Good afternoon, everyone. Arctic front number one is crossing the state today, bringing much colder air with it. Arctic front number two arrives Tuesday with some light snow and even colder air. All of this leads us closer to another very harsh winter pattern that gets started this weekend.
The front out there today isn’t providing us with much moisture, but a pocket of light snow and flurries may show up across the east. Here are your Kentucky Weather Radars to follow along…
Temps are dropping from northwest to southeast through the day with wind chills diving. Wind chills tonight may go below zero for some areas. This animation starts at 7 this evening and ends at 8 Tuesday morning…
That second boundary has a little better shot at producing some light snows as it races through Tuesday afternoon. You can see this on the HRRR Future Radar…
Actual air temps may drop below zero by Wednesday morning, especially across the northern half of the state. The HRRR takes those wind chills way down there tonight and early Wednesday…
Temps will rebound a bit by Friday into Saturday as we get set for another MAJOR arctic attack to move into our region. This looks to take up residence across much of the country with a pattern that’s giving me February 2021 vibes.
This arctic boundary arrives in here to start the weekend with a rain changing to snow scenario. From here, expect lots of model waffling as waves of low pressure develop along this front, throwing winter weather into our region into next week.
Each model run handles all this differently and that’s to be expected.
Here’s the GFS…
And the Canadian…
Next week is likely to be the coldest of the entire winter and we are likely to be talking about a winter storm threat or two. Buckle up.
I’ll have the latest on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm and I’ll drop by for another KWC update this evening. Have a great rest of your day and take care.
