Happy Sunday, folks. Old Man Winter is holding on for dear life into this first weekend of March as we continue to see snowflakes and very cold temps. Thermometers are running WAY below normal and that trend will take us into the week ahead. That’s when our focus turns toward a storm system impacting our weather Tuesday and Wednesday.
Let’s start with where we are today. Thermometer readings will struggle into the upper 20s and low 30s for highs and that’s about 20 degrees below normal. Snow showers and flurries will gradually wind down with some rays of sunshine a possibility before the day is over.
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Current Temperatures
Monday will be another much colder than normal day with readings hitting the upper 30s as clouds roll in during the afternoon and evening hours. Those clouds are ahead of our next storm system that will bring rain and snow to the bluegrass state.
A weak area of low pressure will work into the state on Tuesday as cold air dives in behind it. A huge cutoff area of low pressure in the upper levels spins in behind this low as it gives way to a stronger low in the Carolinas by Tuesday night into Wednesday.
That generally spells rain for many and a mix for the north on Tuesday with snow taking over Tuesday night and Wednesday. A stripe of accumulating snow may set up during somewhere across the state at that point.
There is a silver lining behind this storm. Warmer winds may blow the 60s into town by next weekend. That will be a false start to spring, but I will take it. 🙂
I will have another update coming later today. Make it a wonderful Sunday and take care.
Ill be glad when this winter crapola weather is done. I welcome spring with open arms and ready to fire up the grill for some chicken and ribeye steak and other grill greats.
should have taken advantage of the warm winter we have had i probably used the grill as much this so-called winter as i did during the summer and fall
Upper 30s Monday and rain ahead of Tuesday…..NO WAY the SwathBeast can survive that! 😉
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If you like overcast dreary weather all winter long, come to KY! This is the cloudiest place I have ever lived!
Yep… welcome to Kentucky… the new Seattle.
Upslope snow continues in earnest here in Leslie County! Moderate snow right now, 2 inches overnight! Roads are terrible
Snowing here in Somerset this morning. Ground is white and it is laying on the road in front of the house in places. Temp is 27. Don’t think it will last much longer but it is pretty coming down. We have had more snow on the ground in the past two days than we have gotten all winter. About half an inch now. Mother Nature sure has a sense of humor.
Snowing here in Somerset this morning. Ground is white and it is laying on the road in front of the house in places. Temp is 27. Don’t think it will last much longer but it is pretty coming down. We have had more snow on the ground in the past two days than we have gotten all winter. About half an inch now. Mother Nature sure has a sense of humor.
Where is Rolo? What comes up must come down! The ride was started and can not be stuck on the track 🙂 The giddy heights have to settle to reality.
I could see Lucy riding off for this ‘mehnter’ season on Rolo’s goat while the goat is chewing on the football- at same the time…. A goats gotta eat!
So, once again we can say there is nothing to see here….guess it’s not such a ridiculous statement to make after all…..
I would not say that….I believe a lot of ky “At the moment” will see some snow…How much is kinda of a ? right now…I will say this,counties close to the virginia border should keep a close watch…
Does flurries count or are you actually talking snow on the ground
Snowing here Paintsville, Ky the mountains looks so pretty. I agree with everyone can’t wait for warmer temps to come. CB thank you for a great job you always do in keeping us informed of the weather.
Woke up to around 1.5-2 inches of snow here in Pike County and it is still snowing.
Who would of guessed that that a so called “winter” that won’t go away is going to end with a rain to left over snow event? Typical 40 degree rain with little to no snow at the end. Hope to see the yellow thing in the sky today, because it doesn’t like to make a whole lot of appearances in Kentucky. Do we not live in one of the worst climates in the United States. The land of in-between. Winters with little to no snow that is always 40 and rain or 20 and dry. Summer hot and muggy. Hoping for warm and spring to hurry up and end the misery.
Yep…. Hot humid summer, cool damp winter… Yuck…
You could always relocate 🙂
Really, if you hate it so much why wouldn’t you go somewhere that suits you better?
I moved away and lived in the tropics for 30 years and enjoyed it tremendously. When it came time to retire I came back to Kentucky and I love the climate here.
I would not want to live anywhere else.
Where you choose to live is 100% up to you.
What a concept, eh?
Our weather here is unlike any other place in the world—-hot and usually dry in the summer; cold and dry or warm and flooding in winter. Sounds like our weather more closely resembles that of the monsoon-style weather patterns they get in Asia than it does anywhere in the U.S.
Wow, we can’t even get a late season low to scoot through TN to bring us snow. Looked that way 48 hours ago but as usual, the models go north and we’ll get cold rain. Bring on spring!!! Tired of the winter tease!
JW…The only time Lows don’t trend to the north/west is when they are down to the south east and need to move N/W to give us snow. Other than that models are always perfect around the a week or 48hours out. I just don’t see it happening. Glad spring is just a week or two away or is it. As CB stated at the end. Looks like the next warm up will be followed by another cold spell. Thunderstorms to flurries….Love KY weather…..
Yeah but remember in past winters that late season storms would finally go south of us after mostly misses to our north. This one appeared that way until last 36 hours or so. In Owensboro, we’ve had near misses this season to our west, to the north, etc. Lots of wrap around flurries and some hearty snow showers but nothing of 1″+ all season long. Tired of it.
IMO there is no way that low goes through Northern Kentucky, Southern Ohio. Too much blocking in the northeast for that to happen. It will come down to Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee then go across middle to southern Tennessee and into southern North Carolina. I feel the temperatures will come down somewhat because of this track.
Big P….Blocking is subsiding as we speak…NAO is going from NEG closer to Neutral over the next couple of days. This will alllow the Low to track further to the North….Although I do hope I am wrong and you are correct. We will see!!!
Actually Last nights run of the Euro showed about the same track as you described..It trended north on its earlier run’s but came back more South west on the last run…
Woke to 1 inch of snow in Frankfort this morning, puts us over 11 inches for the winter, bring on spring!
That’s crazy — F’frt is only a few miles away…but in my part of Richmond we have a whopping 2 1/4 to perhaps 2 1/2 inches of snow for the year, total…
We have woke up to snow every morning since Thursday morning. “Jenkins” Letcher Co. I live on the North side of the mountain so the sun don’t shine alot here in our yard. It looks funny to look out my front window and see the sun shining in my neighbors yard. This morning we have about 3- 4″ of snow and is still snowing. Temp has moved up to 30 degrees. I have no complaints with the weather. I enjoy all four seasons. I hope every one has a great day.Keep a thankful heart it helps you to see things differently.
Thanks Chris for keeping up informed !
Rain again…..if you like snow, KY winters are a season of false hope.
Ironically, (for Lexington) February was colder that January and the highest temperature in January was 67° and the highest temp in February was 63°. The lowest temperature in Jan. was 10° and for Feb. was 5°. The average temperature in Jan was 35.6 (2.7° above normal) and Feb. was 35.1 (-1.8 below normal.) So far the first two days of March are running -9.2° below normal with average temperature of 31.8.
Source NWS: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=lmk
Find your historical data.
If we can sqeek out a few more inches of snow in Frankfort this month we will be about normal for snow totals this winter, I think about 14in. is normal for Frankfort area!
The warmer weather late week sounds better though 😉
We breached 3″ total in north Madison!!! Yowsa!!!!
About 5″ for the past two winters- total!!! Get er’ duuuuun!
Between that and the Kentucky Kittycats, I am just warm all over 🙂 I couldn’t be more enthused if my head was stapled to the floor 🙂
This storm is now off the radar. Looks like rain, again. Next winter eh….can we go 3 winters in a row with single digit snowfall accumulations?