Good evening, folks. It’s another frigid evening unfolding across the bluegrass state, as we continue to settle into a bitterly cold setup. It’s a setup that can also bring some snow our way into the New Year’s weekend.
We are seeing the European Model trending more toward the GFS with the evolution of the weekend setup. Here it is for late Friday into Saturday…
It then tries to follow that up with our southern system by New Year’s Eve…
Just yesterday, that system didn’t really exist on the Euro.
The new GFS is in and ups the ante for snows from both systems. Here’s the late Friday into Saturday setup…
The New Year’s Eve system had been trending way south, but is just coming back by a smidge…
That’s still pretty disjointed, but it’s something to watch for. Given the arctic temps in place, any moisture would be maximized.
Bitterly cold air comes in and lasts through next week. There’s also a sharp dip in the jet stream showing by the middle of the week…
The sharper the trough, the better the chance of a bigger storm in the east.
We can worry about that later on, we have enough on our plate with the weekend setup.
I’ll see you guys back here tonight for the usual late night update. Make it a good one and take care.
NWS out of Louisville is forecasting dry and cold for the next 7 days. NWS is not excited one tiny bit about any chances of snow.
Hence the difference. They are publicly forecasting and CB is posting thoughts.
NWS is publicly forecasting there thoughts.
Oh…. Then looks like we have a met FIIIIGHTTT! Just like in Anchorman 2 🙂
That greenish color is rather Grinch-y…does that mean cold and no snow like the Grinch would do OR tons of white overwhelming everything as the Grinch would do….??????
NWS in Charleston WV, not excited about snow chances either. Flurries predicted Saturday before noon 30% chance. That’s it for the next week. I hope they are wrong.
NWS Charleston is wrong most of the time. Their forecasting has been bad for a while & has increasingly become worse–especially when it comes to snow! That’s why I gave up on them as soon as I found Chris Bailey’s blog. At least now, thanks to him, I’m armed with enough information to be prepared! 🙂
I agree. I have followed his blog since he was at WSAZ. The Charleston NWS rarely predicts snow in advance. They usually wait until it starts then up their chances from 30% to 60 or so.
Let’s see if the euro & gfs continues to dance together tomorrow.
If so maybe we will party into the new year.
Good thing I am off work Sunday and Monday, brrrrrrrrr! 😉
Santa supplied longjohns FTW!
It looks like South Central Kentucky is going to be left out once again! Where is our snow?
You’ve had your dusting. 😉
No, we’ve had nothing here.
It’s December. Patience.
Out to 84 on the GFS and seen enough..lol..Gee what a model..
Come on CR, of course the models show snow and lose it. It’s what they do and do it well 🙂