Good afternoon everyone. I wanted to drop by for a quick update on the developing winter storm THREAT for the weekend. The models continue to come into better agreement in showing a heavy, wet snowstorm impacting our region. The greatest threat is the same area I highlighted last night… eastern and southeastern Kentucky.

This does not mean we aren’t going to see the models come a little farther west as that is still a distinct possibility. One thing is certain… we will see a VERY sharp western and northern cutoff to the snow shield. Let’s take a look at the latest snow forecasts from the models. The NAM continues to pound southern and eastern Kentucky…



That’s a huge swath of 6″-12″ of snow. The NAM did shift east just a bit from some of it’s earlier runs. The GFS is doing exactly what we suspected and is coming back to the west. It is not as wet as the NAM right now… it matches up pretty well with the overall placement of the heaviest snow…



That is 3″-6″ of snow the model is showing. But… it is just catching up to the rest of the models so I would think it will trend wetter with the next few runs.

Our Winter Storm Threat continues with southern and eastern Kentucky being the prime target right now! This is still not even close to being set in stone… but the odds are now with us that a heavy, west snowstorm will impact some of our region.

I will update as needed later today. I fully expect Winter Storm Watches to be issued this afternoon!

Take care.