Good Sunday, everyone. It’s another mild and mainly cloudy day across Kentucky and we even have a little rain making a run at our southern counties. This mild weather takes us through Christmas week, but what comes after that? This is the big question and it’s one winter weather lovers are going to like a whole lot more.

Let’s begin with today and the chance for a little southern rainfall. The best chance comes very late today into early Monday and is confined to far southern and southeastern Kentucky. If we can get just one sprinkle north of the Tennessee border at some point through Monday, my tracking mission will be accomplished! 🙂

Here’s regional radar…

Temps are deep into the 50s and this is a trend that takes us through Christmas Day and likely through next Friday and Saturday. Temps may eventually make a run at 60 on a widespread basis.

Next weekend, the changes begin as cold air enters the country once again. We’ve seen how the Ensembles have been showing deepening troughs taking control of the country and now the operational models are keying on this…

To see the return of winter into much of the country, look no further than the snow map from the ensembles. Here’s the snow map for the next 7 days…

Now, let’s add another week to that…

As I look at the pattern setting up for January, it looks similar to the one we had back in November. That one delivered very cold temps and even some record snows. If we can get that same pattern in the heart of winter, it could be fun.

I will have another update later today, so check back. Have a wonderful Sunday and take care.