Good afternoon, gang. Since I have some of the slowest friends on earth, I’m able to squeeze out one final update before hitting the road.

Clark

Yes, I am totally serious. They have no shame. 🙂

Let’s get  to the weather part of the program. A period of light snow and flurries will be possible tonight into early Saturday as our southern system skirts the bluegrass state.

The main action continues to revolve around a storm that bombs out as it lifts northward across Kentucky and into the Great Lakes. This is likely to become a powerhouse storm Christmas Eve into Christmas Day. The Canadian Model…

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Canadian

That’s one heck of a storm. According to that model run…. it’s heavy rain and wind Tuesday with a rapid switch to snow by Wednesday morning with high winds. Snow showers and squalls would then carry us into Christmas Eve and Morning. Again… that’s what the Canadian model is showing and it’s similar to what we’ve been seeing from other models.

The European Model basically shows a similar setup…

EuroThe GFS continues a slow and steady trend toward what the above models are showing. At the VERY LEAST, snow showers, gusty winds and cold weather should be around for Christmas Eve into Christmas morning.

Btw… today is ANOTHER day with the models busting way warm! The GFS earlier this week had Lexington in the 40s for each of the past two days and today. Nope!

I want you to read this statement from my last update…

The more I look at this pattern for late month into January and then look at the supercomputer analog years that match the pattern… wow. It’s becoming very apparent my winter forecast for January was not cold enough (and it was very cold to start). I said the same thing around this time last year and we saw how that worked out. Not only are analog years that featured bitter cold showing up… several of them also produced memorable storms.

How that can be seen as a sign I’m no longer excited about the winter pattern ahead? That’s about as bold as I can be with harsh winter thoughts to be honest. 🙂

I will have updates as I can tonight and through the weekend. Twitter will come in handy for those wanting some quick thoughts and to follow the progress of my trip. If you aren’t into sports tweets, you may not like some you see from me. 😉

Have a great rest of the day and take care.