Good Sunday everyone. The weather for the past several days has featured some of the best stuff that the month of March can offer.
March can also be a very fickle month that can be highlighted by some very abrupt weather changes. That is looking more and more likely to occur around here over the next 24 hours as we go from spring to winter.
The big storm that is producing some big time snows for the plains states will be rolling our way today into Monday. This means today will be another very warm day as readings warm toward 70 once again for much of the region. Showers and some possible thunder will be working from west to east today and you can track the rains here…
Some of the rains could become locally heavy at times tonight into early Monday as shown here on the NAM…
Tonight
Check out that cold pool of air sitting just to our south. That will likely produce snow all the way into parts of Louisiana later today and tonight!! This cold air will be working in here from southwest to northeast late tonight into Monday. Readings will be in the 50s and drop quickly into the 30s as this air moves in early Monday. Will this air be cold enough to produce snow underneath the core of the coldest air? I am starting to think more and more this may happen. Here is the NAM for midday Monday…
This is a very complicated setup and one we will have to watch to see how it evolves because there is such a fine line between snow and no. Even if it were to snow in some areas… the chances for accumulations are LOW unless it can snow so hard that it doesn’t have time to melt. The NAM snowfall forecast suggests that to be possible for some…
Regardless of the snow possibilities for Monday. The temp drop from this afternoon to Monday afternoon is going to be on the order of 30 degrees or more! That is impressive enough right there.
I will have another update on all this at some point later today or this evening so make sure to check back. Have a great Sunday and take care.
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My gut feeling tells me none of the Louisville MET’s or NWS will even mention the slight notion of a chance of snow developing. As I see the charts all come together, I agree with Chris, our chances which started out about 5% several days ago, has to at least jumped to 30%-35% chance. Somebody in Kentucky is going to get a very surprising ACCUMULATING snow!! Maybe a bit bold. But, i’m sticking to it. Winter is not wanting to give in to spring. I’m sorry to put a damper on everyone’s gardening plans. But, as I see it, true spring won’t arrive here until the 5th or 6th of April, and still a slim chance for a late wet snow between this storm and then. Have a great day everyone! =)
Sould be interesting, according to the NAM, Northern TN is still in the “bulls-eye” zone for this event; strange weather!
I don’t recall ever seeing that large an area of cold air by itself sitting in the south surrounded by warmer air. I don’t even see how that is possible.
That map has me getting 5″. Insanity.
12z nam run was warmer at the surface, if it’s going to be a cold spring day let it snow.
..A DAMP AND COOL START TO THE WORK WEEK…
A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TAKE ITS TIME CROSSING EAST
KENTUCKY THROUGH THE START OF THE NEW WORK WEEK. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM
WILL BRING WITH IT PLENTY OF SHOWERS AND MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS AS IT
PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. A COUPLE OF STRAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE
AREA AS THE LOW/S COLD FRONT GRADUALLY LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH
EASTERN KENTUCKY. FOLLOWING THIS…COLDER AIR WILL SEEP IN FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AND WITH THAT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS
MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN SHOWERS…AT TIMES. THIS COLDER AIR WILL
REACH THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR TOWARD DAWN MONDAY MORNING WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW FLAKES OF SNOW. LATER MONDAY NIGHT…WITH THE
FALLING TEMPERATURES FOLLOWING SUNSET…SNOW SHOWERS WILL AGAIN BE
POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. MOST LOCATIONS WILL NOT SEE ANY
ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE SNOW AS THE GROUND WILL STILL BE WARM FROM
THIS PAST WEEKEND/S NICE WEATHER AND THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL
MELT EASILY. HOWEVER…LOCATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET…NEAR THE VIRGINIA
BORDER…WILL BE SLIGHTLY COLDER AND AS A RESULT UP TO AN INCH OF
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. ANY LINGERING SNOW
SHOWERS WILL COME TO AN END OR CHANGE TO JUST RAIN LATER TUESDAY
MORNING. THIS CHILLY AND DAMP WEATHER PATTERN WILL SERVE AS A RUDE
WELCOME TO THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF SPRING
has anyone other than me seen the video on accuweather advertising a big winter storm in the area next week? if not, here’s the link:
http://www.accuweather.com/video/44795589001/threat-of-midwest-to-northeast-us-snow-next-weekend.asp
Wow…that is pretty interesting.
Certainly has my attention!
Yes, actually I did take a look at that. He did a great job of explaining the setup of the storm and why he feels like the ohio valley has a very good chance to get a big snow storm next wk end! He also explains, as Chris Bailey has been saying for weeks, that once this arctic blast moves through, the heart of the country will be headed towards milder weather, and spring will indeed arrive!! so i say, lets bring it on and get this show started!
I second that!