Good evening and Merry Christmas Eve. Here’s hoping this update finds each of you living life to the fullest and having a very Merry Christmas Eve. Our weather pattern continues to work toward taking a walk on the wild side, so buckle up.
In the short term, we have a shower or two out there as Santa arrives tonight and I can’t rule out one or two into Christmas Day. Here are your radars to follow along…
Two storm systems are on the way with rain and thunderstorms moving in from Friday through early Sunday. I can’t rule out the potential for a few strong thunderstorms in this setup…
The models continue to spit out a general 1″-2″ of rain with locally higher amounts. The EURO is a little more spread out with the rains…
The GFS has more of a concentrated area of torrential rains of 3″-4″ across central and south central Kentucky…
The next system quickly rolls in behind that for the final day of the year. Heavy rain and thunder will quickly be followed by crashing temps and some snowflakes on New Year’s Day…
I’m continuing to beat the drums on the increasing threat for a harsh winter pattern for much of January. The evolution of this takes place during the first week of January as massive blocks go up along the west coast to Alaska, across the North Pole and into Greenland.
The trough showing up on the final day of the EURO Ensembles is about as deep of a signal this model can possibly show from this far out…
Everything you see from the EURO Ensembles is the AVERAGE of more than 50 different members.
When you see the model spitting out temp anomalies like this, you take notice…
The Canadian Ensembles are even colder…
It’s REALLY hard to get any kinds of ensembles to show deviations from normal like that from this far out.
I’ll be back with my normal update later tonight. Have a Merry Christmas Eve and take care.
