Good Thursday, everyone. We have a rather March-Like day going on across Kentucky as mild temps and gusty winds take center stage. This will be followed by a taste of winter for Friday. That taste, leads us into a full blown winter setup settling in next week and likely locking in for a while.

Let’s start with today’s crazy setup. We start things out with showers and a few thunderstorms across eastern Kentucky, but this moves away very quickly. Here are your radars to follow along…

Sunny skies quickly take control as temps surge into the 60-65 degree range for many. The atmosphere is also pretty wound up and will lead to winds gusting from 40-50mph into much of central and eastern Kentucky. This may cause some issues, including power hits.

Colder winds blow in from the northwest this evening as clouds move back in. This will lead to a few flurries and snow showers later tonight into Friday. The Future Radar from the HRRR shows this action through 7pm Friday…

A few flurries may linger into Saturday morning, but things improve very quickly through the day. Skies become partly sunny with near normal numbers.

Clouds will quickly increase late Saturday as our next storm system works in. This brngs rain and snow to the region late Saturday night through Sunday night. Exact precipitation types for any one location is a work in progress.

The Canadian certainly has a mixed bag…

The GFS has much more of a straight rain and snow look with the snow hugging the Ohio River…

The EURO…

The next system coming in behind that will create some of the same issues in terms of precipitation types being determined by the track of the low. This go around, you have more cold air coming in behind this with a snow system behind it…

EURO

CANADIAN

GFS

 

We know a cold pattern is unfolding and the signs of this have been there for a few weeks, at least. As we get closer, the signal for a snowier pattern is also showing up. The Ensembles continue to show some heftier totals setting up over the next 2 weeks…

 

I’ll have your normal updates later today. Make it a good one and take care.