Good afternoon, folks. Cold winds are blowing across the state, leading to a few flurries and snow showers for parts of the region. From here, it’s all eyes on a developing winter storm taking aim at Kentucky this weekend.

Let me begin with the cold of today and roll ahead. Temps hang in the low 30s with wind chills closer to 20 at times. A few flurries or snow showers are flying in the north and east…

Wind chills tonight drop to around 10 degrees. B to the RR.

My overall thoughts for the upcoming storm haven’t really changed much at all. Some fresh thoughts:

  • The timeline on this winter storm is Friday night through Sunday night.
  • The track of the low is pretty much west to east across the southern states, then it tries to turn the corner up the coast.
  • This low will have an inverted trough into the lower Ohio Valley. That funnels moisture into the cold air, producing accumulating snow for many.
  • The first wave of snow moves across the state Friday night into early Saturday. That will put down accumulating snow statewide.
  • The southern half of the state will see this switch to a rain/snow mix or plain rain for a time on Saturday and Saturday night.
  • All of this should go back over to snow and light snow on Sunday.
  • For areas getting in on all snow for the duration of the event, several inches of snow will be likely.
  • An upgrade is likely in the next update.

 

I’m not going to make changes just yet to the current map I have out…

I will have a brand new map on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm and will update that on KWC this evening.

In terms of the models, they are a little colder than earlier runs. Here’s the GFS…

The Canadian has a similar look…

Again, I will have the latest on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm and another update here this evening. Make it a good one and take care.