Good evening, folks. We’re putting the wraps on an absolutely frigid Friday in the bluegrass state. It’s a day that started out near zero for many and could only hit the low and mid 20s for afternoon highs. That’s less than HALF of our normal high of 50 degrees.

The final day of the month will start with single digits… again. It’s a fitting day to wrap up one of the coldest and snowiest Februaries on record!

March rolls in like a lion on Sunday with the first of 3 active weather systems to impact our region. A wintry mix and rain will push in early in the day and continue through Monday as temps oscillate. The Canadian and European Models show the areas with the best chance at picking up on the wintry stuff…

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Canadian

European

Euro

The system that follows that up will bring much more of a heavy rain threat with some thunder possible Tuesday into Wednesday. The models are backing away from the heavy rain just a bit, but we will still have to watch for enough to cause some high water problems.

Another arctic front swing in late Wednesday into Thursday with a wave of low pressure along it. A HUGE temp drop is likely in just a matter of hours and that’s when we may see a decent shot of winter weather. Watch the increase in the winter precipitation forecast on the same models from above…

Canadian

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European

Euro 2

Take those maps with a grain of salt from this far out. I’m just showing them to illustrate the potential winter weather aspect as we go through next week.

Arctic air will follow up whatever we end up getting. If we can put down additional snow and ice accumulations like the European Model is showing, then temps can get out of control again…

Euro 3

Happy first week of March!

Enjoy the rest of your day and take care.