Good Sunday to one and all. It’s the 22nd day in a row with seeing snow on the ground for much of central and eastern Kentucky and there’s a chance for a touch more later tonight. This is for those folks across the far south and southeastern parts of the state.
A quick-moving system is zipping across the Tennessee Valley during this time and it’s throwing up enough moisture for a quick-hitting band of light snow and flurries. Light accumulations are possible with this and here’s the area with the best chance of picking up on a coating to an inch of snow…
I’ll update that potential later today.
Seasonable temps will be noted across the region today into Monday with a bump in the numbers coming Tuesday and early Wednesday before a weak front drops in. That boundary just grazes us with the core of the cold and snow remaining to our north and northeast.
Low pressure then rolls our way from the southwest as we flip the calendar from January to February Friday into Saturday. Heavy rain and gusty winds are likely during this time with colder air behind it…
GFS
CANADIAN
EURO
This takes us into a VERY active period that features lows rolling through our region. Initially, these are rain and thunderstorm producers but winter weather makers start to show back up. The EURO is picking up on all this…
The change to colder continues to show up stronger on the EURO weeklies late in week one into the second week of February. Here’s the 7 day average temp departures from normal for February 6-13…
Those same weeklies continue with a colder overall look beginning around that time and going into early March…
They also back up my thoughts on this being a super-active setup with heavy amounts of precipitation through early March…
Again, heavy rainfall, strong storms and the chance for heavy snow are all in the mix during this time period. Individual storm tracks will dictate which you get.
I’ll have updates later today. Make it a great Sunday and take care.
I mean, really… if we get a warm spell that means nothing…. especially when you consider the fact that it’s ONLY the beginning of Feb…. I mean, think back to those two HUGE snows we had 3 weeks apart… I can’t remember the exact dates… but I think it was LATE feb when the first one happened… then 3 weeks later…well into March when the other one happened…
But as it stands…. I couldn’t care less about anymore snow or cold anymore (this year).. I think most of us are sick of it at this point.. .especially since it’s stayed cold for so long keeping it around for weeks.
I still don’t like HOT/HUMID weather….. My favorite temps would be upper 60s highs (MAYBE low 70s) and 50s for lows and no drought or floods… with occasional snowstorms and cold (but not bitter cold)
sorry for rambling… I’m bored atm
that’s all 🙂
Mark, when you find that place with that kind of climate, let me know. The closes I could come to the climate you would like are areas in the Pacific Northwest, or maybe not.
This January has not seen the temperature spikes that we have experienced over the past 5 years or so, which has made it feel that much colder. This February is shaping up as a month of weather extremes, and it would not surprise me to see a severe weather outbreak by mid-month. We will also begin a transition from La Nina to ENSO Neutral status in mid to late February, and historically when this transition occurs during the late winter/early spring time frame, we’ve experienced a ramp-up in severe weather. Time will tell.
I guess we need to get our late winter pruning done as we get opportunity, right?
It may not seem like it now, but we need those heavy rains before the growing season starts. I always pruned my azaleas and rhododendrons after blooming was over. I think that this year there will be no blooms on these plants.
Everything was looking pretty good, even with the off-season blooming in the fall, until we had those nights in the single digits. I’m inclined to agree with you. The snow pack and a deep mulch of leaves probably helped most root systems, but those buds – on so many plants – appear zapped.
I wish we would have had more Snows to provide a ” natural mulch ” My area of the state has never received that much Snow to provide such.
Hot and humid is the best weather.
You would have a high cooling bill then, but after this Winter you will have a high heating bill. There’s is NO happy medium in this climate. Forgot to thank the blog owner. Thanks for the update Chris.
Have a Peaceful Sunday Everyone.
47 years ago today we experience the famous Blizzard that occur here in own home state. Never forget it.
Yes, I remember that Blizzard of 1978 like it occurred yesterday. I was out in it to help a person who was stuck on the road by my home and nursery. It was Snowing so hard I could hardly see, and the wind was horrendous. The next morning the temperature was a -15 degrees with about a 20 foot Snowdrift in the driveway. Back then you could find people to help you unlike it is in today’s World where no one cares. I don’t believe that weather scenario will ever happen here where I live in South Central Kentucky. If it ever did, we would most likely loose power and freeze to death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1978