Good Wednesday, everyone. Rain continues to overspread the state today as our major winter storm gets set to slam into the region tonight through early Friday. This system will bring freezing rain, sleet and some snow with it. The ice could be damaging for many areas.
Let’s get into the latest breakdown:
FREEZING RAIN/SLEET
- Temps crash from west to east late this evening through Thursday Thursday.
- As this happens, freezing rain and sleet show up just behind a slow-moving front with the first round into western Kentucky by late this evening.
- That slowly sinks toward the south and east overnight into Thursday.
- A large chunk of the state is likely to get in on an out and out ice storm. Amounts of .25″-.75″ may be common with the chance for locally higher amounts.
- Those kinds of totals can lead to power outages and tree damage.
- Sleet may really add up for some parts of the north. Sleet is better than freezing rain as it doesn’t stick to power lines.
SNOW
- Much of the snow associated with this system is likely to our west and northwest.
- That doesn’t mean we get shut out of snow. Areas of northern Kentucky can pick up on a few inches of snow.
- Lighter snows can fall farther south late Thursday night and Friday. Light accumulations will then be possible.
TEMPS
- Readings spike into the 50s ahead of the front.
- A 20-30 degree temp drop in an hour or two is likely when the front moves through Thursday.
- The temp map late tonight and early Thursday may feature a more than 30 degree difference from west-east across the state.
- Lows by Saturday morning can reach the single digits once again. Can we go below zero? There’s a chance.
FLOODING
- Heavy rain is likely to fall across much of the state through Thursday.
- A general 1″-3″ will be possible with locally higher amounts.
- Flash flooding and general flooding will both be possible on, at least, a local scale.
Here’s a look at my latest (11pm Tuesday evening) Call For Ice/Seet/Snow…
There is a real chance I have to increase some of those numbers with updates later today.
The EURO is showing a devastating hit…
The GFS continues to be the most consistent model and it matches up well with my map from above…
I will have updates later today and have the latest on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm. Until then, here are your radars to track today’s rain and the transition to winter just to the west…
Good luck everyone, and stay safe!
rare occasion , where I’ll root for the warm nose in Whitley
I can’t believe we are facing another ice storm….UGH… Chris…..will you ever get rest??
I guess I will enjoy my rain this time
Thanks Chris for the update. I’m hoping for the best case scenario that this event will be minimal.
My brother and I, but mostly my brother, have just finish cleaning up the vast forest around the home from the Ice Storm in 2009.
This area is beautiful when it Snows or if we have just a coating of Ice on the trees.
Again I’m hoping for the best and that Punxsutawney Phil DOES NOT see his shadow !
Stay Safe Everyone and Stay Positive. If I’m not on KWC after the Storm is over you will know that I have lost my electrical power. PEACE
Stay safe everyone!!
Our electricity comes into the neighborhood under ground, but the lines on the back roads are surrounded by tree limbs. Will be interesting to see what my school district decides this afternoon or evening. Remote learning in Louisville would be a good bet, if folks don’t lose electricity during the day? We shall see I guess.
It’s a winter wonderland here in the SW Suburbs of Chicago, with around 5 1/2 inches of new snow on the ground, and the snow still coming down! Radar shows a large area of snow in Central and Northern IL that will take several more hours to move through. We should have 7-8 inches by noontime.
Looking forward to a great workout shoveling the driveway later this morning.
All the best and good luck to everyone in Kentucky with the impending ice storm!
You know the very latest run of the NAM seems to look a little less impressive for ice . Which is ok for me . Guess we are in the wait and see mode now see what the next run shows. Good luck to everyone,..losing power is bad but severe damage because of downed trees, limbs ,wires is my worry.
I live in Richmond KY. I’m ready for this stuff to just go away! We’re pretty much on our own at my building if we lose power cause our company doesn’t care. It’s happened before. Everyone buckle up and be safe.
It appears that Punxsutawney Phil did in fact see his shadow!
Looks like ice amounts keep creeping up into far EKY on the GFS..Hopefully all rain..
Mother Nature is doing a good job washing the brine off my two vehicles.