Good Monday, everybody. Old Man Winter is back in the bluegrass state today as snow showers combine with frigid winds to produce a mid winter’s day. As a matter of fact, the next few days will feel like the heart of wintertime as our wintry November keeps rolling.

Cold air is pouring into the state early today with rain changing to snow showers from west to east. Gusty winds of 40mph will be possible early, but those numbers come down as the day wears on.

Northwesterly winds will create fairly widespread snow showers this afternoon through tonight across central and eastern Kentucky. With temps in the 20s, slick roads may cause a few travel issues from time to time. We could see a few school delays or cancellations Tuesday morning.

Snow showers and flurries will likely continue  across the east through Tuesday.

Light accumulations are a good bet during today into Tuesday. The very nature of snow showers make it difficult to pinpoint who can pick up just a little coating to those who can get an inch or so of snow. Here’s a general light snowfall forecast…

The models show how they are trying to hot spot an inch or two of snow, with lighter amounts in between…

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In addition to the snow showers, the cold temps and gusty winds are a force to be reckoned with. Temps drop into the low 30s today and hold steady, then drop into the low and middle 20s overnight. Highs on Tuesday may not get above 30 in areas of central and eastern Kentucky. Throw the winds into the mix and it gets frigid…

Those are the wind chill numbers through Wednesday morning. Those are some crazy wind chill digits for November.

The cold lifts out later this week into the weekend as a couple of big rain makers roll in from the southwest. Temps bounce back for a few days, but next week will see the return of a very wintry pattern that can grow much colder than what we are seeing now.

I will have updates later today. Until then, I have your snow shower tracking tools…

 

Hamburg Area from WKYT Studio
Lexington

I-75 @ Newtown Pike
Lexington

I-75 MP 127
Georgetown

I-64 at KY-801
Near Morehead

I-64 MP 97
Winchester
I-64 WB @ MP 97

Mountain Parkway @ MP 36
Near Pine Ridge

Florence

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Covington

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Louisville

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E-town

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I-65 MP 36
Near Bowling Green
I-65 MP 36

Have a great day and take care.