Good Sunday evening, gang. Some very light snow and flurries continue to fly across parts of central and eastern Kentucky, as we get set for a frigid night ahead. Speaking of ahead, a couple of systems are showing up as we get closer to Christmas. Can we squeeze some snow out of them?

Let’s focus on the cold night before we look at the chance for festive flakes. 🙂

We are likely to see a heck of a temperature contrast from west to east tonight. In the east, skies look to stay cloudy and that may keep temps only 20-25. Areas in the west and north may totally go clear, and with the air coming off a deep snowpack to the northwest, it can get bitterly cold with single digits.

The Canadian is likely too cold over the next couple of mornings, but it shows how that snowpack influences temps…

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Temps moderate as we head into the middle of the week, but a weak system blows into town on Thursday with the potential for some flurries or a snow shower…

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A much bigger system will impact our Christmas weekend. The exact impact remains to be seen, as we have to find out how strong the storm is and where it goes.

The GFS Parallel shows it right on top of us with a temp spike and rain followed by a temp crash and snow…

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The regular GFS is much farther west with that storm and is WARM with rain and maybe a backside snowflake…

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It will be interesting to track this storm system as we inch closer.

I’ll see you guys back here for a late night update. Until then, enjoy your Sunday evening and take care.