Good Saturday and welcome to the first weekend of spring. All eyes are on a developing winter storm across the southern plains. This will roll into the Ohio Valley on Sunday and bring a round of rain and snow to our region. While the heaviest snow will fall to our north, I still expect some accumulating stuff Sunday night and Monday.
The highest threat for a snowstorm continues to be north of the Ohio River. Low pressure will roll into central Kentucky early Sunday and then slow down. It will bring widespread rain and a touch of a mix in the north during the day. Colder air will then sweep in from the northwest into Sunday night and Monday and periods of snow will take over.
This setup shows up nicely on the NAM…
The setup will produce some decent wraparound snows into Kentucky by Sunday night and Monday. The impact…
Accumulating snow looks to be a good bet to start the new week and that may produce some rare late March snow days. Snow showers will then kick into high gear and that may carry us into the middle of next week.
Thermometers will continue to run MUCH colder than normal and will really help our chances of pushing this March into the top ten coldest on record.
I will have updates later today. Make it a great Saturday and take care.
OK so it snows in Ohio….big whoop! Guarantee nothing for Kentucky – bring on spring! Enough of this flurry junk…
Kinda makes a curious mind like mine pose the question, Where is this Global Warming that far too many including our own government continue to fear monger on to the people of this country? Shouldn’t we be in the 90’s by now with all this Global Warming going on? Shouldn’t the Atlantic coastal states be underwater by now with all these polar Ice Caps melting? I just find it completely hilarious that with months like these that people would still find it within themselves to still support the Myth that is Global Warming.
Yeah right….A few days of cold weather and you wingers are ready to declare warming a hoax. But that is the extent of your reasoning so naturally that would be your response.
“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.” “The world is bigger than your backyard” sea ice loss in the Arctic promotes more evaporation, resulting in earlier snowfall in Siberia and other Arctic lands. The earlier snow insulates the soil, allowing the land to cool more rapidly. This results in a southwards shift of the jet stream and builds higher atmospheric pressures farther to the south, which increases the odds of cold spells and blocking high pressure systems that can cause extended periods of unusually cold and snowy weather in the mid-latitudes. 336 consecutive month above 20.century average temps (28years)
WAY too may things to mention, if you have time just read these.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming#section_1
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/article.html?entrynum=2370
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2013/2
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
(And many more!)
Well said. People should educate themselves rather than discount what they don’t want to believe.
I agree, especially about Chris’ detractors, such as unclesi. 😉
WAY too many to mention, just read hear if you have time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming#section_1
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2013/2
How about the Ice Age that was coming in the 70’s? Time magazine had it on the front cover. Nobody would debunk Time magazine would they? Climate change is real and we will adapt as humans always have.
Actually global warming or climate change would cause record changes both warm and cold. It would result in all weather being more drastic and overall temperatures for the earth would be expected to be higher. People hear global warming and they think that means 80 degree average temperature winters but that is not the case. Think of it as global extremes instead. No matter what the cause I think we can all agree over the past several years we’ve had many extremes locally and around the globe.
Except large snow storms in ky!
Some people choose to put their heads in the snow. Oh I forgot it never snows here in KY. You will never be able to prove the globe is warming because we cannot find a planet in the cosmos that is exact distance from the sun and is inhabited with the same amount of people who are not using fossil fuels. Either you trust science or you do not.
And my opinion on global warming is that it is something the Earth does naturally. We may contribute to it in some way I guess. My problem is when all these ice ages were going on humans didn’t make that happen. I think the Earth warms and then it cools itself. Sure politicians wanna scare us. Better go buy a Prius and save that environment huh Al Gore? Why should we Al? Oh thats right because Toyota paid you millions to make us all scared. The world is full of lunatics and morons. Maybe we should worry about them first. Besides the Sun is gonna blow up one day anyway and end everything so yeah.
What I find funny is all these indicies are tanked and still the storms go north. All these meteorologists keep saying the negative indicies keep the storms south,but it is always the same. Low pressure goes over Kentucky every time. Brief warm up with rain, backside snow showers. If these indicies such as NAO, PNA,AO really mattered these storms would be in Tennessee or Northern Georgia and leave us on the cold side for once.
GLOBAL WARMING!!!! LOL……
Give me a C.A.R.D.S…….Go Cards….
Good point – would someone care to comment on this??? PLEASE!!! 🙂
What was it, oh yeah thats right it was global cooling in the 80’s Please.. There is a difference in what is science and what is called agenda based science and that is what Global Warming is, agenda based science with specific goals in mind using science in an attempt to validate its agenda. Weather always has been and always will operate in cycles. Just like we had the dust bowl of the 30’s long before this country or the rest of the world for that matter supposedly had a chance to ruin our climate with industrialization.
Mobil Exon does not have an agenda!
Saying there’s climate change is like saying water is wet. The climate always has been changing, and always will be. The question is how big of an influence you believe mankind has on it. No point arguing it here because everybody’s already in their camps on the matter. This whole argument isn’t about climate at all, anyway. It’s about money, power, and control.
Like so many other things.
How about we just drop the argument and all pray for some Spring weather?
Yep there is science on both sides of the argument. My prob is the first thing that happens is all the taxes I’m paying for something that has yet to be proven. Oh… and dang it’s cold.
I’m hoping there is still chance this thing will jog south again 🙂
Although…it could make my discharge & drive home from the hospital a bit difficult from Louisville to ETown.
I expect a common flood day as opposed to a snow day next week
Well, Chris…..YUCK! Just YUCK! Just hope that this coming week gets winter to get it out of its system and let us move onto some sunshine and warm temps….global warming, global cooling…I just figure that its part of the Master’s design.
On another note…how are everyone’s NCAA brackets going? Bet several more than just mine bit the dust! Have a great Saturday, everyone, and Thanks, Chris. Looking forward to your next update. Just one question though. When you say a few inches of snow possible out of this, you could not possibly have been including southern KY, right? IF you are, and it does, it would be a first for us this winter uh I mean spring season. I am inclined to agree with Andy…we will need to get out the waders in out neck of the woods probably. 😉
NWS forecast for tonight: Rain Likely. Chance of rain 60%. Low 33! LOL!
So, who else has a bracket that is shredded like hash browns at Waffle House? lol
Extreme climate events have always happened. More population and instant communication have made it seem that there are more extreme events, something that the global warming fear mongers do not want to discuss.
Wilmington NWS holding spotter training today in my neck of the woods. Wish I had the time to attend.
http://wxcaster.com/gis-gfs-snow-overlays2-10to1.php3?STATIONID=JKL
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