Good Tuesday everyone… here is hoping this blog finds each of you doing great. We are getting closer and closer to the big day as Christmas is only a few days away. Everyone is hoping for that magical white Christmas and some will get it courtesy of leftover snow from this past weekend’s monster.
Speaking of… I want to share a pic with you from one of the regions I forecast for in my tv job. This pic is from the West Virginia Turnpike…
Hundreds, if not thousands, were stranded in their cars for hours as the storm dumped nearly two feet of the white stuff around them. I thought that pic was worthy of a showcase!
As far as the weather is concerned today… we have a streak of light snow that will move into the northern parts of the area early this morning. It will be interesting to see how much of this holds together and how far south it can get. Either way… areas closest to the Ohio River have the best shot at squeezing out a light accumulation and you can track the flakes here…
Much warmer air is going to try to fight in over the next few days but the snow on the ground is going to act like a schoolyard bully and beat it back to the west. Areas that have snow cover will be MUCH colder than areas that do not. You can really see that very well on the GFS temp maps…
Both this afternoon and Wednesday afternoon will feature 30s for highs over the snow and 40s for those without snow. The same goes for Christmas Eve as warmer air ahead of our big plains low tries to fight in over the snow. It FINALLY wins the battle for a few hours early Christmas as temps head toward the low 40s right in front of a strong cold front.
The concern is that any precip that tries to break out ahead of the storm and before Christmas Eve may be a bit of a mixture in the colder areas. That would change to plain rain into much of Christmas Day before enough cold air digs in for some flakes late in the day from west to east. Here is how that looks on the GFS…
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
That low will produce one heck of a blizzard for the plains into the western Great Lakes this week. It will also cut off from the main flow and should produce systems that rotate around it and into our region from the northwest. These will likely produce frequent light snows and snow squalls around here this weekend into early next week.
As the blog likes to do… we are timing the next storm producing pattern by the middle of next week as we get set to close out 2009. This looks like a bowling ball type of low that rolls west to east to our south. 
That’s all I have for you crazy kids today. Have a good Tuesday and take care.
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I remember Jellico Mountain looking like the Virginia Turnpike back when the Good Lord use to smile on Kentucky in terms of snow.
WAKE UP AMNERCICA!!!!! PITTS OFFF!!
That picture is AWESOME Chris. That is exactly what I want to see here!
SPC is talking about the possibility of severe thunderstorms as far north as Tennessee on Christmas Eve. Tie those decorations down…here come round two!
Lots of Black Ice out my way this morning
Here comes the eternal “week away snow storm”! 😉 Of course this time it’ll probably happen since I leave for South Florida and MUCH warmer climes for the week after Christmas, that would be just my luck! 😉
I sure was hoping for a white Christmas. I’ve never seen one before. Oh well, there’s always next year!!! Hope everyone has a great Christmas!
Huh?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! The oldin’days! Good times!
I believe he’s referring to Earl Pitts American. Does a quick stint on talk radio in the mornings. I look forward to listening to him every morning. He’s a hoot!
Thanks for the update and awesome picture Chris!
HPC precip map still saying the western plains low dies and another forms on east coast, I guess Chris don’t see that scenario playing out.
UK2K!!!!!!!
I can’t post anything long, it gets put in moderation, and I’m getting frustrated.
How do you all post long messages?
Anything in moderation doesn’t seem to get posted.
If all that snow means power outages…I think they can keep it.
It is no fun being without power. I hope all people have theirs back soon.
Mine came back on last night.
We used to have big snows when I was a child, and I don’t ever remember the electricity going off…what happened between then and now?
Does he still do that? I used to hear him in the mornings and he was hilarious. What time and what station?
Bernie, you mentioned something yesterday about a “tilt/shift” in the weather.
It reminded me of the special on 2012 I watched on Discovery.
Most of the people’s theories seemed kinda crazy, but a WWII pilot had some evidence that made sense.
During the war, he was checking out Alaska for possible attacks from Russia.
They had to use a grid because the technology didn’t work with the magnetic force there.
He found that the North Pole was not located where it says it is on the map.
The actual location was shifting/tilting towards the direction on the map.
Could that affect our weather now?
I listen on they way in to work to News Talk WVLK on FM 101.5. Earl comes on 5-10 min. before the top of the hour.
i was thinking the same thing im going to gatlinburg, and now i fear im gunna miss snow!! lol but if i stay no way itll happen lol
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It’s no fun to lose power, especially when it’s COLD/ICY/SNOWY.. I learned the hard way back in JAN 09! I went without power for a week.. I rather have an ALL rain, no mix!!
I was thinking the same thing when I was posting that comment yesterday, seems like when we did get the “OLD SCHOOLS” there was only a few times that I can remember that the power did go off, but it wasn’t as devastating as it is this day and time, I guess the new technology from computers and gadgets can’t handle mother nature’s fury!
Computer age = less workers out in the field.
I’m glad you got yours back on, hopefully everyone who is without power, gets it on soon or especially before Christmas! My parents still without power, they are now staying with other relatives who has wood heat.
Thanks for the tip, Bernie. I have one more question…do you go into tools to clear the cookies?
So how long were the people in the picture trapped in their cars? I assume that they had to wait on a snow plow I can’t even imagine how they got through? I can hear my wife now, she would have lost her mind in that mess…
Thats a very interesting concept that you posted. Seems like that would be more accurate then GW. (cuss word on here)
I don’t want to offend anyone on here and their beliefs, we all have our idea of whats happening, but seems that the way the north pole or south pole axis has shifted in a way that causes the currents to either WARM up or COOL down more frequently, leads me to believe what it says in the Book of Revelations, that we won’t be able to tell the seasons apart, especially with more frequent earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters.
To me.. just 1″ continental shift or polar shift, would make a HUGE difference 1000 miles away on how the weather pattern would be for that region.
Even when I was living in Pike County for recent winters, The snow was very common of 6″+ snowstorms, but seems like it melted as fast as it came, within 24-48 hrs you couldn’t tell it even snowed. But back in my younger years, seemed like once it snowed, it never did melt til SPRING! so the sun rays are more powerful then what it was back in my younger years, that would also direct back to the way the earth has tilted or a continental shift.
The way I’m thinking is, if you take a book lay it flat, and hold a flashlight about 2 foot high and 5 feet away, you barely get light on it, but if you stand the book up and do the same thing you get a direct light in the middle of the book, if that makes sense! lol
Thats my 2 cents about it! 🙂
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I drove across WVA yesterday, I64, and the snow was beautiful. The road crews did a phenomenal job, though. Except for only one clear lane for a few miles, east of Beckley, it was clear sailing. There were still cars and trucks off in the median and shoulder, and a couple of overturned semi’s. The snow and the mountains…it was beautiful. Did I mention it was beautiful? Glad we waited a day to travel, as it wouldn’t have been so nice to be stuck. Alas, as we drove west past Morehead, we saw evidence of the Snow Dome. It was a downer.
Boyle County-45* Glad to see the sun if only for a little while.
I was thinking the same thing..43* and sunshine here in Barbourville as well..Its kinda nice, since the last time I saw the sunshine was Thursday last week…although it is only in the 40’s sure feels like 60 in the sun..:)
I noticed on radar anyways it looked like Cincy had a good snowburst to move through in the past hr. or so…they can have mine today, I need some O-NATURAL VITAMIN D today..lol..
This next storm looks as big if not bigger than the last two, yet once again we get left out in the cold (or i guess in our case its the warm) yet again!
Only problem is, is that that doesn’t explain why it snows all AROUND us!
Oh OK. I wondered what AMNERCICA was. I thought it was spanish or something.
Interesting thoughts…
I was watching Joe over accuweather, he is saying HOLD ON its gonna be a long winter he showed 2 storms next week that would bring KY. snow…he went as far to say this winter would be right up against 77-78′!!! now all of us older ones remember that winter, and it was a DOOOOZZZZIIEEE!!!…So I say if you’ve not had accumulating snow yet,just wait we all may be well ready for spring when the tulips start blooming…:)
yea and JOE ALSO said last week KY/TENN would be hit hard with the Christmas storm as well.
he showed it on his map and everuything.
This is true…this is true.
Let’s just hope Bastardi is right about Kentucky this time! 🙂
Not sure if somebody has mentioned this, but LMK has an interesting recap of the Top 15 Local (to LMK’s CWA) Weather events of 2000-2009 on their site:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=top_15_decade
The Ice Storm of 2009 is #1.
I am surprised the heat and drought of 2007 was not higher on their list.
well I guess we’ll see how it all tallies up in April…:)
Folks, as far as central KY is concerned, please do not kid yourselves (respectfully).
We have had ELEVEN years of busts and misses from everything but clippers and ice events. In fact, our biggest events have been ice events from the “old school” systems.
KY will probably see more chances for big snow this winter- but NOT central KY. Ice will be our main concern for “big events”.
Doubt me now at your optimistic peril;)
Central KY = Fence
Hope the Bubbacast plays out, since that is at least some snow:)
Bernie
Great theory, but at the same time, we still have our brutally cold weather, but no snow! Winters are still just as COLD as they used to be, but the storm tracks have changed.
Neil
If you go to FL and we get a big snow here, I know that would have to be the biggest “Murphy’s Law” ever! At least if it does snow deep, you will know that the snow dome has been crushed for more future snows (LOL)
Bubba
Tear the fence down please!
I just don’t understand from seeing what fell in the above pic, how KY got shafted from the snow. Irks me. I see this winter setting up as misses to our north, west and east. Mainly east as the systems move to our southwest and head northeast up the Appalachians and us getting a little kickback from the counterclockwise spin. I hope Im wrong but it seems that is what has happened lately. Seems there is a “favorite” area these systems like to train overe and over
OK. Just for giggles, try this on:
1. UK has dominant basketball team which is a favorite, if not the favorite, to win a national title.
2. Yankees win the previous world series.
3. Alabama wins the college football national championship.
4. A democrat is in the White House.
5. An entertainment legend died the previous summer (Elvis).
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Sounds like January 2010 may be a lot like January 1978. If you were around here then, you know what happened….
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A problem with the “tilt” theory is that would make sense if the patterns for seasons shifted marginally to a given direction, but areas all around us are getting big snow events, at least every few years- including places that normally do not get snow. I believe we are heading to a minor ice age period myself, but just like the manbearpigs, I have no real data to support it… Yes I do! Sun spots are increasing and the temps are starting to decline (all things the GW’s ignore or override data with to suit their position for control and money.
Places that normally get snow are getting more now, so there is an amplification likely happening rather than a tilt or shift. For whatever reason, central KY will not allow “old school” systems that hit EVERY recorded decade except the 2000’s.
Of course, I have been warning about pattern changes and the need for model revisions for five years now;)
None of them work for snow for this very specific area. KY Fence.
I was around. I was tending bar in Dayton Ohio, went to work in a sweater at 8pm, left the bar at 3am and so cold and couldn’t see it was snowing so hard!! January 19th, I remember. snow was up to the roofs and they were dumping it in the Miami river because they did not know what else to do with all that snow. what good times those were 🙂
Just looked at the radar. Seems like there is moisture streaming in from the west. Our low in Lexington tonight is supposed to be around 30. Anyone think we may have a little snow by morning?
Looks like rain to me…
I was a freshman at UK. Living in the Complex. Everything shut down. Walked 4 miles in the howling snow to my parents’ house to get a snow shovel to clear the way to the caf. All dorm rules were suspended and we had the kegger from hell. Officially, it was not the biggest snow storm of all time in Lex., but it was the biggest I’ve ever seen.
Thank God for the Chevy Store.
Lincoln, you got a better shot at snow in Gatlinburg than you do in central Ky
Here is a pretty good interactive radar and other stuff for anyone that does not have real time radar.
http://www.struckbylightning.org/alert.htm
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