Good afternoon, folks. We have another major winter storm that is getting ready to pound the bluegrass state with significant amounts of sleet and snow. The closer we get to this system, the more impressive it’s looking and the greater the chance it turns into a “shutdown storm” for many.

The latest runs of the computer models are really amping up the moisture even more with this system and have a slower departure time on Thursday. With that in mind, here is a fresh call for snow and sleet…

Special 2

Most of the accumulations start from northwest to southeast late Wednesday afternoon and then REALLY kick into high gear Wednesday night and Thursday.

Significant amounts of sleet continue to look likely and that would cut down on the true snow totals. Areas that have less sleet can easily top a foot of snow before this wraps up on Thursday.

The lift with this is rather impressive and I wouldn’t be surprised to hear reports of thundersnow or thundersleet during the height of the storm.

I continue to like what the GFS is cooking for snow and sleet…

GFS

GFS Snow 2

The latest “worst case scenario” from the Weather Prediction Center was issued before the latest amped up runs…

WPC

Again, snow totals where you live are directly tied to the amount of sleet that falls. The more sleet, the lower the totals. The less sleet… look out.

I will have the very latest on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm and will update things again later today. I strongly suspect Winter Storm Warnings will be issued shortly…

Take care.