Good Friday and Happy Halloween. Vampires, witches and werewolves are the usual suspects that put a scare in folks on this big day. This year, there’s a new face crashing the party… Old Man Winter. A big blast of winter weather blows in later today and takes us into the start of November.
We have an arctic front moving into the region from the northwest. Temps ahead of this front will spike toward the upper 40s and low 50s into early this afternoon. Once the front passes… temps take a big plunge and will wind up in the 30s this evening…
Rain showers will be noted along and ahead of this front, but we will see some flakes mixing in this afternoon in the west. Radar may not look very impressive early on, but you will see rain and snow expand quickly later on.
As the colder air wins out, rain changes to wet snow this evening with a moderate band of snow working in later tonight into early Saturday…
The models even suggest some snow showers and flurries linger through much of the day across the eastern half of the state. The GFS even has some of that hanging into early Saturday evening…
With more clouds and flakes lingering deeper into the day, high temps on the GFS have come down several degrees…
Forecast lows by Sunday morning are WAY down into the 20s for many areas…
What about the snowfall potential? I firmly believe many areas of central and eastern Ky. will have a slushy covering of snow show up tonight into Saturday morning. While the highest totals will be across the far southeast, it’s possible for other areas pick up around an inch or even a little more…
The models are suggesting higher totals than what I currently have forecast. The mild ground temps will melt a lot of the snow, but if it falls hard enough, it can overcome that for a while. Much of what sticks will be on the grass and rooftops. Roads should mainly stay wet, but a slick spot on bridges or overpasses will be possible Saturday morning as temps dip below freezing.
I will have a final call for snowfall coming up this afternoon. I will also get you a full suite of tracking toys. For now, you get this…
Current temperatures
Check back for updates and enjoy the day. Take care.
Already feeling cooler.38 here and light rain this morning.Just waiting to see flakes begin to mix in.Love the anticipation of weather changes.
That word….ARCTIC
Will be surprised if we reach 50 today with all the cloud cover and misting rain.Guess the sun could peek through later and warm it up.
But light rain seems to be all over the area for now.
Chilly looking maps posted today Chris.
Well, today will be messy but that really don’t matter when it comes to the kids going out to get candy. They were all excited this morning as they were getting on the bus with they’re costumes on. Myself I’m excited to see what we wake up to in the morning I know it will leave early so well have to get up early enough to see how pretty.
Thank you Chris for staying on top of things, no one should be suprised. Have a safe Halloween !
tx CB!!!