Good afternoon, everyone. Frigid temps continue across the bluegrass state as we track a light flake maker into the region later today. This is the first of two flake makers coming in here before the week is over. After that, a busy and stormy setup takes shape.
Lows this morning hit the single digits in many areas and that’s rare for the month of March. Wind chills were below zero to boot. Clouds will increase this afternoon as a weak front drops in from the northwest. That will bring a few flurries or snow showers to the state…
Temperatures behind this may drop close to the single digits again tonight.
The next system moves in here on Thursday and will have a swath of snow on the leading edge of it. This may put down a swath of accumulating snow from northwest to southeast. Exactly where that sets up is still in question, but the models are close in their alignment…
NAM
Canadian
New GFS
GFS
Temps start to climb on Friday then increase this weekend ahead of a major storm in the plains. That system will send gusty winds and the potential for strong storms our way…
The Canadian has a similar look and shows a similar system following that up a few days later…
Enjoy the rest of your day and take care.
The wind in Frankfort is making the temp feel brutal!
I call them springtime “bowling ball” systems, when these huge systems roll across the country and you have a raging blizzard across Wisconsin/MN region and a trailing line of precip all the way to the gulf. Often accompanied by high wind ahead of it as well as behind it. Usually in March you get about one per week to plow across the country.. with several nice days in between.
It would be nice to get in a pattern of several good days with a day of rain here or there. The pattern for the last 1.5 years has been day after day of rain with scattered nice days
Any idea when the pattern is going flip? There was talk last week about the beginning of true spring, but I’ve not seem much talk about it since….