Good afternoon, folks. Rain rolled into the region this morning and actually started as a touch of sleet across parts of north central and northeastern Kentucky. The rain is taking over, but should go back to a little frozen stuff later tonight and early Tuesday. Then, another system rolls our way in a few days. Busy enough for ya?

Here are your radars to track today’s initial touch of sleet and rain…

The radars show the disjointed nature of the precipitation, with two shields. The main one moves through very quickly, but the rain and snow one to the west slowly works in behind it. Later tonight and Tuesday morning, that is on top of western and parts of central Kentucky.

Folks in the southeast may get another swipe of rain and some flakes Tuesday afternoon and evening.

The next system is going to turn into a big event across the eastern part of the country. This system will turn into a full blown nor’easter, with the trailing upper level low moving our way. As I’ve said for the past few days, if you want snow, you want to be directly under the upper low of just west of its track.

The models differ slightly with the track of the upper low, but many bring it on top of the region at some point. What may wind up happening in this setup: A wintry mix of precipitation moves in Wednesday night and goes over to rain early Thursday. By later Thursday, we are seeing that switch to some light snow from west to east as the upper low swings through.

Here’s the NAM through early Thursday evening…

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I will have an update on WKYT-TV starting at 4 and will also throw another update at you later today. Make it a good one and take care.