Good Tuesday to one and all. It’s a gorgeous spring day across the bluegrass state, but it’s one that will end with some light snow moving in. The potential is there for historic late spring snows to show up from west to east from late this evening into early Wednesday.

Here’s a breakdown:

  • Temps today make a run at 70 for most of the state as clouds thicken ahead of our system.
  • A cold front blasts into western Kentucky this afternoon as a wave of low pressure develops along it.
  • This will have a few showers ahead of it, but much of the precipitation is behind the actual front.
  • Temps crash some 30 degrees or so in just a few hours as the front moves through.
  • A band of light snow will be likely behind the front with the greatest concentration across western and central Kentucky. This band weakens a bit as it moves into the east.
  • Light accumulations will briefly show up on grassy and elevated surfaces. Can a local half to 1″ show up in the north? It will take some work, but I can’t say there no chance for it to happen.
  • Anything more than a Trace will make this one of the latest measurable snowfalls on record in this region. Wow!!
  • Temps by Wednesday morning drop into the low 30s with a wind chill hitting 20-25.
  • Highs Wednesday stay in the 40s with a wind chill in the 30s. A leftover rain or snow shower may show up, especially in the east. This may actually continue into the evening.
  • Below freezing temps then show up Wednesday night and Thursday morning and again Friday morning.

You can see how all this plays out on the future radar from the HRRR from 7pm today through 7pm Wednesday…

That’s just disgusting.

We slowly start to come out of this by Friday with 60-65 degree temps and a mix of sun and clouds. Another system moves in over the weekend with the potential for some rain returning…

The pattern next week will see temps surging and I think we can make a run at 80. I’ve been talking about how this setup can flip to a very stormy one for May, including severe storms, and we may start to see this show up later next week…

I will have another update later today. Until then, I leave you with your radars to track our wild system in from the west…

Make it a great day and take care.