Good Saturday to one and all. The latest winter storm to strike the bluegrass state will quickly work on out of town this morning. Snowfall totals range from 1″-5″ across many of the areas we had been highlighting for snow. This was one of the wettest snows I’ve seen in a long while. It will quickly compact out there today.
We aren’t done with the flakes yet and those that missed out on the storm will get in on the action later today. A stout little disturbance will work southeastward into the state this afternoon and evening. Winds will pick up and temps will take a dive as snow showers and squalls become widespread across central and eastern Kentucky.
Accumulations will be a good bet with a lot of one inch or less snow across central Kentucky. Locally higher amounts will be possible across eastern and southeastern parts of the state. It could get pretty nasty again during the late afternoon and early evening hours.
Here’s regional radar to find the flakes…
Temps tonight will drop into the teens as skies slowly clear out. Highs will only hit the upper 20s and low 30s for Sunday as we await the next system to impact the state.
That moves in for New Year’s Eve and Day and should bring a swath of accumulating snows back into the bluegrass state. There could also be a zone of ice and a mix and that’s something for us to keep watch on.
I will have an update later today. For now… it’s finally off to bed I go after a 16 hour work day.
Happy Saturday and take care.
Promises Promises 😉
I forget which area you live in, but I understand your sentiment. Berea received zero snow from this event last night. Hell, there’s not even anything frozen *anywhere*. I at least expected some ice on the car or something. We have yet to receive any snow so far this season, not even the “coatings”.
People want to talk of “domes”, go deeper I say. Go deeper and discover that there are domes within domes within domes. Berea = Inception Dome and the only thing spinning like a top is my bewilderment at how it just keeps happening.
Be glad you missed out on this one…I had about an inch and a half of very wet snow and it has since turned into a muddy mess of epic proportions. Yeah, the snow covered trees are pretty but walk underneath them and you just sink into the ground.
No, I just missed out on snow. All I received was rain, so my yard is a muddy mess too.
Yeah, I guess that sucks worse. Sorry.
Sleep Snow Wizard! You so deserve it! Northern Scott Co. Is covered in this deep beautiful wet blanket of snow! Back roads are a mess, watching people try and get up the hill, they seem to be confused, looks like another one gave up and are now walking.
Same here in Bourbon County. It’s a photographer’s dream with snow sticking to everything. Very beautiful.
Yep – It’s very pretty out. It’s still snowing at this moment.
Good day everyone 😀
Nice snow here in Lawrenceburg. Maybe 3 inches tops. Heard some sleet mix in again about an hour ago. Temp is 33.1. I see by some other comments we are very close to the rain/snow line.
Thanks for being so dedicated! We appreciate your hardwork and continual updates.
All north Madison got was about an inch if that. Rain and sleet killed it.
Mike S,
No smiles here, since same old song and dance for us. Right on the fence and the further south even less. Fencetucky blues.
In the metro I have close to 2 inches on my deck. It is pretty as the roads are clear in my area. I’ll take what I can get.
None at my house, a little south of you in Richmond.
up to 40 here in SW Breathitt Co. @ 1552 ft. a cold mist at times.
We woke up to around 3 inches of wet, heavy snow in the Greenup area. Very pretty this morning!!
Maybe an inch here in west Mercer Co.
So far here in Somerset all we have seen is a very cold rain. Right now, I would be tickled to just see a good heavy snow shower!
4.5 to 5 inches in western Franklin County
Maybe 2 inches on my front porch in Lexington, but I’ll take it. It should be a great snowman making snow…..even if it is small. When you have kids you’ll take anything you can get to get them in the snow. Thanks Chris. We appreciate your dedication!
I just shoveled the driveway and tried to accurately measure the snow in Lawrenceburg. Think my total is 3-4 inches. This is the largest snow I’ve had off an non-clipper since moving in this house in 2009. Not sure how long it had been before then. That snow also had an incredibly high water content.
Not even a drop here in Bowling Green 🙁
About an inch in Owensboro and I’m happy to have it. Hoping for a better amount from the New Year’s Eve event. Gotta get all we can before this cold window closes.
Didn’t you get a lot of snow in Owensboro the other day?
Light snow in Russell…maybe a little over 1 inch on the ground. It is beautiful! Love it and bring on MORE SNOW!!!!
Nice, wet, muddy ground here in London. Bring on spring.
Russ, I’ll forget this one and continue your bet you had with everybody about Lexington getting no snow this year. It really wasn’t forcast to get the 3+ inches of snow that we ended up getting here and we can act as if it didn’t happen. Continue the bet starting today. STAY POSITIVE AND THINK SNOW
Light snow now in London…hoping for the upslope snow later today.
Wet snow covering everything here in Larryburg……and I would agree with the 3″-4″ amount…….Ready for the next two rounds….
Thanks Chris. We appreciate all your work!
Looks like a Winter Wonderland out here in Crestwood! Thanks Chris
It appears the next system will take a similar track as this last one. The end of next week looks very cold but no precip. The big H rules the roost. What a shame.
Areas with snow could have some on the ground for awhile 😉
Yeah…….Areas north of the river. Snow here in Louisville and South will be gone by end of day Sunday.
It’s already turning into a muddy mess. I let my dogs out in it this morning so they could play in the snow and that was a big mistake. Took me forever to get the mud off of them. I saw where Brian Goode said the official Louisville total was 2.7 inches but I suspect he meant centimeters.
About 0.2 of an inch of slushy snow/sleet in Menifee County with temperature of 32.
Thanks Chris for your long day of work. Might have 1.5 – 2.0 on my deck…Looks like North and South of Lou received more than the Metro. Although it looks nice sticking to all the trees and power lines this is not the trend buster we are looking for. 4-6″ With temps plunging into the the low 20’s for a few days is what we need. Looks like the Mon/Tue systems will be warmer than this last one and Southern IN will get most of the snow once again.
The new years event the GFS has Louisville receiving snow while the NAM shows rain. When in doubt go with the unfrozen liquid.
Report:
NW Lexington, Masterson Station
Measured several spots on my patio and other flat surfaces, and have an average of 2″.
This is great snowman making snow for those of you who have little ones, get out there and take advantage of this. Kids LOVE snow, snowmen, sledding, snow angels…. (Sadly, all mine are grown)
On a side note, radar suggests snow building back in western KY & Southern ILL… Let’s see how that plays out…
GO STEELERS…!
Like the Steelers, us folks south of the river have missed out on the winter glory. Boo!
Well, at least all the elitist on the “other side” of the river got snow. Us surfs that live outside the castle perimeter once again curse the evil fire dragon that guards the river moat!
EXCALIBUURR!
There isn’t even a flake in the air here in johnson county 🙁
I know Lexington isn’t representative of all of KY. But after all the complaining, Lexington is now ABOVE normal in snowfall for season to date!
I live close to Fayette Mall in Lexington and I got 4 inches of that beautiful fluffy white stuff.
About 3.5 in. here in SE Lex.
About 0.5″ in N Rich. One day us snow deprived will rise up!! Tis’ the season of discontent!
Funny how these systems set up a sharp cutoff. Your just a few miles down 75 from me and look at the difference.
To me it is, but the kids it is a big loser set-up.
I think I-64/BG seems to be the real dividing line. The past four winters, this is the amount of snow I’ve recorded in Lawrenceburg, between 64 and the BG
2012-2013 4.5” (four last night)
2011-2012 8.0” (five on March 5)
2010-2011 35.0”
2009-2010 22.0”
I saw someone in Madison County post they have had 24 inches in 8 years. Quite a difference in say–50 miles.
heres hoping all the storm systems stay north or south of sterling illinois(northwest corner of the state) all winter…we have gotten very little snow so far this winter with a current 25 temp and 13 wind chill…we are from lexington thats why i kinda follow this….thanks and keep up the good work
There is always a bright side to no snow 🙂
1. No digging out a driveway!
2. No power issues (we have them with heavy snow)
3. Safer to drive
4. No dag-burn kids disturbing my mid-day nap laughing and having fun outside in the snow.
5. No wife whining that she can not get her car up the driveway early in the morning- which leads to item 1. 😉
6. No worrying about spending beer money on winter supplies to dig the driveway out or clean the walkway.
I could go on and on with the obviously superior luck of NOT having snow. Actually, I feel sorry for folks that get a lot of snow….. meh.
7) More pontificating about the trends over the years, etc., etc. 😉
Naysayer!! 😉
3.5- 4 inches in Lawrenceburg/ Anderson County!
Thanks Chris for all your hard work and dedication to your job and this blog.
I’m in Versailles with snow and hoping for more. This time when the snow starts it will have something to stick to.
Let it snow let it snow let it snow!!
just gonna add my friend in benton illinois(I-64/I-57) said he got 10 inches of snow so far out of these systems
Radar starting to build up to our west. I’d take another inch!
No snow in Monticello. Kentucky Winter storms = rinse & repeat!
We got 3 inches here in Shelbyville.
Not happy!! It makes my skin crawl to see places less than an hour away with enough snow to make a snowman and we have a nasty cold rain. UGH! Thats my rant for the day….
8-6-24
Looking at the photos on Twitter is neat. The difference is stark — couldn’t even call what I have in my area of Madison county a dusting. Only a little bit on some rooftops.
Amazing difference in perhaps 50 miles. I had over thirty inches in Lawrenceburg in 2010-2011 alone!
Must be the river… Not kidding, the difference north / south and east / west of the KY river is stark.
Well, I am about four miles East of the river as the crow flies. Probably 50 miles Northeast of you? (That’s a rough guess).
I can’t figure out what a river has to do with weather and what happens but I often read about it and it does appear as if things happen north of the river that we don’t get here in Richmond. Just odd. Its not like the river is ocean moisture, it’s just a skinny river but for some reason it works into weather results.
Sorry Bubba. Any consolation, my area in SW Louisville got dry-slotted for a time and only picked up 1.5″, most of it trying to melt away now. Areas just north of me got 3-4″.
Mike, your right on the money I got an inch maybe inch an half at best im in Valley Station. Northern Jefferson county had around 4 maybe 5 inches solid we just missed that heavy snow band that set-up shortly after midnight.
Yep, it was hit and miss. A telling sign was the fluctuation from mix, rain and snow within minutes. Was still funny to see the snow difference going across the bridge at Clays Ferry I75. Like a snow switch was tuned off. I have also seen that with two of our big ice storms (not the most recent one). Both cases nothing on the south side but nothing but ice devastation literally as soon as crossing the bridge.
Snowing here in Benham…starting to stick! Finally!
Snow/graupel falling in London is starting to collect on raised surfaces. Anyone have any explanation of why radar hardly picks up snow in Laurel County? Are we too far from Jackson radar?
5 inches in Cynthiana. Lots without power though.
Check out this from LMK. You can see where the fence set up last night.
http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=lmk&product=pns&issuedby=LMK&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0
That’s not correct I’m in Jessamine Co. and it says trace to one inch, I have between 3-4 at my house
Let them know so they can correct it! I am sure they want accurate input and data.
3 to 4 inches in east Frankfort, EPIC!
Same in Lawrenceburg. But i won’t call it epic since I had five inches as recently as March 5, 2012. Six inches would be epic 🙂
Beautiful morning near Taylorsville! About 1.5 to 2 inches. Wet snow that is still sticking to the trees look wonderful!
Getting ready to take the kidos sledding at Jacobson park. Thought we better do it now, never know how long it will stick around.
abt 2 or 2 1/2 inches here, my parents and all around them (RT 5 area) have had no power since last night! It is a wide area that is out, power crews are out working but still no electric for them,
I’m glad some lucky people got snow. However, in Lincoln county, we’re still high n dry. Not even a dusting here on the eastern end of Lincoln for the whole winter. Maybe some day, maybe someday.
woudn’t say dry high and wet from the rain like us in Knox
Looks like another miss for Knox Laurel Whitley areas seems what was suppose to be here this afternoon/evening isn’t in any hurry and won’t amount to much if any
Should we be surprised? This is the worst place in the state for snow.
need focus on this disturbance diving in, interesting to me. I think as it rotates thru u seea inhancement with precip like we do with upslope.
rolo may be dummy but just thinking look interesting for 1-2 snow for some.
spitting snow in maNCHESTER actually now snizzle as we called it in the hood.
You are not a dummy.
Snow redeveloping north west of KY, East & Southeast ky should pickup 1 or 2 inches this eve!
upslope event may be an overachiever for us here in southeastern Kentucky..fetch off of the lakes looks pretty impressive..
Great Louisville is in between to bands of snow…One in Western Ky and the other coming down Eastern IN to Eastern KY. Does not look like Lou will pick up anymore snow today. Oh Well….Enjoy the game everyone. GO CARDS!…..
Forecasted event for Mon-Tues looking less impressive by the moment. Looks like we’ve seen our best snow chances for awhile. 🙁
Temperature has went up from 31 to 33 in Frankfort, I though it was going to get colder as the day progressed, come on Mother Nature don’t melt our snow?
Nice band of snow moving through WKY!
A little sleet is falling in Pikeville hope we see snow tonight.
I forgot the wind is really gusting.Come on some snow love please.
We finally got ours Crystal. First one for here in Versailles. I’ll post them on FB in a while!! So happy!!
I am so happy for you yes post them.Its just now starting to snow in Pikeville,my sis in Indy has about 12-14 inches and doesnt want it.
And I missed it last night. We went down to Lake Cumberland and only a cold cold rain. My neighbor in Versailles said we got 2 inches. Oh well.
Hi Patty in Versailles.
Radar starting to fill in between Lou. and B.G. and moving eastward. Be nice to see a little more snow come down.
Yes, I saw the good snow after crossing Clays Ferry bridge. It was like somebody turned a snow switch on the north side. To all you folks north of the river that got snow: MEHHHH!
To all you folks to the north of the river that did not get a snow, we the people that dwell in the south stand untied with you! Down with the evil Dome and its oppression. Some folks in the north must have made a deal with the Dome, hence the snow. Yep, that is IT!
Now, where are my meds??
united not untied. Ah, same thing really in a deep, metaphysical sense.
well at least you got snow even though it didn’t last. Its not looking for for us today either
I am more focused on the actual statistic of the misses. Seems uncanny. We need a plus 8″ snow to smack central Kentucky and bust the VERY long trend. 15th birthday next month for the trend. Boo!
Other areas are welcome in on the action, but they are not part of this funky long trend.
Some folks lost their power and will not have back until tomorrow. Heavy snow slamming or keep power. The latter is IMO better for us electric centric folks 🙂
That said, it would have been fun watching my kids dig snow off the driveway 🙂 Mush!!!
I’m with you on the river effect, uncanny. 8-6-24
Morgan County…am slush last night followed by cold rain….0 accumulation….could mow if it was dry enough….lol
….and btw, not even a flake or drop today as of 3:50pm…Morgan County.
Here in McCreary we have pretty heavy sleet mixed with light snow, windshields are covered.
Snowing in Pikeville and 32,I love it.
well when your finished send some here still nothing to look at here
Sending it your way Andy finally we are getting a little snow love in Pikeville,nothing major but pretty laying on the cars.
looking at the radar you sent it the wrong way LOL
One of the worst officiated halfs of basketball I have seen in my lifetime
The Cats did not help themselves. They are not clicking by any stretch. What is the last team to win it all and not make the tournament the next?
Was referring to the awful free throw shooting.
Ugh…Cauley-Stein could have won the game for them if he could have hit those freebies
agreed but at least he showed some life i wasn’t impressed with anybody else
Yeah, he will be one to watch for sure over the next few months. Come March…watch out.
Agreed!
was the only one to say look out for DISTURBANCE and look at radar blowing on up and now ADVISORY going up.
were u at Bailey i see 2-4 inches in isolated spots/ 1-2 general
Come on Rolo. You said Chris was out of line for his advisory last night and North/Central KY gets hammered. If anyone receives more snow out of this than North/Central KY did last night, check back with me.
i dont’ even see a coating for Knox
your cracked out of your head
Rolo or I? 🙂
rolocoaster
🙂
The only focus is on the current direction, regardless of the prior one.
Rolocoaster goes wheeeeeeee!
Wow guys another 12 inches & we’ll have us a foot in Monticello!
Lolololololololol
I was in your neck of the woods last night across the lake at Alligator II. That was as cold as rain can get without being snow. It rained pretyy good for several hours.
That’s our winter story all of last year & now this year so far.
Hoping Chris’ update includes the New Year’s Eve/Day event AND the possible southern storm a few days later. That one could put much, if not all, of KY in a very favorable position for snow if the GFS trend continues.
Some slick spots on Kentucky 80 between Hazard and Hindman where the road runs along the mountain-top. Some people had actually pulled off the road.
Been spitting freezing drizzle and sleet here in Keavy area all day. Now I have white coating my car and yard but it is the sleet. Snow just started falling here about an hour ago. I suspect that I will wake up in the morning with just frozen mud puddles that the rain causes here in the Laurel, Knox, & Whitley Super DOME! Agree Andy? Maybe if we hang signs in our windows stating we do not want snow…………………..we will get attacked by snow….hmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds like an idea…LOL
Where is Chris no twitter nothing guess he has a life other then this blog hope he’sgetting some sleep….
When’s the next WAS? (Week away storm)
🙂
Yeah Go Cards.
🙁
If we made even 75% of our average free throw attempts = 🙂
I need my new update fix.
: ) I have been ck every few mins thinking he would put out an afternoon post then i thought maybe an eve post! LOL
Bridges are extremely slick on the Mt. Parkway in Powell County between Stanton and Natural Bridge. Saw a truck on its top just before exit 33.
4 systems 4 failed attempts at giving knox whitley laurel snow worth mentioning seems we are in a pattern
Some would call it a trend.
Technically, Andy, we were never in a favorable position in anyone’s forecast. Today’s snow has been a gift. My yard and road are white in London, so I’d say that counts (as far as this winter in SEKY goes) Be safe out there:)
nothing here had heavier frost than whats here
Snow coming down pretty good in Pikeville,but according to the Radar it looks like the party is almost over.
OK — it is the end of the day and, drum roll please… , 8-6-24 still holds. In my part of Madison county we got a few flakes in the air and not surfaces of any sort covered or even close to covered. Oh but if include the snow that fell this afternoon… wait, I did!
A great day in east Frankfort, 4 inches of wet snow, temps dropping into the teens tonight, and the possibility of more snow to come, sorry about those who missed out to the south east, but that is the way winter is suppose to be! The last couple years you guys down that way have had more?
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