Good Sunday, everyone. We have another bitterly cold day out there, but my focus is shifting quickly to a wild setup for later next week. It’s a setup that put Kentucky squarely on the fence between heavy rains and a big winter weather event.

Let’s start with today and roll forward.

The day starts with some flurries and snow showers across central and eastern Kentucky. This can put down a fresh coating in some areas…

Highs today will stay in the teens in the central and east, with the 20s in the west. Winds will make it feel much colder.

Clouds will continue to thicken into Monday and we will have to watch for some flakes trying to fly as temps slowly recover.

Showers move in for Tuesday and that action may start out as some frozen stuff early on. This is ahead of a wet weather maker into Wednesday.

This will then take us into a volatile setup for the end of the week into the start of the weekend. A HUGE temperature gradient will set up across our region. Spring temps will battle another surge of arctic air spreading out to our north. This combination will place Kentucky right on the fence and that can often lead to trouble.

Notice how the Canadian goes from rain and thunder to ice and snow very quickly…

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The GFS Parallel has a threatening look…

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The GFS can’t make its mind up on significant ice and snow or heavy rain and potential flooding. The last two runs of the model…

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I could see any option working out with this one, but it’s very early in the game to get too specific. It’s going to be interesting to track all this in the coming days.

I will update things later today. Make it a great Sunday and take care.