Good afternoon and Happy Valentine’s Day. Windy and mild temps will soon give way to a blast of winter weather to start the upcoming weekend. That comes in the form of a fast-moving snow maker for much of the bluegrass state.

Watch how fast this system works through here from late Friday into Saturday morning…

Rain initially develops during the afternoon then goes over to a mix then wet snow. Some light freezing rain and sleet may even show up in the transition.

From there, a swath of wet, accumulating snow shows up from west to east across the state. Here’s the often imitated First Call For Snowfall…

That looks to be a pretty steady map going forward, but there is a little wiggle room with the 1″-4″ swath. I suspect that may be nudged a little farther south in time. Outside of that corridor, it’s a sharp drop to little or no snow.

The new GFS is in pretty good agreement with my map…

The new version of the GFS is ready to take over as the main GFS and has a similar swath, but ups the totals…

While I can’t rule that out at the moment, I’ll go ahead and take the under.

I will have a new call for snowfall on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm then back here on KWC this evening. Happy Valentine’s Day and take care.