!..
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE to all my weather blog family.What is this called that is out there this morning just fog or freezing fog? You cant see hardly anything in Pikeville this morning its 30 degrees.Merry Christmas eve to you Chris and your wonderful family,thanks for all you do.I dont want gifts this year turkeys or trees I just want this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnhJo-maPf8
May God bless you all and 2010 has to be better for me.RIP MOM AND DAD.lOVE YOU ALL.
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Ok gang, sorry to whine, but this just bites! My family In TEXAS is going to have a White Christmas.........first one since 2000! They are in a winter storm warning and expecting 3-5 inches of snow just today, I didn't have the heart to read the rest of their forcast! ANYway.........Merry Christmas to all, make sure you count your blessings! hugs to all!
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MAKE THAT A BLIZZARD WARNING! no way!
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chelle...I saw that too, pretty amazing storm, winter storm warnings in west arkansas and louisiana as well, and tornado,and severe thunderstorm warnings in the eastern part of the state...
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I guess I can say I'm having a white Christmas, since I still have snow all around me on my side of the hill, lol. I'll take it...
The power is on, the house is warm, I have my family and my friends...now if I can just get those presents wrapped...
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I still have some snow from the snow storm, but the rain will probably take it away. That's o.k. We are healthy (for the most part), my brother got his power back on last night, God has answered some prayers (he's wonderful!),
we have food and a roof over our heads, and tons of love! Now those things make a good Christmas. Happy Birthday Jesus, and Merry Christmas to everyone!
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WOW!!! BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR a HUGE portion of OKLAHOMA, TEXAS PANHANDLE, and NORTH EAST TEXAS...WOW!!!!...
CHELLE...your family will definately rub this in your face...LOL...
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na.....i've talked to them and they don't have power lol So I'm better off right now lol
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Merry Christmas Everyone!
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Wishful thinking.. but this is really close to becoming Blizzard '93.. the track is pretty similiar to it. But its becoming really close giving us a BAD icestorm as well.. so I'll take the rain!!
Blizzard '93 Track
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For when?
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Hey Bernie, what and when are you talking about???
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I for one do not ever want to see any more snow. EVER. We have been without power since last Friday when a neighbor's tree fell on our power line. Even though the repairs were done the next day by an electrician and then inspected, we cannot get the power company to come and spend 10-15 minutes turning the power back on. We are right in the town of Hyden and they could stop on their way to or from another job. This is ridiculous. The tree fell on our retaining wall, part of our dog kennel and the upper branches were resting on the roof. It pulled the power line loose from our house and pulled our lines loose. Thus the need for the electrician. I do not think we had any damage to the roof, even though it will have to be checked by a professsional to make sure. The tree is still there, but the retaining wall and dog kennel may or may not have damage, I can't tell because of the branches still laying on part of it. We have lost all of our packed freezer full of food, and I was finally forced to buy a generator. A big expense for a widow here at Christmas time. My daughter wants to take the tree down. The neighbor who owns the tree drove right by the other night when we were trying to put the wheels on the generator and did not even stop the help. So, NO SNOW.
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I'll take ALL your snow the rest of winter...
Merry Christmas...
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Billie, I hate it that you don't have any power, I know what that feels like, and it is no fun.
I hope your house is okay, and that the power company comes quickly.
The neighbor should have stopped to help, but kindness is rare sometimes. It is sad.
I'm afraid I agree with you...if snow means no power, then no snow.
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I look at this radar http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx?animate=true
and it's proximity to Kentucky, and I think, "How in the world can this not hit us?" But some how, the snow Gods will take it up and around the good ole' bluegrass state.... lol
Simply amazing....
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WOW!!...CHRISTMAS BBQ ANYONE???..LOL...partly sunny skies and 58* !! on CHristmas eve...hmmmm..not really CHristmas weather now is it?..
Oh well, I guess we'll watch the Blizzard unfold on tv. sure wont be unfolding in our yards...
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Depends on what you're used to, Tim. For me, this is still a bit colder than most Christmases I had in NC. Most years we could (and did) wear t-shirts and shorts...
It would have been nice to have a White Christmas, but really, I don't need snow falling on a specific day to enjoy this time any more than I already will. Besides, to have already seen as much snow as I have this winter is blessing enough.
Merry Christmas, all!
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Is this a busted forecast for alot of the WARNING area? Just by looking at the radar, alot of the WSW hasn't gotten any snow yet?
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Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you Chris! You put in so much effort to keep us safe and excited about winter weather! You have an awesome wife and daughter! Please thank them for sharing their/your home time with us. I know you would be unable to do what you do without their blessing. =)
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as soon as the lake effect machine gets going i am headed up to snow shoe and camp, snow is amazing, thank you jeremiah johnson!
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Love that movie and the snow scenes
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Tried this earlier...let's see if I can shorten it so it goes thru??!
I have relatives near Tulsa,OK, and about 2 hrs. ago, they were changing from Fz. Rn to Heavy, Blowing Snow...just went under a Blizzard Warning!
I wanted to say something...might sound morbid, but it IS something to seriously THINK ABOUT...?! While we here in KY ALL seem to want what they are having out there in the SW/W part of the country, we should all be thinking about what can, and DID OCCUR this afternoon near where my Aunt lives-actually, just down the road from them?!
A family (grandparents & their grandchild) were on their way to Woodland Hills Mall to shop, when a Hummer (distracted by their dog) hit an icy bridge, slammed head-on into their car, then flipped. Killed all 3 in the car, the Hum driver is in 'grave' cond. @ a Tulsa hosp...my Uncle's sister was very good friends w/ this couple, my Uncle knew them as well....my folks came upon the accident just after it happened and are obviously very shaken by it...
It started me thinking...?!
As BAD as we would like to see THIS kind of Wx in KY...and it's poss. we MIGHT just yet..?!- let's not FORGET the most IMPORTANT things in LIFE?! You might not have heat/electricity/etc right now...(or later in the Winter?!), but, you have yourself..you have friends, family, each other...?! Isn't that what is most important?!
To Chris, Scarlett,& Wynter, to all my Bloggers & Blogette's...all such GOOD FRIENDS...
May ALL of YOU have a Wonderful, Safe, and Merry Christmas!
Much Love & Best Wishes,
Debbie
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Debbie,
I hate this for that family and any other. My prayers will be with them and everyone else that is suffering. However, this could and does happen just as easily in the rain and in dry weather as well. Yes this was caused by the snow and ice, but I feel when it is time for you to go it is your time. The man upstairs knows why and when and it isn't for us to know as bad as we would like to sometimes. Once again thoughts and prayers to all. Having ran in emergency services for over 15 years I've seen these situations way to often and you just learn to pray for those involved and move on.Merry Christmas to all and I still want my snow.
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merry christmas to you, very sad event. i just called my friend in drexel, mo near kc, very heavy snow with wicked winds.
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I know this is reaaallly gonna sound goofy...but here goeesss...??! (And NO!-I've not been into the "EggNog"..lol..eww!)
Watching radar returns...checking out the OK news/Wx sites, etc etc...KNOWING how, that previously, whenever my folks in NE OK had bad Wx (whether it be rain, severe storms, tornadic, snow/ice, whatever...?!), my aunt would call & tell me to "watch out?!"-and within a day or two, WE here in KY would GET whatever THEY would HAVE...Wx-Wise, that is??!
According to them/theirs...lol...the storm is headed due EAST, then will "hook" toward the "Ohio Valley"...??!
That's what they're sayin'...??!
(I actually thought of this a few days ago...?!...WHAT IF...??!) I can't see it actually happening, but...?! Oh, yea...there's been SEVERAL times that the storm has "shifted"...?! My aunt just called me and said, (I quote..) "Hope you guys got everything cooked...it's headed you'in's WAY!!!!"
(for the record...I cooked the Ham this afternoon, green beans, getting ready for the macaroni salad, deviled eggs, all I have to do is mash the taters and brown the rolls and make the gravy tomorrow...
And my neighbor just brought us a bottle of Champagne for taking care of his cat while he worked...WooT!!!!
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Sounds good Debbie. The Mrs., 5 kids, and I will be over tomorrow. What time are we eatin?
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You're more than welcome...no kidding! It's just gonna be me, hubby & 2 kiddo's...I'm an only child, and my "outlaws"(whomever came up w/ that one deserves a medal...), welllll...it's Christmas, so I'm not sayin' nuthin'...ha-ha!
Between Noon & 1:00....
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hy i need my friends help, ok i need some money tonite so i overdrew my debit card, with christmas tomm it will not go thru till next buisness right. meaning i can put the money in saturday and i want get a late overdraft fee. any help would be apprecited. i got money in another bank but it be till there open saturday to get tro it
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go with euro over gfs anyday of the week, it's the same song and dance with the gfs being to surpressed late next week.
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Speak english Mitch please
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The artic air dominates and keeps the moisture in the gulf.
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the euro has a low which which tracks the from louisana to new york city likely impacting with a signficant amount of precip, the gfs keeps the low well to our south a common bias of the model.
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Why is the current storm NOT surpressed? LOL......Just sayin!???
I have family in Owasso, OK (just north of Tulsa). I've been there many times. A blizzard in Tulsa and OKC? Crazieness!
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Why is this current storm "not surpressed?"
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Question
Has Lexington or Louisville ever been under blizzard warnings back in the day?
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Mark...not sure about this...??! In '78, I seem to remember a "Blizzard Warning" coming up later on that evening of it...meaning, we had the snow, etc, already, but by about 7-8pm, I seem to THINK seeing Tom Wills coming on TV w/ the BW...??! Come to think of it...??!- I probably had never even HEARD of a Blizzard before that time, myself, so I had to have heard/seen it somewhere to actually remember it??!
It hit that night after dark...it was really LIGHT outside, and the brightness showing into the bedroom windows created this bizarre pattern on our ceiling...I was in bed w/ Mom (ok..ok..you perv's..shuddup...it was COLD!)and the wind was so high and the house creaked, and seeing that ceiling thingie...I was convinced the roof was caving in on us, so I didn't sleep all night...lol! Actually, we didn't get all that much snow...maybe 4" or so on top of what we already had...just the WIND is what makes it a "Blizzard"!
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Can't remember if it was actually a blizzard warning, may have just been blizzard conditions, but I think it was the big snow of Mar. 93.
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We were under a blizzard warning during one of those storms, and it may indeed have been 1993.
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This is a classic, but could pass for Bubba's diary! lol
Diary of the snow shoveler
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I would like to wish Chris and his family and all the bloggers and their families a very merry Christmas. God bless all.
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forget what I ask, I am crazy here Christmas eve.
ole hoodrat got got on puter and i never overdrew it first place. heck my mind forgot boout hood rat putting some cash on it yustarday.
peace out, how bout JDRUM leaving CATPAuse.
hey Chris THE LENGED Bailey claus tx for letting us come on here.
its A STREss reliever.
got 4 10 beat in a small,small limit game early.
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In feb 1998, I remember very heavy snow/blowing snow drifted snow over my satellite dish, but I don't remember blizzard warnings, then again, that storm wasn't forecast until it was occurring
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hey and if its ok Chris tyx if its not deleted.
if any of you in E/SE ever have a accident or a fsmikly memmber does come to me so i can put u with my BTOTHER.
Listen a car wrteck if u are not at fault is easy money from amy lawyer.
a 1 man office for 15 yers my BROTHER here E/SE ky had handle CAR CRASHES and won them al becuse these things SETTLED 95 percent of the time before u ever hade to go to court.
I just got top think, Darryl ISSACS,MORGAN,MADDEN BEASHER, that guy on WYMT has what all i named and that other lawyers.
thats the only difference in the BIG TIMER and a good family man. listen Brother gets along greatly with all lawwyers mention I just pointimng out give the little guy [CAUSE HE NOT A BIG FIRM] ALLEN B ROBERTS in Clay,lesliE,Jackson,London,Hazzard
he has won numerous SOCIAL SECRUITY CASES, he does alot and win more than he ever loosses. oh he finnally get thwem 2 he lost it later on.
john me in helping out a grat man who in 06 if i aint mistake ran against the Asablishemt because god told him no.
and he believed, he won Jackson and ran as heller in Clay. him and his oppent are best of ffriends. listen he is a bright young man so if u are in area and need a lawyer you know er u need to come not the ones with the more money and lawyers.
talk to 1 soild guyt who get the job down.
tx CB if u leave it up, my brother reads this and I wanted him to here that.
alot think they are no way to be a Attorney and being a preacher. well thats just wrong.
onve again CB if this is ni a post u want on here I understand. I love my brother and I wouldnt be here without him.
tx
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the 00z gfs is complete nonsense given the teleconnection pattern setting up. I sometimes wonder why the gfs model is even used by meteorologists.
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Everybody have a very safe and merry Christmas!!!
Maybe we'll get some more "Good snow" soon..you know, the type that doesn't cause power problems.
Again, Merry Christmas!
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