Good afternoon, gang. 2017 is closing up shop on a frigid note, with even colder air ready to pounce as we kick off 2018. Can we get some snow as our temps go from frigid to bitter? The answer is yes… for some.
Before we get to that, it was another morning of single digit lows with a bare ground…
That, my friends, is tough to do and shows just how cold the air mass really is. Temps this afternoon are already running well below the model forecasts, with some areas struggling to get out of the teens again.
A light snow maker works from northwest to southeast late Friday into Saturday. I continue to like the way the Canadian is handling this…
That matches up well with the “odds” map I put our last night…
Bitterly cold air follows that with crashing temps late Saturday, with single digits showing back up on the final morning of the year. A few flurries are possible for New Year’s Eve with temps in the upper single digits to low teens as 2018 arrives.
Bitter cold air then settles in for Monday and Tuesday, with the potential for zero or a little below showing up. The Canadian continues to look way too extreme, but is fun to look at…
Other models are now joining in with the European and the major trough for the middle of the week…
You’re going to see the Polar Vortex impacting our weather, with the threat for a major eastern US storm system.
I will have a weekend “First Call For Snowfall” on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm. I will also have another update this evening.
Have a great day and take care.
Thanks Chris. Cold ain’t much fun without snow but it looks like what we will get in south central Ky. Have s great afternoon slland stay warm.
My sister, who lives on the gulf coast, had 5 1/2 ” of snow before Christmas, where as we here had only flurries. Crazy!
The cold Arctic air caught up with the warm Gulf. Two systems coming together. Not crazy just unusual for that area.
I heard that this Arctic intrusion is due to the very active Atlantic hurricane season we had this past summer. Don’t know how that would play into what we are currently experiencing now ?
I wonder if Chris is thinking that the big US storm will impact KY?
Most other weather sources I follow seem to be thinking that we won’t see any decent storm system impacting us until we come out of this extreme deep freeze which doesn’t look to happen for another couple 10-15 days, at least.
I hope Chris is seeing something that they’re not!
Big eastern storm is most likely a Nor Easter, which would put us in the cold and dry sector.
Wow, last night’s run of the Euro had core of ridiculous cold settling in our region one week from today. Below zero readings likely with that setup. If the pattern works out right, our best decent snow chance could come by the first weekend of the new year…if.
I know it’s been -20s below zero F here before, but has anything below zero ever happened with no snow on the ground?
Yes Mark, In 1951 on February 2nd it was minus twenty five degrees in Evansville, Indiana and there wasn’t any snow cover.
I’m headed right into the snow tomorrow. Everyone can be jealous. I’ll take pics of what snow looks like, in case anyone has forgotten, lol.
I think I can guess why we are not receiving any moisture from the western Gulf. If you would look on the water vapor loop the ‘ Pine Apple Express ‘ is very active in the Pacific Northwest bringing mountain snows to that region. This active moisture feed would rob the Subtropical jet stream which gives us our moisture for precipitation.
Major electric bill in threat mode, that is a sure thing
I keep my heat on 63 F and it’s been running almost non-stop
I thought it needed to warm up to snow?
Cracked the freezing mark w00t w00t.
Great.. Just what we all need..A big ole East coast blizzard to watch while we sit and shiver..Only 6 days away so i’m sure it will shift 300-400 miles west..Wink wink..
I thought it was said we would have snow this season? Come on Bailey! What’s happening with the weather. Cold and no snow is No FUN! Can southeastern KY get some moisture from the snootiness with this cold to get some snow?
It’s the mist inactive active weather pattern in history lol
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That boneheaded WDRB met is at it again ..”Remember the “snow storm” from the EURO that was posted by some last week hitting today? Maybe getting it right should be a little more important than hype” smh
When the pattern shifts we will get a major storm. The arctic air will be ingrained and it will begin as a period of freezing slop of some denomination. It will then transition to rain and all the moisture locked up in the ground from the deluge we had ahead of this arctic outbreak will thaw creating a muddy sloppy mess. You read it here first.
I think it funny in a way as half or probably a little more of us (myself included here) are fussing about the almost 0 inch season-to-date snowfall in most of KY, with the exception of the far north and NE corner of the state where they brag about maybe topping an inch or two, while the other half or a little less are fussing at us as for fussing due to the young winter season (LOL). The problem is though was the fact that December was suppose to be the snowiest with Jan about average then basically season over early…Chris was not the only prediction for a front-loaded winter either as others predicted this. So as much respect as I have for Chris, I do hope the rest of his winter forecast does not pan out so we see some decent, later season snows AND BLOW JAN THROUGH FEBRUARY PREDICTION OUT OF THE WATER!
I guess we will have to wait for march when we get 5 inches of snow and it turns 60 the next day and melts, some things never change!