Good Thursday, folks. We have a light snow maker working into parts of western Kentucky today and this will bring light snow to parts of the rest of the state later today and Friday. This kicks off a very active setup that skews more and more toward winter over the next few weeks and may wind up on the harsh side before all is said and done.

Let’s start with the system out there today. This is bringing a little snow and rain/snow mix into western Kentucky this morning. We may see some light accumulations in this area.

As the day wears on, this band works into the rest of the state and we may see a band of light accumulating snow setting up across areas close to Interstate 64 this evening into the wee hours of Friday morning.

At the same time, low pressure revs up a bit to our southeast and throws a little more snow into southeastern Kentucky late tonight and Friday morning. This area is going to be really close to some heftier snows, but I’m not ready to commit to that. It’s a fine line to walk in the southeast.

Here’s how the models are seeing this…

NAM

EURO

GFS

CANADIAN

You can clearly see how all the models have that band of light snow lifting fairly far to the north, but they differ a bit on how much snow falls in the southeast. This is why I say we are walking a fine line in the southeastern mountains.

If this is worthy, I will have a call map out today.

Leftover flurries will hang around into Saturday.

The next system then moves in here on Monday and Tuesday and could become a decent system for our region. The EURO is showing this more and more…

The Canadian is also healthy looking…

The GFS is trending west as we get closer…

I’ve been highlighting week two of January as the start of the time we head into some real winter weather and that tries to kick things off in a nice way. The models are trending colder quicker next week with our first arctic shot arriving…

I will have updates late today. Until then, here are your radars to track the action into the west…

Have a good one and take care.