Good afternoon, everyone. It’s all eyes on our developing winter storm set to impact central and eastern Kentucky Sunday and Sunday night. I expect Winter Storm Warnings to go up very soon for much of central and eastern Kentucky.
Our system moves into southern Kentucky later tonight and early Sunday. From there, this lifts to the north and northeast across central and eastern Kentucky Sunday. This begins as a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain before going over to snow as the day goes on. The heaviest snows fall in the afternoon and evening before tapering quickly overnight. Light snow then builds back in quickly on Monday as a system drops in from the northwest.
Winds will also be gusty during this time and may contribute to the issues from this being a heavy snowfall.
About that snowfall, It’s a work in progress and I’m trying to get more specific. This is my current call for snowfall…
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You can see I’ve added my confidence levels to the forecast and the lowest confidence I have is from the Lexington metro and west. The back edge of the snow will set up in central Kentucky and 30 miles could mean the difference in 4″ of snow and nothing! This is NOT the final call and I will be updating that through the day and night.
The NAM fam and EURO are in good agreement and a little west of me, but not by much…
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Do you see just how crazy sharp that line is across central Kentucky?? That’s absolutely crazy to see.
In addition to that line, freezing rain and sleet throw another wrench into the snow totals. Areas getting more of a mix see lower snowfall numbers. Areas getting little to now mix, obviously, come in with higher snows.
I will have updates throughout the day on KWC and over on WKYT.COM. I leave you with your light snow tracking tools for the day…
Don’t know about anyone else, but I am having difficulty in maintaining my log-in on this weather forum. This Saturday morning I got in and posted, but when I checked in later I couldn’t get back in. All I get is a message to log- in but I can’t until a few minuted ago @ 3:41 pm. Seem like I have to go through “hoops” in order to get in. A bit of help would be appreciated.
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