Good Wednesday everyone and welcome to one heck of a wintry day. This is one of those days that true fans of winter weather are loving as it features a lot of snow… wind and cold.
Let’s give you a breakdown of what the day will hold…
– Widespread snows and snow squalls. Moderate to heavy bursts will be on and off all day long and these will cause all sorts of problems. Reduced Visibilities and snow covered roads will be the main issues.
– Temps today will be starting out very close to 10 degrees in many areas with afternoon highs only warming into the low and mid 20s.
– Winds will continue to be very gusty all day long. This will cause wind chill readings to be below 0 to start the day and in the single digits later on. The winds will also create blowing and drifting snows that can create whiteout conditions.
As the blog title says… this is a wicked and wintry Wednesday!
I have the old reliable regional radar for you guys to track the snows through the region…
Snow showers will continue into early Thursday before finally tapering off. How much additional snowfall can we expect? Here is my call…
You can track the temps and wind chill right here…
Current Temps
Wind Chill
Travel today into early Thursday is going to be poor… and that is putting it mildly. This is not the kind of day to be taking any leisure trips for the heck of it. 
Where do we go from here? Well… the pattern is about as cold looking as it can get for the foreseeable future and the snow that is out there today is likely to stick around for a while. We are also likely to put snow on top of it over the next week.
The models have a couple of systems developing late week into the weekend that we will have to watch. The first is a southern storm that should remain to our south for Friday into early Saturday. Some of the models have been trying their best to inch this thing just far enough north to impact our southern counties with snow. The Canadian model for Friday and Saturday is leading the charge on that…
While the main storm remains well south… a weak clipper diving in from the northwest tries to pull in some of the moisture. The NAM is also hinting at this…
Saturday Morning
There may very well be another, stronger clipper diving in for Sunday and Monday and this shows up nicely on the GFS…
Sunday Evening
The pattern is ripe for more snows around here and the overall look next week suggests the upper levels become more favorable for winter storms to impact the Ohio Valley instead of the east coast.
Getting the picture yet? There is still a lot of winter left to go.
Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves as today is bringing us more than enough winter! Help us out by posting the weather and road conditions from where you live. Have a great day and take care.
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Eagerly waiting for some more snow in Lex!
Pike county has an inch or less of snow as of 3:45am, but we’ve had some nasty, nasty winds. I don’t want to offend the snow lovers, but I’m ready for spring to get here as soon as possible!
ZZ, I bought a big bunch of tulips and put them on my kitchen table. It helped a little….til I looked outside! No school again today! Closing day this year is getting closer and closer to opening day next year.
Just looked out the window and it looks like we received about another 2 inches last night. Still snowing here, lightly. Temp is 17. I guess that gives us a grand total of about 6 inches. OK, enough of winter, LOL
I have around an inch of snow now, cold, wind blowing. Possibly no school for the rest of the week. I think our closing day is June 3rd as of today.
Thanks Chris for the update!
Madison County – Berea
On & off snow showers with gusty winds.
19.6
Looks to be around 2″ unmeasured. Road crews been around the neighborhood treating the roads off of 25 between Richmond & Berea all morning.
LRIGHT ANDY EOSE er u at this morning..
had a heavy snow band from bout 5 till 7 that put down 2 incxhes here in GUNCHESTER. as we are on the outer fringe of the upslope.
killed 3 rabbits as well this morning, going to eat later with fried taters and biscuit and gravy..mmmmmmmmmm
if u are in hazard east u going to pick up several more inches of snow as its cranking.
right here rolo just not much to report less than an inch of snow and lots of wind
Snow is coming down in Clay County. We got about 1-2 inches on the ground so far. We had very strong wind gusts last night. At one point during the gust, my front door shook. We are out of school again. I think this makes about 19 days. Saturday school is probably in our future.
Snow is coming down in Clay County. We got about 1-2 inches on the ground so far. We had very strong wind gusts last night. At one point during the gust, my front door shook. We are out of school again. I think this makes about 19 days. Saturday school is probably in our future.
Snow is coming down in Clay County. We got about 1-2 inches on the ground so far. We had very strong wind gusts last night. At one point during the gust, my front door shook. We are out of school again. I think this makes about 19 days. Saturday school is probably in our future or longer evenings.
Snow is coming down in Clay County. We have got about 1-2 inches on the ground so far. Wind gusts have been very strong with this storm. At one point last night during the storm, my front door shook. We are out of school again in Clay County. We have missed 19 days of school do far. Saturday school is probably in our future or later days.
Snow is coming down in Clay County. We have got about 1-2 inches on the ground so far. Wind gusts have been very strong with this storm. At one point last night during the storm, my front door shook. We are out of school again in Clay County. We have missed 19 days of school so far. Saturday school is probably in our future or later days.
Observed 2.3″ of new snow since midnight with 2.5″ total since yesterday evening here in SW Breathitt County. The snow since midnight had an incredible 75:1 snow to liquid ratio (2.3″ of snow with only 0.03″ of water content). Still snowing heavily and 18ºF at the present time.
Rolo, it’s like a blizzard here just north of Hazard. I don’t see any vehicles moving this morning. And it’s cold!! That wind is fierce, too.
Enjoy those rabbits, lol.
you better measure that again, I got almost 3″ here in Bimble this morning and its still pourin the snow..
But you could be right according to radar, looks like I moved to a location more favorable in knox co. for upslope snows…:)
Here in carter county, we have 5″+ eaisly on the ground & it has been pouring all night long & still coming down like crazy. I don’t believ eit has stopped sine sometime yesterday, it was like a blizzard last night, the wind was severe & I couldn’t see out my back door the snow was so hard. I can fully see us getting another 2-4″ through tomorrow if it keeps this up, it’s a winter wonderland out there. Wow! Great job Chris.
yea the UPSLOPE is HAMMERING CHAR, its really hevAYYYYYYYYY.
cop pulled me over earlier to tell me my break lights was out.lol
I thought somebody called law on me for killed a rabbit onside of road.lollllll
Moderation?
i’m right Tim 😛 not even the drifts make it to an inch of snow lol congrats on the 3 inches of snow
Anyone have new snow totals in Morehead I’m guessing 3 inches of new snow overnight? Stll snowing but it has been coming in bursts.
having another SNOW SQUALL here in gunchester…
Sorry if this posts twice, but my other post never came out of moderation. We got 2″ overnight bringing our total to 6″. Temp is 17. Winds starting to pick up too. I live on a backroad (state maintained) and they have been up and down 3 or 4 times, but still icy. BTW Rolo, can I come for breakfast?
Why does my computer always say my session has timed out? I can post from my iPhone but I can’t post from my computer.
Snow showers of the medium variety here in the out skirts of Jeffersonville Ky right now. It is 21 degrees with an average wind chill of 11 degrees. The winds are gusting to 15 mph but steady at 5 mph. The secondary road in the area is covered with snow about 1 inch deep and under that is a layer of ice, making travel on it very slick. I advise staying inside/off the road and enjoy the wonderful winter weather ahead of us. Good luck and good day to all.
Couple inches of snow on top of a 1 inch ice pack. Still snowing, and still blowing. Main and secondary roads slick & hazardous.
It’s truly beautiful outside right now. I’m appreciating the fact that I can actually sit and watch it snow…
It can be hard to see at night. I’m measuring on the sidewalk, but looks like almost 3inches of snow.
Did I mention it’s really cold? Everyone stay safe.
I had this same problem, you’re using kentuckyweathercenter.com try kyweathercenter.com and you’ll be good to go.
POuring snow here this morning and blowing. Roads are not in real good shape. Main roads have one lane fairly clear, and the rest of the lanes are very slushy.
People do not know how to drive in this. Some of htem just plow on, like it is a dry road. Please be careful if you have to be out today. IT is brutal outside! I know. I have already been out in it! 🙂 But the snow is very pretty. Wind chill is 8, at the moment.
Finally get to watch it snow…27 here, snow falling with ice underneath. Road conditions not good. Johnson/Floyd county line.
it is terrible in Jackson County … wrecks everywhere, even the salt trucks are wrecking … snow is pouring down … i would say at least 6 inches on the ground
Im in Owingsville in Bath Co. we’ve got about 3-3.5 in. Too cold to go out and measure BURRRRR! Snowing like crazy right now.
Light snow on the Anderson/Mercer County line. Roads are slicker than they were this time yesterday. I drove up 127 to Frankfort at I-64 and it was in good shape, other than the turn lanes.
Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes…
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!
Thanks for the info I’ve been looking at this site all winter and never been able to post.
Chris, were here in Beattyville with several inches so far and near whiteout conditions. Roads are horrible to say the least, u were right on with today….wicked!!!!
Thanks for that tip. I have been trying to post forever. Snowing hard in Leslie County at the moment. Id say about 2-3 inches on the ground. I usually measure but it is too cold!
very heavy snow is falling here in the Barbourville area, visibility is around 1/4 mile EASILY…Just slid down the hill to take my wife to work, and had to walk back up…LOL..
Road crews are having a hard time keeping up with the snowfall intensity around here, On the 25E (cumberland Gap Parkway), roads are slushy in spots where its snowing harder than they can salt and scrape it…
Andy…took another measurement when I got back, well over 3″ now PUSHING 4″!!!!..and its snowing cats and dogs..LOL..and their not house cats and poodles either…:)
J.B. in Louisville posted on his site this a.m. that we could see more snow this weekend than what we saw yesterday? Have any of you heard about another system?
19 currently in Pikeville and snow still coming down blown about by the winds.
Winter Storm Warning now in effect for
WOLFE-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-LESLIE- counties. I did not think this was going to be such a big snow producer.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS!!! HAVE EXTENDED FOR MOST OF EAST KY NOW…including the cites of hazard,Jackson.My feeling is they should have exteneded them back at least 1 more tier of counties. especially here in knox…If it keeps snowing like it is right now!!, I’ll have over 6″ by the end of the day…:)
Now see Tim, Life is good. 🙂
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7
AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES…WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP
TO AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES…ESPECIALLY THROUGH
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO SNOW…GUSTY WINDS TODAY WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND WINDS WILL TAPER OFF THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOWFALL BY THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6
INCHES…EXCEPT 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS.
* ROUNDS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS AND COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND
CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED
WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY.
ALSO…THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW…AS WELL AS BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW MAY PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES TODAY…
ESPECIALLY IN SNOW SQUALLS. THE BIGGEST IMPACTS SHOULD BE ON
ROADWAYS AS THE SNOW SHOULD MOSTLY BE DRY AND FLUFFY.
got 4 inches in gunniville too timmy,
MODERATYE TO HEAVY SNOW right now, roads are fine if u know how to drive, ohh but 80 percent dont.lol
radar intensfying, i see another 2-3 plus inches in the clay co area to fall and knox.
double that the farther east u go.
its a true WINTER TIME DAY!!! got 24 degrees.
Snowing pretty good in Harlan right now, or at least in my neck of the woods. Probably about 2 inches, and HWY 522 is covered up. Looks like it IS going to be one wicked, wintry Wednesday!!! God Bless – be safe if you have to go out!
Anyone have any new snow totals in Morehead from overnight? My guess would be 3 new inches overnight and still snowing.
4″ plus in Ivyton, Magoffin County and still snowing.
This is my favorite part of any snowstorm! LAKE ENHANCED! Looks as if the heaviest snows are west of Pikeville… (Jackson, Hazard, Magoffin Co etc etc)
I was too busy hosting a live discussion on my site last night to come over here and tell you all about the THUNDERSNOW here north of Pikeville last night.
With that initial band we saw last night (I’ can’t remember exactly what time) we had a 35 MPH wind gust, white out conditions, and two very loud crackles of thunder… I had never seen anything like it.
Well good luck to everyone in SE KY, let keep on picking up this lake moisture!
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East Kentucky WX
http://www.ekywx.com
have to give Chris THE LEGEND Bailey props, he was on this like white on rice.
the fact is I last nite didnt see this intense of a NW flow setup,
its really HAMMERING as it hit the mountains.
good job LEGEND,
ohh can u say school will not let out this year, just go year round.lol
Bubba this is for you and its just for fun love reading everything you say and where are you at?????????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIRQf0S3oD0
Still snowing in northern Bell County! It is rattling the window screens! Hard to tell how much snow but roads and ground are covered. It is 22 but feels like -22 when I put the cat outside !
Bernie Tim Rolo Andy and everyone you have to watch this fell out of my chair with laughter
This is a very important news break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIRQf0S3oD0
Very light snow falling in Georgetown. We have roughly 3-4 inches on the ground. What are we expected to get today?
Been snowing hard since early this AM.
21.6 degrees now & about 2+ inches on the ground. Sure is nice to see!
Andy…I feel your pain now, lol..Just talked to my mom, she lives down there on the knox/whitley line. Dad said there is just over 2″ there…Thats almost a 2″ spread in only about 15 miles or so…
Hope everyone enjoys their snowday!!…:)
Havent heard from Tommy this morning he must be buried in a snowdrift or something…LOL…LOL…
snowing in Bowling Green still. WKU is closed today!!!
Johnson County that is!
Does anyone see the snow intensifying for extreme eastern KY today? As of now…it’s not too impressive.
COLD and windy here in downtown Winchester. Light snow off and on, but it’s blowing straight across. Can’t say how much we have since it’s blown away. Streets look good from here – kudos to the road crews.
Even without snow falling, it is still downright nasty at times. The main roads are fine in Lexington, but certainly be aware of ice in spots, and on side roads. And winds are crazy so blowing snow is a pain.
Too funny!
Crystal, I didn’t know Darth BubbaG could dance!
Cute video.
How stupid…wow that has alot to do with weather!!!! lets all go back to kindergarten and watch mythical out in space retards
Morning all you frozen fiends!!!It is COLD here at Clay’s Ferry-25.2* and 89% humidity with wind and spurts of gale force winds at times. Treacherous layer of ice on roads and driveway and with the wind it makes for an adventure to get the paper and put garbage out for pickup. Like an old cartoon watching the birds try to light on branches to get to the feeders-they just hover or get blown backwards and then appear mad when they finally get to a firm surface. Fireplace is sucking the wood and have a pot of beans bubbling for this evening.
From a certain blog this morning:
“Just out of curiosity, wondering how many school districts want this ‘no school’ call back? There were many that made the call last night in the midst, and shortly after, the extremely heavy squall that came through. The balance of the night was windy and snow free. Even my street outside of Stately Meck which has never seen a plow or salt truck in our 7 winters here is fine…a few blown snow patches, but otherwise fine.”
Question: Are the road conditions really so good that it was a mistake to call off school in some counties today? The roads I have been on today have been an utter mess.
Morning Chris ! We have around 2 inches and 24* and still coming down.I was sure we were going to miss out on the snow yesterday…but thats not what you said.So from now on I promise not to be a doubter!!!!Have a safe and warm day everyone!
Taken from another blog this morning:
“Just out of curiosity, wondering how many school districts want this ‘no school’ call back? There were many that made the call last night in the midst, and shortly after, the extremely heavy squall that came through. The balance of the night was windy and snow free. Even my street outside of Stately Meck which has never seen a plow or salt truck in our 7 winters here is fine…a few blown snow patches, but otherwise fine.”
Just curious — were things really ok enough in some counties this morning to have school?
About 4 inches of snow here in Morehead. Just got home from work in Lexington and once you hit the Bath county line I-64 becomes pretty hazardous. Main roads are very slick also here. Snow is still just pouring down and shows no signs of stopping! Haven’t seen anything like this in a while!
Lexington didn’t get much last night.
Is Lexington supposed to get a decent snowfall today? Seems like everyone to our west is and to our east.
From a blog this morning:
“Just out of curiosity, wondering how many school districts want this ‘no school’ call back? There were many that made the call last night in the midst, and shortly after, the extremely heavy squall that came through. The balance of the night was windy and snow free. Even my street outside of Stately Meck which has never seen a plow or salt truck in our 7 winters here is fine…a few blown snow patches, but otherwise fine.”
Question: were the roads really good enough in some counties to have school this morning?
Yeah, it’s awesome, this year I finally get to see some really heavy snow..It’s kind of hard to measure but definitely around 4 inches, with up to 6 in some of the drifts..and it’s still coming down hard…loving it :)I really didn’t expect it as it looked like the cold was gonna zap the moisture and not make for much, but man was I wrong…and of course Chris was right! 🙂 except we might want to up the totals for Rowan county another inch or two..haha
I talked to a guy I work with in Lexington, he said it was snowing, but they didn’t have much more than about an inch and wasn’t really expecting much more, even though it was still snowing some. the radar isn’t showing very favorable for Lex to get more snow of any significance
Feeling rather jealous right now as Jessamine is just getting snow flurries. You can just look on the radar and see that blank space around Jessamine County, sigh. However, we are stuck with that cold and biting wind — how much fun. If you want to see some more snow, watch the traffic cameras in the DC area, just go to http://www.trafficland.com/city/WAS6/index.html
Getting some real good lake enhanced up slope here in Pikeville!!!
Already have about 2″ on the ground, once the ULL starts sliding off to the east a little more most of the more northern parts of SE KY will be getting in on the action like Breathitt/Perry has seen.
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East Kentucky WX
http://www.ekywx.com
Chris, your map is wrong for here in Northern Perry County. 🙂 We have about 5 inches currently and still coming down hard.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS EXTENDED ANOTHER TIER OF COUNTIES OVER IN JKL…now including KNOX,CLAY,JACSON,ESTILL. mainly all counties EAST of I-75 now under a warning…
Yes…supposed to be a clipper system coming from the NW, but it may try to latch onto another system in the deep south and pull some moisture from it. Different from the last few storms, but something to keep an eye on!
🙂
WARNING FOR KNOX….
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES…WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP
TO AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES…ESPECIALLY THROUGH
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO SNOW…GUSTY WINDS TODAY WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND WINDS WILL TAPER OFF LATE
TONIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOWFALL BY THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES.
I’m working on the upper end of that bracket now…:)
HEY BUDDY:
If you don’t like what she put up, DON’T CLICK THE LINK. Are you really that LAME to call someone out on a weatherblog? How does it feel, you ignorant waste of air? Someone should beat you in the head repeatedly with a bag of quarters.
I think bubbas enama has work for some of us,lol. Still coming down real good here in Magoffin. It’s beautiful, love to watch it snow.
LOL….That Bell co. Tunnel theory must have worked yesterday…LOL…
About 5+ inches of snow here in northern Magoffin County and it’s still pouring.
5+ or more here in Morgan Co and it is still pouring….
Thanks from me as well!
We have very light snow showers in and around Columbia in Adair county with a good inch or two of snow on the ground. Winds and wind chill temps are brutal out there!!
A day that I really would just like to watch from my window instead of going outside.
Found this “love train” music video on youtube. The train conductor looks like CB! Lol:
Except he’d drive a snow train!
Whoops here’s the link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqwd6oGFZzE
I’m with you, Faye. I live in Wilmore, and it seems that Jessamine county is dead-center in the SnowDome. We just seem to get nickle and dimed to death witht the snows here – it snows a bit melts off in a couple of days, then snows a little bit more. We seem to be in the prime area to miss the lake stuff, and get the WAA during the large events. I hope the next system doesn’t pull that crap on us again, if so, I will be more than ready for Spring!
Boyle County- light to moderate snow…impossible to measure because of blowing and drifting…..somewhere between 2-4 inches on ground….Roads are dangerous!….My wife slid into a ditch on a straight part of road doing about 30 mph. Ice under the snow! …No injury or damage but do have the cost of a tow truck…thankfully thats all.
Near whiteout conditions here in Pike! Looks as if the energy is shifting fron NNW to NW now and more NSE ky will get in the action!
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East Kentucky WX
http://www.ekywx.com
Thanks so much for the tip. I have been very upset about getting the session has timed out message and not being able to post anything. You are very much appreciated!
Beautiful snow but COLDDDDDD!
20 degrees-snow coming from 3 directions….UNCLE-UNCLE-READY FOR SPRING!
we got about another 1.5 in overnight! some big drifts out there too, the ruler dissaperared in mt front yard!
We have about 4 1/2 inches already in Clay County. It is still coming down. I live in the northern part of Clay Co. The Burning Springs area. We have been updated to a winter storm warning. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!
new post all!
I live in Wilmore too and have enjoyed the past two days. The view outside my windows is beautiful even if we didn’t get too much snow!
got 5.8 inches here on currybranch in manchester ky. most has fallen since bout 430.
25 degrees with light snow and flurries.
Since it snowed a bunch in east KY, Chris is da man again.
We’ve got 7.5″ here in NE Magoffin County! You were right on the money Chris!! Main roads such as US460, KY1081, KY40, KY402 (MTN.PKWY) & KY30 are in fairly good shape, however, KY1437, 3333, 3334, 1635, and a bunch of other side roads are still white! Still very light flurries falling here.