Good Thursday everyone. We are getting closer and closer to the start of 2011 and the weather is looking very soggy to begin the new year. Speaking of soggy… today will be just that with a lot of low clouds, showers and even some fog. The longer range continues to see our pattern reverting back toward a cold and potentially snowy one.

The short term will feature rain across the area today. Some of this will start out as a touch of frozen precipitation across parts of northern and eastern Kentucky as temps hover around 32 degrees for a few hours as the rain moves in. This may lead to some icy spots on roads before temps quickly warm to above freezing changing any light ice over to plain old rain. It is then the light rain will continue on and off through the day. Track the drops here…







Highs today will be warming into the 40s for most areas… but the day looks pretty nasty overall.

Current Temps


The final day of 2010 will see a powerful blizzard moving out of the rockies into the northern plains. Add this to the list of powerhouse storms that have formed since November across the country as the atmosphere continues to be in supercharged mode. This storm will pull up gusty winds and milder temps in there for Friday as highs soar well into the 50s with 60s out west. Temps will remain fairly mild for your New Year’s Eve plans. Take a look at what an extreme temp contrast is setting up across the country as we say hello to 2011…



That is a powerful front crossing the Mississippi River at that time and it should have an impressive line of rain and thunderstorms ahead of it. Parts of the Tennessee Valley into the deep south could be in for a nice severe weather outbreak to end the year. I fully expect some rumbles of thunder around here and I can’t rule out some strong storms across western parts of the state.

New Year’s Day will see temps crash from west to east. Areas ahead of the front will be in the low 50s with temps behind the boundary heading into the 30s. Widespread rain will with us with many areas picking up close to an inch of water out of this.

Much colder air moves into town by Sunday with highs in the 30s and a small chance for a few snow flurries. Early next week looks to see a colder, yet typical, brand of air take up shop around here. This is nothing to write home about… but it is the beginning of another period of cold and likely snowy weather that kicks in later next week or weekend and continues for much of January.

It is the period of January 6th through 10th that has the potential to see a storm roll out of the southwestern U.S. toward the mid atlantic states. What happens with this system? Who the heck knows… that’s a long time away. I am only saying the pattern should try to produce a storm during this time. The models are now hinting at this period as well…

Canadian Model


European Model Saturday, Jan. 8th


The middle and end of January can turn particularly harsh for much of the eastern half of the country as blocking kicks back into high gear. This may be a bit different from the December pattern as it looks to be much more favorable for some severe arctic shots of air moving southward into the country.

I will have updates as needed so check back. Have a great Thursday and take care.