Good Wednesday, everyone. The day before Thanksgiving is its own little holiday here on Kentucky Weather Center. The busiest travel day of the year gets it’s own special post based on one of the greatest movies ever made… Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

If you have seen it, you will probably agree with that statement. If you haven’t seen it, you’re missing out and I may even block you on twitter. 🙂

How can you not laugh at this?

Admit it, you’re laughing now.

This busy travel day is a nasty one for much of the country with two major storm systems ongoing across the country. The first one is pulling away from us today, but is causing all kinds of wind issues. Gusts of 40-50mph will be noted this morning with the numbers slowly coming down through the day.

Morning showers and a few storms will be racing across the state…

Temps this morning may be around 60 before dropping into the 40s this afternoon. Colder air comes into the region tonight and northern and northeastern Kentucky could have a close brush with a few snowflakes. The Hi RES NAM keeps showing this…

Temps are seasonally cold Thanksgiving into Black Friday…

Thanksgiving looks to feature a mix of sun and clouds with a small chance of showers in the west.

The next storm system is breaking barometric pressure records along the west coast. This storm rolls into the plains states and then cuts eastward into the northern Ohio Valley this weekend. Ahead of it, showers move in later Friday into Friday night. The NAM is close to having that start with a touch of frozen stuff in the north…

The rest of that system brings rounds of rain, some thunder and gusty winds for Saturday. As it moves through by Sunday morning, we will get in on a dry slot for a few hours. Winds look very gust as temps drop from the morning through the afternoon on Sunday. Energy diving in from the northwest will produce a band of rain and snow that switches to light snow Sunday night. Snow showers and a few squalls carry us into Monday. Light accumulations are very possible across central and eastern Kentucky.

The Canadian continues to lead the way with this…

So the Canadian has been telling the other models…

The GFS is still too progressive, but it’s finally beginning to catch on…

As much grief as I give the GFS, the Euro has been just as bad at times. It’s also finally grasping what the Canadian has been selling for days…

I will have updates later today, so check back. Good luck in finally reaching your Thanksgiving destination…

Make it a good one and take care.