Good afternoon, gang. It’s another ugly and messy day in the bluegrass state as temps get ready to take a tumble. That drop in thermometers will lead to an increasing possibility of some light wintry weather this evening into early Thursday.
The new version of the GFS…
With wet roads and a quick temperature drop from northwest to southeast, we have to be on guard for icy spots to develop. Throw some light stuff falling from the sky and things could get tricky for travelers.
Low level moisture will hang around across the east and southeast and that could lead to additional light freezing rain and freezing drizzle Tuesday night and Wednesday morning…
After a flurry chance on Thursday…
Temps will then recover for Friday into Saturday as we thaw out for a few days. Another cold front knocks temps back down by Sunday and that sets the stage for the colder air to return in stages next week. Arctic air is very likely to get back in here over the next few weeks.
Follow today’s weather…
I will update things again later. Take care.
Yep! I have scoured the blog history and this is the longest we have gone for winter season without significant snow talk by CB. When even the models pull a “Sgt. Schultz” and see nothing, we are in a new level of slump.
I guess the models felt bad with teasing us all those years and the have decided to just start being truthful with us. No more it’s “going to snow 7 days from now”. Just flat out telling us it’s not going to happen this year.
I was kind of wondering if this was the longest we had went without at least a missed storm showing up. I’m ready for the 50’s this weekend. Much better than 35 degree rain.
Hoping this isn’t a sign of a summer drought, rather just an unusual wait for an amazingly snowy late Jan and Feb. Just trying to be optimistic.
Thank you Chris.
Folks, did I miss the discussion of which analog year this one is starting to look like?
No, he has not mentioned it. He is teasing us or something I guess.
One of the analog years showing up over the past week
or two is 1991…that was bad winter for snow. I did see
1993 listed most recently :).
There once was a city in kentucky
Who’s winter was rainy and mucky
Although we had cold
It still did not snow
Except in our memories if we were lucky
I have a limerick for that 🙂
This link warms my heart:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=arx&storyid=106239&source=0
Not mine. Can’t snow when it’s warm, wait a minute, can’t seem to snow when it’s cold either. 🙁
That link is annoying. It is January afterall.
50 degree weather sounds great at this point after going thru below 0 temps and no snow, that is worse than 33 degree rain in my book!
Since our fluke 3 inch snow in November here in frankfort I think we have had one deck duster!
No snow in December or the first half of January is pretty sad!
Yo is We eVa gunna be gittin sum sno dis yeer or whut?all i seen is peeple sayin we gunna git rain but din it dont rain or peeple be sayin it gunna sno din we just git rain i dont no whut dis wether is doin but im still gunna keep my hopes up fo a big 2 foot sno befoe dis winter dun gone n next thang ya no its springtime agin tell me sumthin good chris caus i wanna build a snoman wit lil jojo.
????
Any snow ever
Rodger never thought it would happen but it has – he’s officially a HATER! A hater of this snow-less winter! NWS saying 50 and sunny in his backyard on Saturday! Sounds great! Of course, that’s a model more than 24 hours out so that’s probably when we’ll see snow & 30 degrees! LOL
…analog year???…pick most any year from the last decade, but only more so 🙂 …
That’s the big question right now. If the season continues on this course, what made it turn out differently than all of the analog years that were picked to match it back in the fall in the Winter Outlook. Though, that’s an autopsy that isn’t needed until March 1st or Spring Equinox (take your pick).
Like I said before give me 75-80 degrees with a gentle breeze. Cause what were getting weather wise so far is junk.
We’re the new Seattle 40 and rain, drizzle….Chris likes to say MESSY
Thanks for the update Chris. Hope everyone stays safe tonight. Please be careful if you have to be out travelling. Black ice can be very tricky.
Thanks again Chris, for helping keep us safe. Have a good evening,
everyone.