Good afternoon, everyone. Pockets of light snow and flurries continue across central and eastern Kentucky as we turn our attention toward bigger changes working in next week. Those changes will bring another light snow maker for some early in the week, with a transition to a frigid pattern by the end of the week.
Last night’s snow band became the overachiever we talked about to watch for and it did so right on top of Louisville. The official measurement was at 2.1″ there. The southeastern part of the state got in on the 1″-3″ totals along the Virginia border. In between, a lot of nothing showed up.
Still, some hit and run coatings will be likely this afternoon through Saturday as pockets of light snow and flurries continue. Here’s your regional radar to follow whatever is out there this afternoon…

Low pressure developing in Texas over the weekend will work to the northeast early next week. How strong is this low and what track does it take? Some of the models shear this thing out enough so it’s pretty weak with light stuff around here Monday and Tuesday.
The Canadian, like the recent system, is the most consistent…
The GFS is the, shocker here, weakest…
The longer range continues to feature an increasing threat of arctic air to overwhelm the pattern across the United States. Watch how each shot grows colder than the one before…
That last push is absolutely frigid!! Wow.
Here’s the look at the surface maps from this same run…
I will drop by for another update later this evening, so check back. Have a good one and take care.
I think the big weather news will come out of Texas next week.
Hate to see that frigid Arctic air come our way.
I hope there’s not going to be an Ice Storm on the backside ?
Shhhhh. Don’t even say those words Schroeder. 🙂
I was thinking the same, Schroeder….It’s been some time since we here in Central KY have had anything much to brag about. Not that an Ice Storm is worth it…I just kind of figure that if anything we get, it will be FROZEN form, not the flaky, fluffy, pretty stuff?! I mean, seriously, I live in Nelson Co….if it’s gonna be a BIG snow, it’s not hitting us here in Bardstown. It’s going to be about 12 miles+ in any direction around us. If we get anything at all, it will be ICE.
I’m trying to SEE what I’m typing here, but we have a 4 month-old Lab puppy that is nowhere as WELL-BEHAVED as the one on the movie “Marley & Me”-:D Pepper got the Zoomies today and slammed me into the wall and broke my good glasses-I have a new pair, but the bifocal part wont be fixed until Monday….LOL! 🙂
Don’t worry Dottie, my weather predictions are never right. lol
In his most recent blog posting, Polar Vortex guru Judah Cohen says that significant weakening of the PV is underway and a major mid-winter warming (MMW where the zonal winds reverse from westerly to easterly at 60°N and 10 hPa) is likely in the next couple of days. He goes on to state that the AO/NAO are predominantly in the negative phase for up to two months following an MMW. Combine this with a moisture enriched southern jet stream, courtesy of La Niǹa, means that we may want to buckle up for the next 6 to 8 weeks.
Here’s a link to the blog: https://www.aer.com/science-research/climate-weather/arctic-oscillation/
Thanks, Joe, for sharing the link!