1PM UPDATE
Good afternoon everyone. Snow continues to fly across most of the state and that will continue into the evening hours. Many areas of northern Kentucky have already picked up 2″-3″ of the white stuff with lighter amounts in the south.
Another moderate band of snow is working eastward across the state right now with wraparound snows beginning to fill in nicely behind it. These wraparound snows will really kick in tonight into Wednesday and I continue to be impressed with the snows this can lay down. I will get a new snow map out a little later this afternoon.
Keep doing what you’re doing and giving us reports from where you live. Have a great afternoon and take care.
9:30AM UPDATE
Good morning once again. Let me start by saying thanks for all the reports from where you live… it is much appreciated. The first batch of snow is moving across northern and northeastern Kentucky and is putting down an inch or so of snow fairly quickly. There is a bit of a break back to the second wave of snow that is working into east central Kentucky as I type.
This line will also put down a quick inch or two as it rolls eastward. The highest totals will continue to be in the north with lighter stuff the farther south you live.
Wraparound snows will then kick in this evening and overnight and carry us through Wednesday into early Thursday. I want to stress I am VERY impressed with the setup during this time. Snow amounts can exceed 4″ across parts of eastern Kentucky with the backlash snows and squalls. It also looks like much of central Kentucky all the way back toward the Louisville area will get in on more accumulating snows. Throw in gusty winds and blowing snow may become an issue.
More updates coming later. Take care.
8AM UPDATE
Good morning everyone. Sleep is for the weak, so your friendly weather dude is up and running early this morning. 
The forecast appears to be in very good shape at this point. Moderate snow is falling across much of the northern half of the state with lighter snows in the south and this trend should continue through the day.
Roads, including Interstates 64, 75 and 65, are becoming snow covered in many areas. This snow is a HIGH IMPACT event for the Louisville, Lexington and Cincy metro areas. Use caution if you must be out driving.
Keep giving us reports from where you live and I will drop by for updates as needed. Take care.
PREVIOUS UPDATE
Good Tuesday everyone. We are getting set for a one- two punch of snow from old man winter over the next few days. This should put down some decent snow totals for much of the area from today through Thursday.
I don’t have anything new to add as it is all up to the old man to deliver at this point. Before we get to your tracking toys… let’s recap my thoughts.
– Snow will break out quickly from west to east this morning, reaching eastern Ky by mid morning.
– The heaviest snows will fall across the north during round one as 2″-4″ will be likely through tonight. Totals will be lighter the farther south you live with 1″-3″ across the southern half of the state during this same time.
– Areas in the south and southeast may go through most of the daylight hours without much accumulating snows.
– As low pressure works eastward this evening… wraparound snows will kick in overnight and continue through Wednesday and into early Thursday. This is a potent setup that will deliver more accumulating snows to many areas. The snow ratios for this period will be very high as we maximize all available moisture.
– Winds will crank up tonight as arctic air moves in and this will create some blowing snow into Wednesday.
I have no real changes to the snowfall maps from the last few days. Please be sure to check the forecast times on those maps. Patience is a virtue! 
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I will update as needed so be sure to check back. Have a great Tuesday and take care.
Oh I wish it would hurry up lol 1st maybe?
War Eagle.
Snow will start late but central KY will get their 2-4. hopefully Woodford KY wil cancel school early rather than later.
Dew points just are not on our side tonight. Temps 28.4 Dew point 16…
Would like to see less of a gap. We may see the low end on totals here in LOUISVILLE. ;/
Wow…see that little arm of snow that just reached out and touched us through the snowdome here in Woodford? That’s so odd 🙂
Woke up at 5:10 and saw seems to be the first flakes in Scott County.
Snow beginning in Louisville-nice big flaky snow:)
Have a great day!
So far it’s quiet in SE Ky. We should wake up tormorrow to see a fresh coating if we don’t get it during the evening hours.
school closed already here in Louisville. I can’t believe they closed before the snow even accumulated.
Light snow here in London coming down at a good clip car hoods and windows covered. Maybe we will get a lot sure hope so. Thanks Chris for the good forecasting your the best.
little bit of pretty snow, no wind, but just stopped….
Snow just starting here in Franklin Co. Franklin Co. schools have been cancelled for today. Here we go again!
Snow is coming down pretty good now. Big flakes. The ground is already coated.
Schools cancelled in Harrison with no snow falling yet. It will be within the hour though, Great call!
Unless snow makes a noise when it hits a surface, we are getting a bit of frozen drizzle in Mt.Sterling. It’s very light so it’s hard to tell.
Snowing here in Richmond. Roads covered. Madison County Schools closed.
as of 6am, London is getting freezing drizzle, i sure hope this don’t glaze over and cause slick roads.
Many school districts have closed within the hour. Maybe…just maybe…they peaked in on the blog. 🙂
fayette co closed. a good coating on my back deck. old richomnd and I75 still moving good. i suspect that will change shortly though.
have a good morning everyone. i am going back to bed since i have a snow day too.
I’m glad they called schools off before it really got going, I’m in Jessamine county and I was going to keep mine home anyway lol. I knew as soon as they got there, they would be sending them home lol. 🙂
Well the automated phone call came in. Oldham County schools are closed. Let the dogs out and it is a real fine snow. On the news I noticed that Jefferson County is getting some pretty large flakes. On a personal note – R.S.Louisville will you be clearing my moms driveway after the snow is over?
Snow started in E-Town around 5-5:15…. Snowing at a pretty good clip right now. Glad we were included in the ‘northern half’ of the cwa, sometimes we are stuck in the middle and can go either way.
Big pretty flakes out there!
Our private school, it seems, is the LAST one to decide to close or not,(what else is new) doesn’t make a difference, we aren’t going!!
Happy snow day everyone!!! 🙂
Agghhh the power of Darth Bubba is beginning to overwhelm me. Rebel snow forces are scattered, looks like all hope on this winter are fading fast…..help me obi wan-Chris you’re our only hope!!!!
Spoke too soon, they JUST decided to post being closed, LOL! My kids are cheering!
Well, see you good people laterzzz, time to go outside and play!
Chelle, you are not kidding. i was so glad Fayette co went ahead and cancelled. they were going to send them and just watch the weather. good call. early dismissal is pandelerium and i hate it!
Yes, I’ve been holding my shovel the past three days waiting to go! ;/
freezing drizzle being reported in Corbin
Well, hubby made it to Ft Knox ok. A bit slick, reduced visibility at times. Snowing pretty good out there also.
Nice snow falling in Lawrenceburg. Looks like it will be a VERY sharp cut-off as to who gets two or more inches and who gets almost nothing.
I would say Chris’s map and the NWS forecast look spot on for my area. 2 to 4 inches of snow.
nothing yet at my house in Berea….I sure hope we get some snow since we are out of school.
Not seeing how the map has not changed since the more due north/east flow is going to result in little results for SE Ky. They were getting almost double in previous maps.
The flow is more north and less east. It is seen by the track and the spread of snow will be higher end for N & NE Ky and low end for everybody else, save some wrap action for the east.
This makes more sense, since a more easterly flow made no sense, considering where the system is coming from.
CB’s forecast rock, but this is one more wimpy snow to add to most of our collection. Would gladly trade these wimpy snows for two good snow events 🙂
Welp… heading out to work this morning, thankful I don’t have to fight the crazy school traffic, and that at least my bus riders will be staying home today! So that’s 5 or 6 less kiddos in my class. Still hoping this storm is an overachiever… but of course not getting my hopes up.
On the last line I am with u there.
Coming down hard on UK campus. Started about 45 minutes ago.
you will see snow in southeastern Kentucky before it’s over…it will be in spurts though, 1 inch here, 1 inch there..it won’t be constant, I see southeastern Kentucky getting more from the wrap around stuff tomorrow.
Nice, fluffy flakes falling in Martin County! 🙂
Although there is nothing showing on the radar, light freezing drizzle in northern Bell Co. My car and driveway is covered. That is as far as I ventured out. I don’t know about the roads!!!
Hey Martin County. I grew up in Warfield. Moved to Lexington when I got out of the Army in 1996.
Kandy, you asked me to post road conditions here. WE have a very light coating of snow, and rads are wet but in good shape. Hope that helps.
Well I menat to type “roads” are in good shape here. Too early in the AM after a late night of football… 😉
Nothing here in Clay County yet. The kids and I were all disappointed this morning. Chris says mid-morning, so we are stil looking. I’m not expecting much today, but I sure would like to have some of those big, pretty flakes falling here. We still have snow on the ground from Friday’s snow so we are stil out of school from that, but I really would just like to get a good one and not just these 1 inch here and there snows. I would trade them to for the BIG one.
coffee lady-thanks so much-i always enjoy reading your posts–I am not supposed to come to dr. until 3:30 but I will call and go earlier if I can–thanks again!
Snowing good here in SE Lexington. Was big fluffy flakes a few minutes ago. It’s now a fine snow, but coming down good.
coming down hard in Lexington near I-75 and Richmond road. Was bigger flakes about 30 min. ago now very fine snow coming down.
Very pretty snow here in Shelbyville. Side roads covered. Been snowing steadily since about 5:30 AM. NOt much accumulation yet. This snow lover is wishing it will hold together and rotate right over central ky instead of trend NE.
Just came in from taking the kids to school in Raceland. It’s just starting to very lightly drizzle. A friend on Facebook just posted there’s freezing rain in South Point, OH.
People are stocking up for the snow here in washington county ohio, NWS has moved there forecast more in line with Chris, 3-7 inches. Hoping for the high end of that.
Steady snow here in Corbin…main roads look good right now..not sure about secondary roads.
It just started snowing in Clay County. It is 8:23. Thanks Chris for all you do for use. I knew you wouldn’t let us southeastern snow lovers down
SHARP cut off so far. North Richmond and Clays Ferry- virtually nothing falling ATM and go three miles to exit 102- BOOM! HEavy snow.
This system is going very north east and snow fans to the SE of the track will have to mainly count on wrap effect.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! Moderate Snow in NKY….shame we do not get more smow up here….lol.;)
man i wish we could get sme snow….OH WAIT WE ARE…rubbing it iin of course..lol
coming down good now in London, roads are getting covered already!! be careful!!
hey chris its really snowing hard in flemingsburg kentucky now heavy big flake thanks keep up the great work
my road is iced over knox county
Let me be the next in a long line of people to give Chris a big thank you for all that you do. Your blog is always the hot topic on our floor.
It is snowing hard in Frankfort right now, main roads are covered but not too slick. No problems dropping the family off and coming into work. Be safe everyone!
Snowing at a pretty good clip in SE Fleming.
I just made it to school here in Johnson County and slid the whole way….its ridiculous that we had to leave the house this morning. Roads are snow covered and its slick! Glad the other counties had enough sense to cancel.
My dad grew up in Warfield.
Nice moderate band is setting up over Greater Louisville which has a nice training feel to it. Should snow moderately for the next couple hours- should hit 3 inches by noon easily.
We currently have a mixture falling here at work in Pulaski County. Some rain, freezing rain and snow. Well, I should say freezing drizzle, probably.
Will make thing slick if it keeps this up for very long.
Fayette County Schools are closed after an inch of snow. Loooong days will be had in the summer 🙂 Oh, well. I guess we will live in the moment 🙂
radar not showing it,but huge snow flakes just now starting to fall in my area of knox co…after freezin drizzle earlier..
Silence everyone and do NOT look to your left, lest you grab the attention of that GIANT beast of a dry slot coming this way!!
Still same as of 9:13 am North Richmond very light flurries and three miles up the road moderate to heavy snow.
Pure comic gold.
The radar shows a lot of snow still to fall. Patience people!
What about some of the mountain counties? Most haven’t had a full week of school since around Thanksgiving and I wouldn’t expect them to have any school this week.
After the second wave, we would have been let out early anyway. That said, it looks like Louisville may get significantly more snow.
Well, just as I hit submit on the last post our mix started getting big snowflakes in it, and right now we have al snow falling. Flakes are not as big now, but it is coming down pretty good. Not showing up on radar though…
Shouldn’t that be a requirement, lol 😉
Is the “Big D” back? That dry slot is really gonna kill totals around the LEX area…I guess its back to the old reality…
light snow now falling here in Stearns (McCreary Co) Chris Your the best!
Huge flakes coming down heavy in Elizabethtown. I think we have about an inch and a half on my back deck. Lovin’ it!
I see a dry spot on the radar coming towards us though. Grrrr!
Moderate snow in London. Roads covered again.
It’s been snowing pretty good here in Shelbyville. I just measured 1″ of snow on my deck. (All of our snow from the last system had melted)
It’s been snowing since about 5:30 a.m. here. I’m glad that school was called off before it really hit us! Thanks for all of your udates, CB!
Was misting in Williamsburg but now a light snow is falling.
snowing hard in jackson county, roads will be slick in no time!!!!
Collins Creek to be precise.
It is snowing beautifully in Ashland now. =)
Could you please post Pic’s of Richmond, my son is at EKU, and give info for that area? Thanks
Moderate to heavy snow in southern laurel co. All side roads are covered.
spotter reporting 2″ already in morehead area
We have a very light dusting at East Point/Johnson Cty.
Very fine pellet snow (would that be sleet?) is falling,
so fine you can barely see it, but you can feel it.
I am ready for spring.
Jim you show up just to rub it in lol.How are you?
Quiet right now in Pikeville but Chris said we could see 4 inches before all is said and done.
freezing fog in Floyd County but no snow in a couple days.
Traveled Danville to Harrodsburg and back 7-9am. Light snow in Danville and moderate snow in Harrodsburg. Dusting in Danville maybe one quarter inch Harrodsburg.
At 10am Danville flurries, light snow..32*
getting heavy snow in Barbourville,knox co.. big flakes..:)
Kids are forgetting their teachers names it’s been so long. And we are closed for the “threat” of snow.
a little bit of powder sugar on the side walk..i seen frost more impressive
Send it to me in Pikeville lol.
Nothing happening in Waco.yet.
As I tell my husband you need to give me half lol.
I’m sure you noticed Chris’ snow total map for the day. His cutoff line from 1-#” and 2-4″ is right at the border of Madison and Fayette…exactly where the lighter snow is at exit 97 and the heavier around mile marker 102! Can’t get much more precise than that! Good call Chris.
You wouldn’t be impressed with it, Crystal, lol.
I like snow, but I’m just ready for spring early.
I drove from lawrenceburg to Salvisa at the same time–well over an inch in Lawrenceburg and Salvisa, and 127 was very slick at the time.
Amazing the difference in North Mercer and Harrodsburg!
heavy wet snow sticking to everything…gotta love SNOW ON SNOW !!..how many times to you get to say that in ky!!.?.!!
Light, steady snow in Clay County. Side roads are covered with some places having leftover snow/ice under snow coming down now from Friday’s storm. Slick roads here again. Hope with get at least 3 inches from this.
My view on snowdays: Would you trade today for a sunny day in June at the pool? Todays answer — NO.
Yes and so typical of EVERY event like this one. Central KY equals fence.
Looks like a thin coating of round ice pellets on the ground from earlier. Nothing falling now at 10:36 in Ravenna.
This stuff is going north east and if anything, trending more north than east ar it proresses.
Still say we are on the low end of the map, from Lexington SE from there. This system has been overhyped by the mets for a few inches of snow.
bubba we knew this last week.lol
u are spot on it keeps eating away as it moves.
Finally beginning to snow again here in South Lexington.
CB is very impressed with the latest setup for eastern ky..Predicting 4 or more for parts of East Ky…
If I am reading RUC 500mb Vort correctly the best time of precipitation today for Mercer, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine would be 1-4pm.
Thoughts?
forget to add that was on his 9:30 update..
A few snow flakes on Perryville Road in Boyle County. Where is it at?
We have gotten 2″ so far at my house in Shelbyville.
I work in Wise, VA about 15 miles from the Letcher Co. KY line. We have just begun to get snow at 11:00am. The snow is still very fine but really starting to come down.
Decent snow showers are occurring that are not visible on radar. Don’t let looks deceive you, Rolo! 😉
Just started snowing in Pikeville,big snowflakes.It is not really showing it on radar wonder why?
Looks like about an inch and a half in southern Woodford KY. DOn’t know how much more to expect if any. Radar is not too impressive.
On to the next storm. Am I now hearing we’ll be on the bubble of cold vs heat? If that happens the dark forces of the dome will certainly be making its comeback statement.
A bust for Richmond for sure — snow day for 1/4 inch of dust. Perhaps more later but a real downer right now 🙁
In Central KY that is.
Still snowing pretty good here in Elizabethtown! Our grass is covered now, woohoo!
Very fine snow coming down. It started at about 11:15. We are still all white from the last snow, so no worries on this one. Getting pretty used to it. Thanks, Chris, for the updates. You seem to get it right every time!!!
Snowing pretty hard again in SE LEx
Unless you are north or far east, not seeing how others get beyond the low end of the map. Seems to be moving more due north in trend than east.
This event for most of us seems more bark than bite.
Still, CB’s map covers the spread, so CB is correct. Just would be nice if the system starts heading more east to get more folks in the higher part of the spread 🙂
better be some SERIOUS wrap around 😉
Unless Christmas day, I ould gladly take June over a few inche snow, which only causes accidents and salt crusted on vehicles.
Hard to sleigh, build snowmen, etc.
5″ plus, or foggettubouwtiitt 🙂
over 3” here in nky
Snowing REALLY good here in Elizabethtown! I guess on radar it wants to leave out with a BANG!
(sorry if this is a repeat, I keep getting moderated)
can someone post the models to sunday/monday storm? id like to know what gfs and dgex is showing for this event so i can make preps for traveling. some stations are saying it will warm to 35-40 while others are saying 25-30, why the spread? Isn’t it obvious, with wind chill advisories in the plains, cold air is coming? thanks in advance
RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE MODERATE SNOW COVERAGE IS
DECREASING…SO THE BLUEGRASS AND CUMBERLAND LAKE REGIONS MAY NOT
SEE AS MUCH SNOW AS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST…MAYBE 1-2 IN THE BLUEGRASS
AND LESS THAN 1 DOWN NEAR LAKE CUMBERLAND. GENERALLY THOUGH HAVE
KEPT FORECAST SNOWFALL TOTALS IN PLACE FROM THE 4AM FORECAST
PACKAGE. THE MAIN SNOW EVENT WILL BE WINDING DOWN BETWEEN 11AM AND
NOON EST…WITH ONLY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE 12Z
NAM AND 6Z GFS INDICATE THAT A COUPLE OF LIGHT TO MODERATE BANDS MAY
DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS…THEREFORE WILL KEEP HIGHER POPS
GOING IN THIS AREA. MADE SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO HIGH TEMPS FOR TODAY
BASED ON THIS MORNING/S OBS AND TRENDS. ALSO…UPPED THE WINDS/WIND
GUSTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A TIGHT SFC PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL EXIST BEHIND THE EXITING SFC LOW CREATING GUSTS UP TO
30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MAY CREATE SOME
BLOWING SNOW IN SOME LOCATIONS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
NORTHERN KY.
Got a quick inch by 9:30 this morning here in Johnson County. School letting out at 1pm (MS & HS at 1:30). Just the very rare flurry right now but still overcast & showing 34 degrees at my office (but 30 at our Mesonet site).
It is snowing very hard right now in Shelbyville.
quit snowing and actually melting on the roads in jackson county … came from london and not snowing there either.
Wondering when or if we’ll get “THE BIG ONE” instead of a few inches here or there. I have a feeling that old man winter will get sleepy again after this system works it’s way East.
good Crystal how about you? I see Rolo and Bubba are still having fun!
good question … someone that understands models, what does February look like, will it warm up or continue with winter ??
Continues to snow in Covington (Northern, KY) hasn’t stopped since this morning. Chris is right on as usual!
Light snow in Brodhead, but the flakes are getting bigger.
a solid 3″ on the ground of new snow at the NE end of Lou (Jeff/oldham co line)! CB & Wave-3 were spot on with this system in the Lou area. Hoping for another 1-2″ with wrap around this evening into tomorrow!
On and off snow showers with sleet mixed in here right now. Chris,are we still in line to get a bit of snow out of the wraparound here in Pulaski County? Just wondering.
Precip has been constant, but light here this morning. Probably a quarter inch-maybe.
2.7″ on the ground just east of downtown Louisville – very fluffy. Snow looks to be coming to an end though. Radar seems to indicate a less than enthusiastic ‘wrap around’ . I could be wrong though! I would love to be engulfed. The sled is fired up…let’s see if this fluff supports the rudders…
This last band of heavy snow is going out with a bang here in Bardstown. The winds are beginning to kick up and really blow the snow. Have picked up around 1.5 inches.
Well, I quess in Lexington we balanced out an overperforming storm on Friday night with an underperforming storm today.
BubbaG and blizzardtim, me thinks we are going to really miss out on this one, other than what we already have on the ground. Can’t see much happening from my vantage point, unless of couirse, it is freezing drizzle, which is very possible. Don’t see the wraparound effect haveing much effect on us at all at this point.
Light snow, 30 degrees here at present.
I hope so, too!
Looks like that dry slot back west of town is starting to fill back in with moisture… Fingers crossed!
Chris
Snow still coming down in Clay. We have a good coating of fresh snow on ground. From radar looks like snow is still coming and could get wraparound snow this evening and tonight. Still could pick up a couple of inches. We are getting ready to go sledding outside with the kids. Our driveway has not melted since Friday’s snow, so it makes for good sledding because it slopes down. I will talk to you later
Last I heard the pattern was set to change around the 20-24 but with temps over freezing this weekend especially in southern KY, a chance of snow before then is looking very slim.
Chris
Snow still coming down in Clay. We have a good coating of fresh snow on ground. From radar looks like snow is still coming and could get wraparound snow this evening and tonight. Still could pick up a couple of inches. We are getting ready to go sledding outside with the kids. Our driveway has not melted since Friday’s snow, so it makes for good sledding because it slopes down. I will talk to you later
Chris
Snow still coming down in Clay. We have a good coating of fresh snow on ground. From radar looks like snow is still coming and could get wraparound snow this evening and tonight. Still could pick up a couple of inches. We are getting ready to go sledding outside with the kids. Our driveway has not melted since Friday’s snow, so it makes for good sledding because it slopes down. I will talk to you later
I love driving through your little town when I go down to Middlesboro!
A question for the group: Rate the weatherman. Rate the weatherman between Tony Cavalier, Chris Bailey, and Jim Caldwell.
Here in the eastern end of Lincoln county all we’ve had is pretty much just flurries. As a snow lover I’m a bit dissapointed, but you gotta remember it is still Ky we live in. Through the years , especially in the winter time, we have baffling weather. What seems like a homerun often turns to a leg it out single when it comes to snow.
Eastern Boyle County: 12:55pm light wind driven snow. I still see the best snow time for this area 1pm-4pm. The issue now is temps. Now at 34*..total accum thus far about a trace.
Posted item below at 10:55am and still looks the same:
Michael P. Boyle County wrote:
If I am reading RUC 500mb Vort correctly the best time of precipitation today for Mercer, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine would be 1-4pm.
Thoughts?
Still nothing in Boyle county. the city and county schools both called off school for today. is it going to miss us..
Chris Bailey without a doubt!
It is not winding down as much as it missed us in the first place 😉
Never bought into a more due east solution, considering the flow was always north east and not with an eastern bias.
That’s a silly question. Chris Bailey wins every time!
Chris Bailey without a doubt. I have followed weather for most of my life, in NY, TX, TN, LA, CA, and now KY– he is number 1, IMHO, in all of those states.
Its rare you get a met to get so much spot on.
1 pm update:
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snow picking up agin in knox co…
Cavalier seems kinda old school and nostalgic. Caldwell does a fine job but doesn’t update as often as Bailey. Bailey is my pick hands down. He updates throughout the day and really gives his followers a thorough rundown of the weather around here…..Bailey it is 🙂
Nothing in Whitley County just yet. Still hoping 🙂
CHeck out the 1pm update from Chris…
After a dry spot, ELizabethtown is getting some light snow again. 🙂
Must be the ‘wraparound’ CB just mentioned 😉
Bailey. You rock.
As usual with these type of setups, looks like a much heavier batch of snow is forming/heading into southeast Ky.. Popped on the radar frame at 12:45. Upslope FTW!
It is still snowing lightly in Shelbyville with more snow off to the west.
That squall east of Owensboro looks promising.
Brian Goode says that the Louisville area will see another inch with the next band of snow. That will put us at about 3-4 inches.
Yes, it is looking good. BG from Wave-3 said good bet to get another inch from this next batch about to move in around 2 or so. Plus, who knows how many of these bands will form between now and tomorrow with the wrap-around!
Maybe that squall to the east of Owensboro can be Lexington’s savior from an extremely dissapointing snowfall. One can only hope…
Yep Coffee, wrap around will give a few inches for east KY and a little less for central.
Another few incher that manages to cause wrecks, and crust our vehicles with salt, but no decent snow to have much fun with.
Sorry folks, but these small snows result in more accidents (fact) and little fun, so not good IMO.
Give me big snows (or at least 5″) and forget about these smaller events. Want snow to my shins and not flush with the soles of my shoes 😉
Is it wrong to want to make a snowman beyond Mini Me size? 🙂
Bailey, and not just because this is his blog. Chris tells it like it is, and prepares us when we need to. If there is any question behind a storm, he’ll let us know that too. I’ve learned, through him, how to read the different models, and how not to put my faith in only one. So, yes, hands down, my choice is Chris Bailey.
come over to the NE end of Lou, Bubba. We will hit that 5″+ mark by the time this is all over tomorrow! The so called DOME by many, is not operational, today 😉
snowing good in London, but it is sticking to roads or cars … my kind of snow; it would be awesome to get 10 inches on the ground and not on the roads — oh well it is okay to wish!!
Oh yeah??!? Well us folks in Richmond got 10″!! Wait a minute, I need a decimal in there: 1.0″ 🙁 😉
Hey, at least Lexington got 15″! Oops, forgot the decimal again 😉
Got to laugh, since what else is there? Never felt the snow luv with this event since did not expect much with a north east flow that was mainly impacting 1/3 of the state.
Oh well, there is always the wrap around! 🙂 😉
Yep.
Snowing in Ravenna, but not sticking. Old saying, “Tough sleddin'”!
It’s snowing at East Point in Johnson.
you should see the snow fort my kids built in the front yard…about 12 snowballs the size of a washing machine..that’ll be around til march…LOL…
The next couple of hours will be a perfect opportunity to test the dome theory in Central KY. We’ll see if the line forming below Owensboro will hold together as it approaches Woodford County and Lex or brerak apart as it ahears around the dome.
By the way am I the only one getting a message that says this site has stepped out for a minute. DOes CHris need a bigger server?
or break apart as it shears around the dome.
I should follow my own advice and use the spell check button.
I. Do. Not. Want. To. See. Grass. Anymore. Today.
The snow is still falling here in Ashland, but it’s still not covering everything. :/
i have had problems with it, it won’t load or sometimes it won’t take a comment. maybe you are right, so much traffic on here!!
As expected( see above) snow has slowly intensified the last hour or so with accumulation getting underway. Temp has dropped back to 32. Expect snow to continue thru at least 7pm with 1-2 inches.
Its been snowing here VERY LIGHTLY in Berea for a while. No sort of accumulation whatsoever. Not sticking to roads,cars, or grass. Cant believe they called of school in anticipation of…….nothing, thus far. Happy snowing everyone! Maybe tonight will bring a small surprise?
We are getting light to moderate snow in Shelbyville. I measured about 1.5″ to 2″, but it is hard to be accurate with blowing snow. It also looks like some of the snow melted when the temperature was around 32.
yea been slow last couple days at times MIKEM, Chris has a pretty nice server though.
but this place keeps gitting bigger and bigger.
It has in North Mercer as well. I would imagine the roads will slicken up after dark.
Heading home to Lawrenceubrg then over to Lexington for the game…GO CATS!
Here in Berea we still don’t have what you would call any snow. I hate that the kids missed school today for nothing. I just hope we do get some snow later today, at least that way they will be happy.
WWA advisory for NorthCentral KY extended through 9 am tomorrow with continued banding likely. Getting snow and sleet in NE Jefferson County
my wife loves your site Chris – keep up the good work, bring on the SNOW, shout out to my honey. Love you Jones!
I am also having problems getting onto the site at times, and many times when I try to post a response, the site freezes.
Light snow starting to come down in Coeburn VA as of 1520. No accumulation as of yet.
I completely agree Bubba, everyone is making this out to be such a bad winter, but we have seen nothing but a half dozen 2 inch snow events in Georgetown, enough to screw up the roads for a few hours, cancel school, and move on. I have been here 7 years and have NEVER seen more than 4-5 inches here, yet Cincy, Louisville, northern Alabama, and eastern KY have all had multiple snows of over a foot. At this point, either give us some real snow, or hurry up spring.
Must be nice. I can barely squeeze 2 inches out near Iroquois Park.
right now the 12z runs have a light snowfall sunday. but this changes from run to run. Bigger system is next tuesday if it cuts west of the mountains we get a mix east of the mountains we get a good snow.
We now have small grainy snow falling. It is really amixture of snow and sleet, but it is seriously falling here. Anything wet is not getting white.
Just checking in with our totals…a good three to four inches. Hard to tell with it blowing around. Still coming down at a pretty good clip, hasnt really stopped since i have been awake. But like i said a good 3-4 inches on the ground.
check out my website people, just click my name.. haha it contains pics of snow in frankfort.. also a moderate forecast. I’ve had it for a year..but im finally doing something with it.
Snowing a little bit here in Bourbon County….
Here was my commute to work today. Dunno what it will be like tonight and into tomorrow morning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZtKBxRxBtg
Just the snow and covering of the trees … also how the roads were this morning.
Thank You.
I love this little town. When the new road is finished you will bypass us.
Boy was I surprised to wake up and see it snowing as it was this morning. When I went to sleep after the game was over, it looked like the snow may miss everyone. Glad it didn’t.
I know everyone is turning towards the future pattern and I will offer this thought. Piers Corbyn, the astrophysicist/meteorologist says blocking will persist the rest of the winter and the mild periods will be short. He bases his forecasts on solar/lunar activity.
E-town/Hardin County here. It’s still snowing but it’s a fine snow. The wind has picked up this afternoon so at times it’s been blowing snow.
Notice the nice snowdome over the Pulaski county area. Gotta love it. Lol. Even though we are getting a few snow flurries. 31*
It is coming down ice in parts of Williamsburg..
Nice site and photos. Thanks for sharing.
right at 4” here in nky now still coming down at a moderate rate
It is snowing at a pretty good clip in Shelbyville. All the roads are fine though, but they could re-freeze tonight.
BIG quarter-sized snowflakes falling in Raceland-Worthington KY area quickly covering what the wet stuff melted earlier.
Hmmmm. Hard to tell but looking on one of the northern KY cams listed in the blog it doesn’t look to be snowing there. It’s barely snowing in Lex right now.
I did read where they extended the WWA until 9 am tomorrow for another couple of inches of snow. Unfortunately I also noticed that early next week they changed the forecast from snow to mid 30’s and rain….. 🙁 🙁
In Liberty, KY, we have only had a light dusting with flurries and scattered snow showers all day. Little to no accumulation here.
Been snowing medium off an on all day in south Lexington, but just 14 miles down the road to north Richmond, not much at all- mainly flurries and light snow. The cut-off is FAR more pronounced than any of the mets advertised.
A wind driven snow in Frankfort. about 2 to 3 inches today. 1to2 more tonight!
3-5 for this storm, no complaints here!
From the NWS forecast discussion, pay particular note to the band they expect to set up in S. Indiana and N Central KY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TOMORROW
MORNING DUE TO MORE SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT
AS WELL AS BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW AND RE-FREEZING OF ROADWAYS. AT
20Z…RADAR IMAGERY INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT SNOW OVER MUCH
OF THE AREA WITH SOME EMBEDDED MODERATE POCKETS OF SNOW. EXPECT THIS
TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS OVERNIGHT. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IS A
SNOW SQUALL THAT THE 18Z NAM AND 12Z LOCAL WRF SET UP BETWEEN 0Z AND
3Z OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KY. WITH A SMALL BUT
STRONG CONVERGENCE ZONE FORECAST IN THIS AREA AND A VORT ALONG THE
BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH…THIS STRONG VERY NARROW BAND IS WITHIN THE
REALM OF POSSIBILITIES. IF IT DOES DEVELOP…IT LOOKS TO DUMP AN
ADDITIONAL 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW MAYBE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER A
NARROW STRIP. EVEN IF IT DOESN/T DEVELOP…SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
AND NORTH CENTRAL KY SHOULD STILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES OF
SNOW OVERNIGHT. AS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KY…ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
LESS THAN 1 INCH OVERNIGHT…BUT FELT THE NEED TO EXTEND THE
ADVISORY BASED ON IMPACT. TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE UPPER
TEENS AND LOW 20S TONIGHT CAUSING RE-FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS.
RE-FREEZING OF ROADWAYS COMBINED WITH A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW COULD
MAKE FOR SOME SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS.
Heck, if this forecast were correct, the forecast by the mets was a bust for a lot of areas except north and some east areas.
side roads are starting to get snowcovered and slick in knox co. again..
snow/windy conditions right now..
I would love to see 2-3 more inches! It is still coming down pretty heavily in Shelbyville. The roads are starting to get covered in snow again.
Bubba, i am on Old Richmond Rd and have a solid 2 inches. while my folks in town have 3. and you guys in Richmond have almost nothing. i wonder if the river has anything to do with that. when we got the ice in 2001 there was that drastic cut off there as well. you could literally drive up the road and see the increase from one side of the river that had practically none to this side of the river that gradually increased as you went up the hill toward Lexington.
I has been snowing most of the day here in Clay County. We have had abut an additional inch maybe a little more. The kids and I went sledding earlier and it was coming down pretty good. Thanks Chris for the updates. Can’t wait till the next to see if there is any changes for tonight. I hope we get another 1-2 inches tonight. It has been an exciting week here on the blog. Just love this time of year.
Severe cut-off regardless of why. Yep, the ice nailed Lexington but missed Richmond and others south of the river. This is different since for that event, we got rain, just not freezing on ground. We should be getting snow and no cut-off, but rain, since something should fall.
This is a case where the cut-off has been brutal for snow lovers. If the wrap around is an inch or less- call this a bust for a lot folks.
NWS seems more wrong than right for snow, so never know.
This could be another system to add to our legend of snow infamy. Need some serious wrap around action to kick in
I like you and I agree with that general forecast, but Corbyn is, at best, a hack. At worst he is purposefully spreading disinformation for his own benefit.
Snow coming down pretty good now in Floyd County. Roads starting to cover.
25 was covering over couple hrs ago but salt trucks got after it
Looks like you’re getting a nice batch moving through there right now! We have 3.75″ as of 5:30. Im thinking we shouldn’t have any problem picking up another 1″+ to get to that 5″+ mark i said we should get!
Pouring snow in Corbin. Everything white again. Let ‘er rip.
Wow I heard the winds howling and I looked out almost white conditions here in Pikeville when the winds blow in an instant.
OH NO!!!! that dry slot keeps getting bigger! it looks like it is falling apart!
I take you feel climate change is a real and pressing issue.
Wow back to light snow but I never have seen anything kick up that fast I guess that is what Chris means if you get under those bands of snow wow.When the wind blows watch out.
It is pouring here in Morgan co we got about 2 inches in a hour or so big flakes it is beauiful……
I am in Richmond as well and would agree, a very severe cutoff – almost nothing today in Richmond, just an inch maybe and some blowing. Perhaps more later, who knows…
What is the disinformation? That the sun and moon play no part in forecasting? We already know the moon controls the tides. We already know sunspot activity affects the weather around the world. Why is it so far fetched to say the gravitational effects of the moon on solar particles affect the weather on the planet? Why did the earth cool rapidly during the last deep minimum of the sun in the 1700’s? I don’t see what is hackish unless you believe that CO2 production is the prime driver of the world’s weather while he doesn’t. Why is it wrong to check previous phases of the sun and moon to see what weather might be likely if we see the came combo again? Sorry, I just don’t see what is hackish disinformation. It’s just a tool to forecast as are the models that consistently get things wrong outside of three days.
I know him less for his weather forecasting than for his rather absurd stance on climate change. He may provide accurate weather information, but generally his science is about as intelligent as the doctors that used to bleed patients.
Looks like we may end up with 6-7 inches by the time Wed afternoon/evening gets here.
So believing that climate change is not a cut and dried issue is hackish disinformation? Do some research on the PDO and the fact it runs in 30 year cycles. You will find most of the data which shows the world is “warming” began to be collected in the late 1970’s when the PDO flipped to its warm phase. The warm phase corresponds to an increase in global temperatures.
Now, the PDO has begun its negative or cold phase. It began about three years ago and should run until 2035 or so. By then, you will see all of the data will show a decrease in global temperatures.
The Pacific Ocean is the big driver of temperatures on this planet. When in the warm pahse, average temperatures will rise. When in the cold phase, average temepratures will cool.
I just now made it home from Lexington to berea. Roads in Berea are terrible. I live in town and could barely make it home. Hope they call off school soon.
Like I said, I like you, but come on. Let’s talk about weather and have fun, but let’s not really assume that, in one of the hottest years on record, we are not experiencing abnormal weather. Especially when you think that the hottest years on record have all come in the past 15 years.
Let us agree to disagree. And as much as I will acknowledge that his winter forecast has been accurate, please acknowledge that Chris’s has been as well. And he doesn’t use the metrics.