Merry Christmas Eve, everyone!! Here’s hoping this update finds each of you enjoying a blessed Christmas holiday period. I’m not going to take much of your time, as we have light snow to track on this Christmas eve. But, I’m also looking briefly down the weather road.
Our afternoon mix of light rain and light snow changes over to a period of light snow into the evening, lasting into the wee hours of Christmas morning across the east. Lots of coatings to near an inch are possible after the sun goes down. The best chance remains across the north. Will everyone see the entire ground covered? Probably not.
Road conditions will go downhill after the sun sets as temps crash through the 20s from northwest to southeast. Winds will be gusty, giving us single digit wind chills by Christmas morning.
Another light snow and flurry maker rolls in here Christmas night into Tuesday…
That’s falling into an arctic air mass pressing in from the northwest, so whatever falls will be powdery in nature. Light accumulations are very possible.
From there, we watch two systems coming in behind that. One impacting our weather by Thursday and Friday, with the other coming quickly behind that next weekend. The GFS with these two…
With the arctic air in place, the Thursday/Friday system is likely to be a light event. That’s especially the case with the next system right on it’s heels as bitterly cold air spills in.
The European Model handles that just a little differently, but has a nice snowfall…
Temps for the week ahead are MUCH colder than normal, with temps that can hit the single digits. By New Year’s Weekend, temps may tank. The Canadian last night was showing bitter cold, now the GFS and European are too…
GFS
European
Back to today’s weather. While it won’t be a true “White Christmas” for most of us, that doesn’t keep us from singing along and tracking our Christmas Eve light snows…
Hamburg Area from WKYT Studio
Lexington
Fifth Third Pavilion Live Cam
Downtown Lexington
I-75 @ Iron Works Pike
Lexington
I-275 approaching KY 20/Airport
Near Covington
I-71/I-75 at Buttermilk Pike
Near Covington
I-75 MP 127
Georgetown
I-64 at KY-801
Near Morehead
US 60 @ US 127
Frankfort
US 127 @ Frankfort
Frankfort
Downtown Louisville @ 2nd & Broadway
Louisville
I-65 MP 92.4
Elizabethtown
I-65 MP 36
Near Bowling Green
I-24 MP 7 @ US 62
Paducah
Merry Christmas Eve and take care.
Merry Christmas, Chris.
Thanks CB! Still looks like our main theme this winter is Festive Flakes, but that’s better than winter events besides snow… Oh yeah, those might happen later this winter.
Broken record as always.
Speaking of broken records. There ya are. 😉
You’re incorrect, but nice try.
Can’t help but notice I’ve never been rude to you, yet you constantly are to me and others. You funny.
Waiting for the you’re wrong or inorrect statment #broken record
This coming from a guy who always says it never rains or snows in his area. Shove it.
Wrong
Merry Christmas 😉
You to buddy
False comment, buddy. Care to try again?
The part about me not being rude to you, or vice versa? Still wish you a Merry Christmas, none the less 🙂
Merry Christmas to all. While the chances in my area are bleak at best, I hope as many of you as possible see a white Christmas as well.
Merry Christmas, everyone! Here`s hoping Thursday`s system is an over achiever.
Snowing in Floyd County, IN. Huge flakes and beautiful.
Thanks Chris! Merry Christmas to you and all of my weather blog friends! Hoping to see some flakes, as we are seeing the drizzle now. Although it would not be a big white Christmas. It would mean cold weather and a little skiff. I’ll take it! MERRY CHRISTMAS my friends.
To CB, all of you who follow his blog regularly, and to your friends and family everywhere: I wish you all a safe and Merry Christmas & happy holidays full of joy & many blessings! ☺
Turning to snow in west Franklin County.
Merry Christmas to Chris and his family. Merry Christmas to everyone on the blog. BOTS
What happened to the winter storm threat? This year is gonna be another bust.
I thought the exact same thing
He never said winter storm.
He did say winter storm threat before the season was over.
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Chris!
Festive flakes are coming down here in Richmond pretty good. Medium snow rate. We could get a coating, but the wind will probably disperese that.
No complaints here.
The wind is blowing hard and flurries are flying. It’s not a night fit for man nor beast.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Seems more flurries than actual snow right now. Walking the dogs in the cold wind was take your breath away cold & windy. They were not fans of the walk tonight.
At least the wind should dry most of the roads off 🙂
Saw a few stray flakes on our door step her in my part of Richmond! The most snow ever on Christmas/Christmas Eve since we moved here in 2004!
Merry Christmas to all… and to all a good night!
Glad some of my fellow bloggers got some flakes tonight. Thus far not a single flake in the air near Huntington and now the sky is clear. Looks like another miss. Merry Christmas all.
Merry Christmas Chris!
I hear Santa’s right on track – just like your forecasting!
It’s snowing pretty heavily here in central West Virginia and the wind is blowing BIGLY. Getting excited about getting the snowshoes and cross country skis strapped on this week!
It is snowing in Pikeville Merry Christmas everyone and Chris.
Had 1-2” in Northern KY and it’s been blowing everywhere!