Good afternoon, everyone. I wanted to make sure I dropped by for another update on our weekend of wicked weather fun rolling into town. Overall, this setup has been very well behaved and I have no reason to make any changes to the weekend forecast.
Here’s a breakdown:
- Precipitation moving in this evening can be in the form of a wintry mix, especially in the north and east. Watch for an icy spot before temps start to rise.
- Highs for Saturday surge into the low 60s on a strong southwesterly wind. Showers and thunderstorms will develop into a line by afternoon and evening.
- Arctic air diving in behind this line will undercut it, leading to a quick switch to sleet and some snow. That’s not going to last more than a few hours, but can put down some light accumulations…
- I wonder if we can get a side helping of thunder to go along with that sleet?
- Icy roads will be possible as temps drop into the low 20s Sunday morning.
- Temps will hold steady and may drop into the teens during the afternoon in the west and central. This air mass is arctic and coming off a deep snowpack to our northwest. The GFS and your apps are about to get crushed on this.
- Readings by Monday morning have a shot at single digits in a few spots. The Canadian sees that possibility for Tuesday, too. Check out Monday and Tuesday morning lows…
That’s likely a little too cold, but you get the idea.
Also, let’s watch a storm system for late Christmas weekend into a few days after the big day. That one may be a slower, stronger version of the one coming in this weekend.
I leave you with regional radar to track the action moving in today…
Enjoy the rest of your Friday and take care.
Mud pies can be a delicacy, I prefer mind frozen.
so the storm around or just after Christmas will be a slow mover but like the 1 this weekend ? so instead of 1 day of rain ,we get 2 or 3 days of rain with a few flurries at the end 🙂
Lets hope not….yawn. Maybe it will change. Stay positive
If that happened – I would hate that with pure heart!
CB’s winter forecast did not say much about snow. He nailed the last two big event winters, so placing odds on not much snow this winter.
I hope this is wrong. But a lot of the internet weather sites are saying Old Man Winter is going on vacation from our area around Christmas until late in January.
They also said it would be a December to remember for most of the country….
Key word “most”. We are probably part of the least.
We take a backseat to no one bubba!! Lol
Which sites? I am not seeing that.
Accuweather for one and Weather Bell are both calling for a warmup prior to Christmas and running the first half of January. UGH
I want all of this snow!!! Bring it soon.
Afternoon GFS shows rain for all of KY on Christmas Day. Maybe Mr Bailey is talking about another “backside” event. If so, consider Rodger unimpressed. Rodger in Dodger
LOL
SnooZe.
Are my eyes deceiving me, or is the 12km NAM on board for snow across the state tomorrow night. This system is looking more and more dynamic.
http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/namconus/2016121700/namconus_asnow_us_12.png
Yeah, I’ve noticed that. It has had a swath of light-moderate snow across the state the last 3 day or so…. Probably an outlier, maybe we will get lucky!
While this is looking more and more like a non-event, that is perfectly fine with me since that is also reducing the chance of ice. That is definitely a win for everyone.
Everyone? Rodger loves sleet! Freedom! Rodger in Dodger
Well into the 40s in knott co already, feels nice out tonight. Need a tshirt tomorrow
Bring on the Ice! I still havent worn long sleeves yet.