Good Sunday, everyone. Bitterly cold air is surging toward the bluegrass state and will settle in over the next few days. This kicks off a busy week of weather that will feature a lot of winter for our region and across much of the eastern half of the country.
Our day starts with light snow brushing southeastern Kentucky with some flurries and freezing drizzle elsewhere. Winds will ramp up this afternoon as the arctic front blasts in from the northwest. This will have a fast-moving band of snow showers with it, but the real story is the cold. Here’s a breakdown of the temps:
– Temps ahead of the front spike into the low and mid 30s then crash through the teens this evening.
– Readings by Monday morning will be near zero in the north and upper single digits in the south. Wind chill readings will drop into the 0 to -10 range.
– Highs Monday stay in the teens for many with another bitterly cold night to follow. Temps are back into the 0 to +10 range by Tuesday morning.
A snow maker dives in from the northwest Tuesday night into Wednesday. This could bring the first widespread snows to the region. Here’s the European Model…
The traditional 10-1 ration snowfall map from that same run of the European Model…
Snowfall maps will change from run to run so don’t fall in love with any one map. The totals and placement of the accumulating snows could change drastically from run to run. Still, snow looks like a good bet for Wednesday.
A much bigger storm system will then develop behind this and impact our weather from Friday into the weekend. This may wind up being a messy storm that produces snow, ice and rain in this region. The models are showing a very strong storm loaded with moisture, they just vary a bit on where it goes and how it evolves.
The GFS…
GFS snowfall through next weekend…
The European Model has a colder solution for our region, but still blows up a monster storm in the east…
The total snowfall map from the European Model through next Sunday…
Once again, those are snapshots in time of various computer forecast models. They will change with each run, so let’s just wait and see how all this plays out in the days ahead. That said… the first “threat” of the winter is looming for the week ahead.
I will have additional updates through the day, so check back. Your tracking tools will fill the gaps…
Have a great Sunday and take care.
Just wanted to say I really enjoy the blogs. I’m looking forward to at least one good good snowstorm. So I hope I can get a nice snow. I will be watching through out the day for you next blog.
Light snow with about half an inch in Harlan county this morning.
How are the roads?
Thanks, Chris. That’s some serious cold coming. I sure hope some of the snow possibilities pan out. Stay warm everyone and enjoy the blog.
Wow, that’s a wild looking snowfall map for the northeast next weekend. Wonder what would need to happen to get the storm to produce those heavier totals here?
Help again!!! Since there were no keys for the snow maps, and I am a Michigan transplant and LOVE MY SNOW!, can someone tell me the snowfall hopes in possible inches (I am in Frankfort)? One of these years I will be able to read all these maps all on my own
Look for the bullseye of more dominant colors like Red’s, pinks, dark blues, etc. Those are the higher totals. Just don’t get hung up on them. Wait for Chris’s snowfall maps. These models will keep waffling. But right now they show anywhere from as little as 2 inches to as much as several inches. I live just south of Frankfort so that’s the area I’m most curious about as well
Wow, looks like a crushing snowstorm is going to setup somewhere, hopefully not eastern Ky..
East coast but not Kentucky
I live in southern ohio & the weather channel has really jumped on the snow train for both storms this week. Hopefully those maps hold up that’s a 8-10 inch storm for my area
More than likely the rain snow line will trend north.
That’s the way it always seems to work.
Backside flurries.
I like snow but not the crippling power outage ones………
If we miss snow, I’m good for a while after last year – but I keep looking at this arctic blast and I must have been RUINED from the bitter cold last year with 20 below zero temps and 0 degrees for daytime high, that I find myself looking at 6 for a low temp and thinking, that’s it?
That’s a monster of a storm! The east coast is in for a good one it looks like.