Good Friday, everyone. We’ve made it to the final day of a brutally cold week across the bluegrass state. The month as a whole continues to be on a record cold pace. Some milder air this weekend will cut into that somewhat, but the cold returns for Thanksgiving week. The question is… will it bring more winter weather with it? Let me answer that by saying… probably.
Let’s start with what we have out there today and that’s another cold one. Highs for many will be in the mid and upper 30s, but the south and west will hit the 40s.
Clouds will increase late in the day as moisture moves in for early Saturday. There isn’t a lot of juice with this and only a light shower or two is possible on Saturday as temps warm into the 50s. A touch of sleet is still possible in the north very early Saturday. Again… the day doesn’t look too bad at all!
Temps by Sunday surge toward 60 in several spots on a gusty southwesterly wind. That wind cranks up the deeper we get into the day and night. Gusts could hit 40mph at times as a strong low passes by to our west. Rounds of heavy rain sweep in during the day and some thunder is even possible.
Temps will begin to fall on Monday as colder air makes a return visit. This air grows colder the deeper we get into the Thanksgiving holiday period as arctic air tries to get involved… again.
The models are trying to bring a few flakes into town on Wednesday, but the bigger system may show up beyond that. The GFS is advertising a snow maker…
The same model run then follows that up with another potential snow maker and a blast of arctic air for the end of the holiday weekend…
Here’s how the GFS says Hello, December…
There are several systems diving in from the northwest next week into the following weekend. The models are going to go back and forth on which one of these develops into something, or passes harmlessly into the cold night. All I can tell you is it will be cold and there is the potential for some winter weather. We will fine tune all that as we get closer.
The winter forecast aired last night on WKYT-TV. Here’s a link to check out the “made for tv” version…
You can also get a little more insight from my other blog at Kentucky.com…
http://weather.bloginky.com/2014/11/20/the-winter-forecast-2/
I will have updates later today. Take care.
I watched Planes, Trains and Automobiles last night. That means I’m officially ready for Thanksgiving.
Ah, who am I kidding? I’m ready for Thanksgiving in June.
What’s that you say, Bailey? Snow on Turkey Day? I’ll take it!
Good outlook! Mention some chances but point mainly to the cold air. Too early to say anything else and we know how it usually pans out- Different, the further SE you live in the state.
Unless we get a “big” clipper 🙂
Some clippers have delivered a nice punch to us in the Southern and SE state before, but anything truly “big” will come from a true southern storm that comes out of Texas and tracks the southern states and up the Appalachians with cold air in place.These are the true variables that we in the south se part of the state haven’t gotten in literally years….
Unless we get the rare bird like the one in 1998, where most of the moisture was thrown across the backside of the low off the Atlantic. That was pretty unique for our area.
Got to say that I prefer a warm Thanksgiving instead of all this cold. We will be at a big family dinner which means a very crowded house. It’s always nice when the weather allows the kiddos to run around and play outside.
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http://weather.bloginky.com/2014/11/20/the-winter-forecast-2/
Thank you Chris.
A white Thanksgiving would be really neat!
Is it just me, or does the still image for the video above look like Bailey is about to open up a pit?
Food for thought. Barrow Alaska has no sunrise until January 24th however their forecast reads: “Mostly SUNNY conditions with 20mph winds out of the east.” How does that work if there is no sun?
They meant moony 🙂
They do have sunlight for 3-4 hours a day during winter hours.
Chris-
Thank you for all the extra posts recently during that brutal cold snap. You went above and beyond and please know how appreciated it was.
Chris your blog is best I have found anywhere. Your frequent updates are greatly appreciated. Thank u for your hard work! A snow lover!!
12-16 inches in the Danville to Richmond area? That’s not exactly earth shattering lol.