Good afternoon, folks. For this December, today is a brutally cold one across the Commonwealth with temps ranging from the upper 30s to low 40s. As we head into Christmas week, temps look rather seasonable for the next several days before bouncing up ahead of a series of storm systems leading to a pattern change.

Our Sunday morning snowflakes showed up right on cue this morning across eastern Kentucky…

Festive flakes!!! ❄️🎄🎅

A few of those may still hang around the east into part of the afternoon…

Near normal temps are with us through Thursday, but southwest winds boost temps ahead of our next storm system. That boost in temps coincides with Christmas Eve and Day.

This first system moves in with some showers Christmas Day and sets the stage for a much bigger system to come in a few days later. Here’s how the models see this playing out…

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I’m concerned this pattern is setting us up for one more strong thunderstorm and heavy rain event before the pattern fully changes. The models are showing my concern with the heavy rain potential…

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Folks, we REALLY need this pattern to go ahead and take control…

We know this is a warm December and will be the warmest since 2015, but folks need to be focusing on the consequences of this above normal setup with this type of pattern. We’ve seen those consequences play out in recent weeks and my fear is we aren’t totally done in paying a price.

Enjoy the rest of your day and take care.