Good Wednesday, folks. We have a major blast of winter on the way Friday and Saturday and this is likely to bring an impactful snow event to the region. Ahead of this, we are tracking a much weaker system out there to start our Wednesday.

Let’s quickly talk about this system before we look ahead.

A period of rain and light snow is showing up out there this morning, but that action quickly moves away by the afternoon. Some slushy, light accumulations may show up in the north and northeast, but this isn’t a big deal. I will have your tracking tools here in a bit.

Better weather blows in from west to east this afternoon and that sets the stage for a nice Thursday. I suggest you enjoy because this big blast of winter then sweeps in later Friday and carries us into the weekend.

Here’s my latest breakdown:

  • The prime time for winter weather is Friday evening through Saturday morning.
  • An arctic front shows up in western Kentucky Friday afternoon then sweeps eastward across the state through Friday night. At the same time, low pressure develops along this boundary and rolls northeastward.
  • Temps ahead of the front reach the 60s on Friday. Temps behind the front quickly fall below freezing and lows Friday night reach the upper teens to low 20s. Wow!
  • A little bit of light rain will develop ahead of the front, but much of the moisture looks to be behind the boundary into the cold air. That means snow will be the predominate precipitation type.
  • Snow accumulations are LIKELY across the entire region. A few inches to several inches show up. The determining factor will be the intensity and track of the low pressure.
  • Whatever snows we get will taper off from west to east early Saturday but some snow showers may linger into the afternoon across central and eastern Kentucky.
  • This is also a very windy system and this could very well take our wind chills into the single digits with a chance of a zero or below.
  • We are looking at a high impact travel event. A Winter Storm THREAT may come as early as this afternoon.

The latest forecast models are all in pretty good agreement with one another with this system…

GFS

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EURO

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CANADIAN

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I will start talking snow totals later today. Go big or go home!!

For those looking for spring, it’s coming next week. We should hit 70. 👍

Here are your tracking tools to follow along with any morning mix or light snow…

LEXINGTON

Lexington - Downtown

LOUISVILLE

COVINGTON AREA

FRANKFORT

MOREHEAD

Morehead State University

MAYSVILLE

I will have updates later today and will have the latest on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm. For those interested, here’s a link to watch the WKYT live stream…

Have a great Wednesday and take care.