Good Thursday, everyone. This active pattern I’ve been harping about for a while is about to finally kick into high gear with a few systems rolling in over the next few days. This means quite a bit of rain and wind, and the potential for a little winter weather for the weekend.

Before I get to all that, today is when the Winter Weather Forecast comes out on WKYT-TV this evening at 6. We will also have a live half hour show on the CW at 6:30. It’s always a fun time of year for winter weather lovers and haters alike, so make sure to tun in. And you guys may also want to stalk my twitter feed later today because something may drop before then.

Back to the weather of the now. We have a few showers working in here as winds gust up. Those winds may reach 30-40mph at times through this evening. Here are your radars to track today’s scattered showers in from the west…

A wave of heavier rain arrives tonight into early Friday as our front edges in from the northwest. That front may press just far enough south in the afternoon and evening to give us many dry hours. Temps will come way down from today, though.

Another low then works across southern and eastern Kentucky from late Friday night into Saturday. That low will bring rain and a big temperature gradient with it. Temps may hit 60 south and east of the track and stay in the upper 30s just north and west of the low. As that works east, we continue to see the possibility of some wraparound light snow and snow showers. The best chance goes from late Saturday evening into Sunday morning.

The NAM is giving us a nice look at this…

The GFS has been absolutely all over the place and I pity the forecasters who can’t use any other model. The latest run is finally seeing the chance for some flakes, but not until late night…

The Euro is in the ballpark…

At the moment, any flake action doesn’t look like a big deal, but it’s something fun for us to track.

The setup for early Thanksgiving week continues to trend toward the weaker and farther east solution the Euro has been offering up. That could bring rain and gusty winds in here for Tuesday, with the chance for another touch of winter on the backside of the departing storm system…

The GFS is slowly losing the plains bomb storm and is sliding east…

I will have updates as I can later today. Make it a good one and take care.