Good Monday, everyone. Many areas across central and eastern Kentucky are waking up to a blanket of white. That blanket is fairly thick in some spots, while others are only seeing a thin covering of snow. As we get ready to close out January, where do we go from here?
Before we talk about that, let’s talk about the today weather. Snow showers will end from west to east this morning with gusty winds and cold temps remaining. Many roads are snow covered to start the day, so please take it easy out there. Enjoy those snow days! 🙂
A cold front moves in late Tuesday as winds really increase with this system. Temps spike into the 40s ahead of this, then come crashing down behind it Tuesday night and Wednesday. That’s when some snow showers and flurries will be possible across the north and northeast…
Another light flake maker tries to zip across the sky late Thursday into Friday, but the focus by then is on a weekend winter storm taking aim at the Ohio Valley. The models continue to be all over the place with this system, but it can bring rain, snow and ice our way depending on the track. Here’s the latest GFS snapshot…
The Canadian shows the various types of precipitation possible…
The models have also been suggesting we need to watch for another system following that up a few days later. The new GFS…
I leave you with your morning snow shower tracking toys…
Hamburg Area from WKYT Studio
Lexington
I-75 @ Winchester Road
Lexington
I-75 @ Iron Works Pike
Lexington
I-75 @ Clays Ferry Bridge South
Between Lexington and Richmond
US 60 @ US 127 Frankfort
US 60 @ US 460
Frankfort
I-64Â MP 97
Winchester
Mountain Parkway near Slade
I-275 at Mineola Pike
Near Covington
I-275 approaching KY 20/Airport
Near Covington
Downtown Louisville @ 2nd & Broadway
Louisville
I-75 at MP 36
London
I will update things later today. Have a great one and take care.
Alright, so no Winter for W. KY this year…… boy oh boy.
Couldn’t get officially an inch of snow in Lexington, actually not even a half of an inch! From what I just read – the official was .3 (sigh)
Oh well – we shall see what February brings – A lot of the eastern part of the country hasn’t been snowy at all this winter.
Oh, and PS – I took Zquil last night (a sleep aid) and that stuff gave me straight up terrible nightmares – I literally am shaking as I type this because I woke up screaming, which is why I am up at 5:36 am! I’ve taken benadryl before without anything like that happening to me.
Yeah, for all of the hype/hope pinned on this thing and Fayette can’t even get a snow day out of it. 1″ or less here in Madison.
It does look pretty and I didn’t have to shovel, so I’m happy.
Avoid that kind of medicine like the plague, try some melatonin or “true calm” which is amino acid based with both at every health food or nutrition store.
There was no “hype”.
@Mark. Stay away from any over the counter sleep aid. They give me nightmares so bad, that i feel like I’m having a heart attack.
Well, at least this next “big” system is already looking like a downer- cold rain mix city. No built up expectations 🙂
Wayne County got ZERO snow.
Nothing here in Knox Co. I’m okay with that. Bring spring.
Spring has been here for quite some time.
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Actually Jeff , Andy’s statement is absolutely true. In “our” part of the state (maybe not yours) we have been inundated with Spring like warmth and near constant rain with zero sign this wont continue. Anyone in the southern counties will indeed agree with us…
Not a flake of snow to be found in Russell County. Disappointed.
I’m usually a positive person, but I see just plain rain with this weekend storm. This winter has been one of dullest in year’s when it comes to lack of snow. Hope I’m wrong about this weekend but the pattern hasn’t been favorable for us this winter.
I am with you wintettr lover…….I keep trying to keep the faith that my kiddos might get one good snow, but it just looks really bleak! Rain for the weekend followed by a southern storm after it. COME ON SPRING!!!!
2nd time this winter Wayne County has been in the game to get an inch & the 2nd time this winter we have received nada! Thelma Lou says its time for sunshine & 65.
Well, in my part of Richmond we are up to about 1/2 to 1 inch total for the winter. After the the last three winters I don’t feel as snow deprived as I did. But this is may be the lowest snowfall total since I have lived here. (Since 2004) And we had several years in a row where we had less than five inches total…
There’s always the “week away”… and we did get a snow day out of it. I have a happy child and wife this morning!
It is Winter until mid March until then I will have no spring talk. I have liked our chances this winter season as we have had plenty of precipitation to get an abundant amount of snow, but Jack Frost could never meet up with the Rainmaker to give us a nice snow cover. We will see if they can hook up this weekend and beyond as Mother Nature may just tell them two to be nice and play together. Thanks for the update CB and have a great Monday everyone.
The bummer is that with the way January has been spring type temps won’t be out of the ordinary. Most of January had early March type weather. I’m about done with this winter. Doesn’t look like any good chances comin up.
Jackson NWS, Louisville, Bowling Green, Paducah, Evansville all look to finish in top ten warmest January’s for their respective record books.
No surprise…I have barely had a below freezing night in Harlan since the first week of the month…28 this morning.
As I have said before, calmly hope for snow, and only be excited when there is a winter storm warning. After all of those days of rain that could have been snow–that was a disappointment for winter in January. Still about six more weeks of winter. After that, I will be glad to talk about spring.
Maybe 1/2 inch here in my part of Knott County.
3 inch snow fall here in athens ohio the most we have got so far this winter
A lot of build up on the news over less than an inch of snow. This morning the news channels were conveying like it was a bigger snow and the road crews were able to “keep up” since the snow stopped last night- It never really started in the first place, so seems a tad on the hyped side it seems 😉
CB, we might know the precip type already based on the trend for this winter so far and your very accurate winter outlook. The weekend likely will be rain/mix/ice. Snow is the odd one out this winter, but that IMO is okay, since the previous two winters had three BIG snows.
Warm air probably will not be denied this winter in Fencetucky. Over the past three winters snow is like Meatloaf: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.
We could have two firsts: No CB Threat Mode and no RoloCoaster…. Must admit though I had confidence in CB’s winter outlook, I kind of expected at least a Threat Mode.
Runway is short if there is one!
I don’t know what went wrong this winter. I have enjoyed the mostly no coat winter. I’ve only had to start the car a few mornings to get the frost off. Hopefully we start at or above average highs the next two months. Around mid – February temps get decent here in the southern part of the state
The January monthly average in Harlan to date is right at 43 degrees…just barely below the normal March monthly average of 46!
Thanks Chris. We saw some good snow showers yesterday and into last night, but wound up with a big goose egg of anything on the ground. While I am disappointed , I can deal with it as long as we get some cold weather to hang around for a little while. We really need to get some of these viral things frozen out and choked out! Snow would be a big added bonus for me but I can do without if we can just keep some cold air in place. What little bit of snow we did get looks like those tiny Styrofoam pellets you see. In any event, glad for those of you who got enough snow to enjoy a snow day. (That means you got a white ground anyway!) 😉 Have a great Monday everyone.
Nothing in South central KY/Lake Cumberland area. Such a disappointment. So hoping for one good snow this winter:(
Less than 1/4 inch in the valley in Harlan…sigh:(
Hey Terry, we got a slight dusting in Middlesboro around 5 yesterday and believe it or not, yet another round of rain came through around 11 and melted back off. lol. At this point all we can do is laugh and make light of it.
Im ready for the 70s!! Who is with me??
Me..
Just a dusting here at the Anderson/Mercer county line.
We got maybe a half inch in Lexington. Some slick side roads this AM. Out in the county mid-morning still plenty of icy roads. Sure was pretty when it was coming down last night. We’ll keep a wishing and a hoping for this weekends storm. And we have all of February and into March for some shots. I’ll take this over just cold, gray and dry for two months. I wouldn’t count on an early spring either. Thanks Chris!
Good ole paste bomb gonna happen for SE ky super bowl weekend..!/4 of ice with 10 inches of heavy wet snow..Then winter is over..Hooray..