Good evening, folks. We are rolling toward Valentine’s Day with wind and milder air settling in. This kicks off another active setup that can bring some snow chances our way. That includes the chance to put some snow on the ground by Friday night and Saturday morning.
Let’s begin with Valentine’s Day and roll forward. Temps will be deep into the 50s and may hit 60 in a few areas. This happens on a strong southwesterly wind that can crank to 40mph at times. With the wet ground, a few trees may be knocked down.
Showers arrive Thursday evening and take us into early Friday as a cold front drops in. That boundary stalls near the Kentucky/Tennessee border as low pressure develops and works along it Friday night. That brings rain and snow our way…
GFS
New GFS
Euro
Here’s the area I’m highlighting for the best chance to pick up on a light snowfall…
The active pattern will throw another system our way as early as Sunday with additional systems early next week. Those will put our region walking a fine line between snow and rain. #teamspring
Enjoy the evening and take care.
Indeed,#Teamspring! As a winter weather lover, I have been let down too many times this season by mother nature and her bi-polar tendencies and am ready for spring planting.
In other words the same ole same ole….and WKY still wondering where is the snow….RIP winter.
No
Chris bold prediction of a wind driving snowstorm for this winter may or may not materialize as winter is winding with a month left. But who knows what mother nature will bring in March or early spring. Oh by the way I did see a fly flying around at work today maybe that’s an early sign of spring. Lol
Wind driving snowstorm??.I thought it was one storm with snow/ice and flooding..
Yes
There you go Jimbo….maybe you get a quick bit but will be a flash melt-off. I am not even convinced it will be cold enough in both the upper atmosphere and lower for even your area. Maybe you get some…not holding my breathe for ya.
I have seen this song and dance before countless times especially last March. It never worked out. And this year is even worse for snow lovers than last year. The locals only have a mix forecasted. But I agree with Terry if I do get any accumulation it will be early followed by a flash melt. Plus 40’s and 50’s predicted after Saturday so all the other systems will be rain.
Rather odd to see the NAM not showing anything for the Friday night system.
Systems have had a tendency to be weaker or simply not materialize as we get closer. Unless it’s for rain.
How long have we been walking that “fine line”? I’m tired walking. Ready to just jump.
If winter were a tangible being, there would be a special place in hell for this one!
I know: I am off my rocker! This winter has drove me nuts.
I know exactly how you feel. The last 3 Winters have been very depressing.
You know it’s bad around here when even the high summits of Mauna Kea and Loa in the Hawaiian islands are going to get more snow and ice than us….They are under a Winter Storm warning through Friday
I hear you. I have a relative who lives there. She says it’s incredible there right now.
I guess Louisville will nickel & dime it’s way to reach its average yearly snowfall.
I don’t think there are enough days left this Winter for Huntington to nickel and dime it’s way to a normal snow year.
TRUTH! It will take about a foot of snow for both your area and all of east KY to reach average. Jackson is only about 30% of season average and we are doing much worse in SE KY. It will take one big storm or at least a couple of medium hits to reach average. We still need 2 feet to reach Chris’s forecast.
My area is less than 20% of normal and wasn’t much higher than that the last two years. I don’t know how the ski resorts in WV, VA and NC have made it this year.
Actually he had us under 30″ , so…….29″ to go!!!! lol
March Blizzard 19????….LOL.
It will take a miracle to catch up and only a 93 type storm will work this late in the game.
Team Spring! 2018 was the 2nd warmest February on record in Lexington. 2017 was the warmest February on record. 2019 is tracking to be in the Top 10 warmest. February is spring!
It’s like tuning into a rerun only to receive the same ole outcome winter is on the way only to turn out to be mild and rain I just don’t understand putting your neck out week after week for the models to say a few days later that I gotcha why would you do that to yourself when you been fooled so many times
I’m not pro or against spring. I’m pro sunshine. No rain is good enough. The 40-50 degree days are perfect for getting back into my running.
Come on CB, just let go 😉 The models for snow make jokes seem more serious this winter. Just embrace the coatings, mix, heavy rain and shower in it’s pureness of winter letdown. Better than big ice, so we at least have that. As far as big or even biggish snow, seems we are done this winter. Well, except for north of I64 and higher elevations of course, since seems they have a shot. Maybe.
This..Show us a map where there is no rain forecast for a 2 week period with plenty of sunshine..Please..lol
No, not this.
Louisville needs 4 inches to be average. We will have 20 by seasons and will still be a miserable winter. We need an old skool thumping.
I live in the middle of Whitley County. I don’t know what our average snowfall is but in my backyard I’ve had less that 2 tenths of an inch total since the first flakes fell in November.