Good evening everyone and thanks for dropping by. We have a very active week of weather across our part of the world as several systems ride a strong temperature gradient into town.
The first system rolls in on Tuesday. Warmer air continues to surge in here with temps overnight staying 45-50 in most cases. Highs may hit 60 on Tuesday ahead of a strong cold front that will touch off some showers and thunderstorms. Winds will also be a big issue with gusts to 35mph possible.
The front clears the state during the evening hours as temps take a big tumble into the upper 20s and low 30s by late evening. There will be just enough moisture to squeeze out some flurries and snow showers across central and eastern Kentucky into Wednesday morning.
Arctic air has a firm grip on the northern tier of the country as spring air develops across the southern states. This puts our region in the battleground for the rest of the week and that’s where storm systems like to hang out.
A weak system heads into the Ohio Valley by later Thursday and Thursday night and should have a swath of light snow with it. That can impact our region and several models are showing the chance for some accumulating snow. The GFS, Canadian and NOGAPS have been most impressed with this possibility. Here’s the Canadian for Thursday evening…
That is something to keep an eye on over the next few days.
I have been talking about a milder weekend taking shape, but the dense, arctic air to our north is going to try to hold steady. That should mean another system working in here later Friday and early Saturday. It is likely a cold rain maker, but I am concerned for some frozen stuff coming from this. Here’s the GFS…
That doesn’t have the look of a massive warmup, does it? I do expect milder air by the end of the weekend into early next week.. but I do not expect this to be something that holds for more than a few days. There should be another big dip in the jet stream for the middle and end of the week.
Enjoy your evening and take care.
BM not even giving a flurry thursday. Hmmmmm lol
Wxman and mj that canadien looks good for se ky. Did the snow line trend south?
All of the modeling is starting to trend cooler for Friday/Saturday. As far as the Thursday system.. yeah it could be similar to this past system in my opinion. A nice little snow… but nothing devestating. Just a few slick roads. The system I’m watching like a hawk is that Friday system. It’s giving me a funny feeling.
Probably will cancel schools?
Hi JonB, Canadian and Euro all support the clipper type system for Thursday. Both the Canadian and Euro are too warm for wintry precipitation over the weekend. The GFS had been trending colder from 00Z last night through today’s 12Z run. I see that the 18Z run is much warmer now for Friday and Saturday. I don’t put too much into the 06/18Z GFS runs as they do not verify well. The 00/12Z runs are typically superior. Will be interesting to see what the models do with tonight’s runs.
Hey guys, is anyone on here looking at getting some home improvement jobs done?
With tomorrow nights system, is it going to mainly be flurries and very light snow on the back side and when does the temp drop occur? 11ish? Also, what about Thursday? Is that more of a northern ky. System? Thanks!
Looks like light snow for all of eky like last time. Probably cancel alot of schools
The temps are nice tonight, but the winds are wild! Haven’t heard winds like this in quite some time. Looking forward to the next snow!
Probably going to miss us again!
looks live dayton and the miami valley are going to get some snow or a wintry mix friday night as temps stay in the upper 20s here.
winds have been awful here in bell co….. imo i dont think we such much of anything in the next 7 days….. but i hope im wrong