Good Monday, everyone. It’s now secret that we are in a snow drought across the bluegrass state. To illustrate the point… I haven’t made a “Call For Snowfall” map since back in November. We have two weeks left in January to try and make up for lost time. Can we do that? A series of clippers look to be our main hope in the short term.

Let’s start with what’s going on today before we get to the clipper potential.

It’s another snowless day in our region with mostly sunny skies and temps hitting the upper 40s and low 50s. This is making for great weather for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Tuesday will find similar temps across the region with clouds on the increase. Those clouds are developing ahead of a cold front that swings in here Tuesday night into early Wednesday. That may try to pop a wave of low pressure along it just to our east. Colder air comes in behind this system with the potential for some light snow or flurries.

A southern system will then develop and likely miss us to the south and southeast by Thursday and Friday.

The most interesting setup for the next week comes later this weekend when a ridge pops up the west coast, allowing for a strong disturbance to drop in from the northwest…

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That’s a good looking setup for a stout system to develop, but the trend of this winter says to not get excited until… well… you get the idea. 😉

The overall idea of a very cold pattern developing is a good one. Check it out…

CIPSThat’s from the CIPS Twitter feed and underscores the idea of a very cold period returning. What is CIPS?

The CIPS Analog Guidance is an impact-based weather resource that objectively finds similar historical events to the upcoming numerical model forecast.

I will get back to regular updates later today. Make it a good one and take care.