Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a brutal winter day in Kentucky and it’s among the worst you’re ever going to see with snow, wind and bitter cold temps. Looking ahead, we have snow squalls on the way through Christmas Eve and another snow maker by Monday.
Let’s start with the cold. Lows this morning hit -5 to -10 for most of Kentucky. Look at the lows from the Kentucky Mesonet…
Wind chills this morning were as low as -30 to -35 and those are among the coldest wind chills ever recorded in the state. Things improve only slightly this afternoon with some areas seeing temps below zero all day long. Wind chills are -20 to -25.
The bitter cold stays with us through the weekend.
We really have to be on guard for snow showers and squalls kicking in through Christmas Eve. The models will struggle to see these because we have arctic air in place and snowflakes that are more air than moisture. Still, you’re seeing the models spitting out additional snowfall.
The Canadian Models are better at seeing these kinds of snows than the other models…
To see the models picking up on this suggests we will see some hefty snow squalls that will create blizzard conditions at times. Travel will continue to be a mess through Christmas.
A clipper follows this up for Monday and Tuesday and is likely to bring more accumulating snows…
GFS
CANADIAN
At first glance, this looks like a 2″-4″ snowfall for many. I’ll be putting more effort into this one later today.
The harsh pattern breaks after this and things may turn mild for a bit to close out the year. I see another harsh pattern developing as we get into early January, so buckle up!
I’ll drop by later today with another update and be on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm. Here are your radars to follow the flakes they can actually see…
Have a good one and take care.
get winter outta here, memories can swim by shefton kash song, go youtube him.
The pattern is going to change dramatically to much above normal by later next week… the NWS is predicting near 50 degrees and rain by next Thursday and Friday for the Chicago area.
” To every action there’s an opposite reaction “
Ironically, we might end up with more snow than originally fell for last night’s system, for places like Richmond that got about 2″ or less.
Accurate estimates.
I’d say Chris knocked it outta the park on this one.
I’ll second that Jeff.
I am going to stay indoors today, but tomorrow I will buckle & button down myself with my best winter gear & clothing and journey outside and shovel some drifting snow around my home.
Be careful when shoveling Snow in these frigid temperatures. This Snow is so dry you could possibly use a leaf blower to get the job done ?
That’s a good ideal unless it is windy.
Snow sometimes blows back on you especially your face.
I like the people that use a flame thrower.
I did my shoveling today and it looks like we may have do it again by Tuesday