Good afternoon, folks. While we continue to enjoy an awesome spring day, the focus is on a light snowfall sweeping into the region tonight and early Wednesday. This is on the light side, but it doesn’t take much to be considered historic when you’re this late in April.
Let’s recap where this thing goes:
- Temps are making a run at 70 this afternoon.
- 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. There seems to be an increasing chance for a slushy inch of snow to show up across the northern half of the state. North-Central Kentucky may be in the bullseye.
- Anything more than a Trace will make this one of the latest measurable snowfalls on record in this region. This is now likely to happen in many areas.
- 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.
Here’s my first ever First Call For Snowfall in April…
Again, this melts very quickly and may even be gone by the time you wake up. Late night snow owls will get in on all the action.
Here’s a look at what the models are thinking in terms of slushy snows…
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GFS
EURO
CANADIAN
I will have the latest on WKYT starting at 4pm and going through the evening. I leave you with your radars to follow the front and the snow in from the west…
Have a great day and take care.
Old Man Winter giving us the finger basically as Spring looks to take charge next week.
We had several hours of steady light snow this morning and early afternoon here in the SW suburbs of Chicago, but with temperatures in the upper 30s, the snow did not accumulate at all, even on gra-s-s-y areas.
Looking at radar, there’s a steady area of snow much further downstate between St. Louis and Champaign, where temps are only around 32-33 degrees. It’s likely sticking some in those areas.
Freeze Warnings are in effect for all of IL for tonight through tomorrow morning. All or parts of 14 states are under Freeze Warnings through Wednesday morning. Wow!!
I don’t believe in my 70 years that I would be reading about a forecast with Snow in late April.
Where was Old Man Winter with his Snow In March which I consider the month to get the biggest Snows.
This very cold and lasting for three nights is going to turn our beautiful Spring to a brown depressing landscape.