Good Sunday to one and all. Here is hoping each of you had a wonderful Christmas and got everything you asked Santa for. Our White Christmas worked out like a charm for most of the region. The heaviest snows were a smidge farther south than I thought… but overall I was pleased with the forecast. Now we get in on the snow showers and squalls today into early Monday as a blizzard rages along the east coast.
A strong upper level low will be over our heads today and will combine with a nice cyclonic flow to produce widespread snow showers and squalls. The greatest emphasis will be across eastern and southeastern Kentucky where the mountains will act to squeeze out every flake of snow possible. Additional accumulations today and tonight will range from up to an inch across central and northern Ky to as much as 6″ across southeastern parts of the state. The GFS snowfall map actually looks pretty good to me…
Given this type of setup can produce heavier bursts of snow within the overall snow shower pattern… you can get a pretty good range in accumulations from one town to the next. Track today’s increase in snow here on regional radar…
I mentioned a blizzard heading up the east coast and wow is all I can say with this storm. Check out some of the snowfall forecast totals across the northeastern part of the country…
Some areas will get up to two feet of wind whipped snow. This will shut down cities like New York and Boston among others leading to a mess for airports across the country.
I have some cams from New York City that will show you just how powerful this storm is…
Back in the bluegrass state… Where does the weather pattern go from here?
– Monday will see snow showers and flurries winding down with highs in the 20s.
– The pattern for the end of next week is actually going to warm up… but only for a few days before the cold comes right back in.
– Before the milder temps shoot in here… watch the period from Wednesday night into Thursday morning as it can produce some light snow or light freezing rain ahead of this mild air push.
– Showers would then take over for Thursday with a few lingering into the last day of the year. Highs for New Year’s Eve day will head into the 50s.
– A powerful storm will take shape across the plains states and move into the upper midwest into New Year’s Day. This may produce a blizzard on its backside with widespread showers and some thunderstorms ahead of it. This will especially be the case along a cold front that will slam through here late on day one of 2011. The European Model has a good look at this…
Wow… talk about your clash of air masses! Thunder and gusty winds will be a good bet around here as the front blows through. Behind the front… temps will tank once again as we head back into a much colder than normal pattern.
This looks to be a case of the pattern we have been in reloading after a two or three day break. As a matter of fact… the map above looks similar to the Thanksgiving front that started the change into this historical December cold and snow pattern.
The GFS Ensembles are showing a cold pattern trying to lock back in for the first week of January…
I will have updates as needed today so check back. Have a great Sunday and take care.
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Thanks Chris for all your hard work!You are much appreciated.
Still getting some snow in Knox Co.
Seems the favorite spot this fall/winter has been eastern/SE ky and Wva has gotten a ton of snow as well. Is this thanks to the mtns?? Or just lucky placement for the 2o1o winter??
Mtns for sure. We have had alot of upslope snow.
4″ in handshoe Ky @ 8am.
It’s beautiful outside!!! Thanks Chris for working hard right through the holidays. You’re the best!
yeah, dont ya LOVE IT!! I mean whats 4-6″ of snow in SOUTHERN KY! For CHRISTMAS amongst friends…wow..:)
Hope everyone is having a GREAT CHRISTMAS WEEKEND!
Snow showers here at the farm.
Having a very nice snow shower here in Richmond.
5 inches here in Leslie County! Upslope snows kicking into full gear! Gotta love the mountains, wouldn’t live any other place! I’ve measured close to 30 inches of snow this December!
NWS..saying for my knox co.. 1-2″ today, 1-2″ tonight with a total of 2-5″ additional snow just for today and tonight!!..IF that higher amount holds true!! knox co…could easily see 6-10″ of snow on the ground…:) ๐
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SNOW FLURRIES IN LAKE CITY FLORIDA THIS MORNING…
right at 6″ of snow here on my mnt. top in knox co…snow is still coming down..:)
NWS is saying another 2-5″ for my area through tomorrow morning…:) ๐ ๐
and light snow and snow flurries are being reported as far south as Lake City FLorida this morning…WOW…
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I have family in Virginia Beach Va. they have 6″ of heavy wet snow there this morning…
Drove from Morehead to Salyersville this morning. 519 lightly snow-covered, be careful through Clearfield. 460 from West Liberty to Mt. Parkway wet, occasional skip of snow. Mt. Parkway wet but clear, State Highway doing a great job keeping it clear. Snowing steadily here in Salyersville, probably 4-5 inches on the ground.
Thanks for the update, CB. It’s snowing steadily here in East Point, Johnson Cty.
Looks like maybe 4 inches of new snow.
Roads are not clear here as of yet, but the back roads are always last.
It is just beautiful.
Any road reports around Lexington? Gotta get to the mall from Todds Road!
yep my uncle stuck in ky, he trying to get a flight out today, he schedhulte back in new york tomm. if he dont get out today he gets a lonnnger stay with that blizzard. folks the pattern with this low was howq we got the OLD SCHOOL from south as they moved up the east. it just aint going happen anymore.
got 3.7 inches here and unless u leave in theborder counties and perry county on east u aint going see no more snow, yea u geta few showers but not 6 inches.
Thanks Chris for all you do for us! woke up earlier this morning and looked outside, and we have about 3-4 new inches of new snow fall!! Really looks nice, what’s even better is that it is still snowing:)
Richmond has now breached 10″ for total snow in December. Most since 1987. One thing though is in spite of the action, I can not help but notice the trend that KY has become a segway/pivot point for the big snow systems. Some in the north and east get part of the action, but most of KY gets the earlier stages of the big snow systems.
Does my back complain not shoveling big snow off the driveway? No, but would be nice for the kids to see at least one, besides our major storied events for winter being ice.
Hope December was NOT our big snow period for winter. Could be like if you go fishing and you catch a few small fish within minutes of throwing the line in, and nothing else for the rest of the day. Anybody do that before? ๐
Glad to see so many ended up with nice snow totals, but this storm was pretty much a bust in Louisville. An inch was pretty common in the area, but it did come on Christmas.
I’m glad Chris is seeing some colder signs in the first week of January, but I am concerned about the month. La nina generally brings mild weather in January so I hope high lattitude blocking reforms soon or we could be milder than hoped.
we prob got close to 2 overnite HWY 25 is clear and so is 11 south for the most part off of that the roads are covered
Parts of Knox did get 6 inches of snow
NYC live action camera
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Snow is starting to fall in NYC.
Light to Moderate snow continuing to fall here in south Laurel county. 4.25″ of snow as of now. Shooting for 6″ by the end of the day!
i talkingbout CB map for new snow andy, unles ur in darrrr mountaineast ky u aint seeing nomore tha a inxh maybe. snow beenmquitheresince 8olclolo
There’s a state of emergency in Eastern Pennsylvania and they’re expecting as many as 20 inches of snow. They get all the fun!!!
Still snowing in Pikeville.I have about 5 inches.You can look up to the Mountains and it looks so much more.
Who said we are going to have a blizzard.
Hard to believe it will be in the 50’s later this week. Possibly severe weather next weekend then back to cold on the backend! How crazy will that be???
better yet let’s have one warm system with severe thunderstorms fri-sat and then a snowstorm next sunday. the 12z euro and cmc runs show this potential with the best chance for accumulating snow over western Ky but that will change several times.
That would be the best 3 days of my life!!!!
nobody
personally I believe NWS should have WSW out for the area where I live …there are parts of my yard that has over 7″ of snow in it and now its windy so were getting some drifting as well… its been off and on light to moderate snow all day long…
Road conditions here was so bad they broke out the HEAVY ARTILLARY..CATERPILLAR ROAD GRADER WITH CHAINS CAME BY EARLIER…WOW!!!
WOW!! and here is my updated forecast for tonight…
Tonight…Cloudy. Numerous snow showers in the evening…then scattered snow showers. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches. Storm total snow accumulation 2 to 5 inches. Lows 16 to 21. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent
a very impressive Christmas snowstorm for southern ky!!! to say the least…:)
It has snowed almost constantly all day here. Sometimes light and sometimes it really came down. It’s coming down almost sideways so there’s a brisk wind as well.
Had a wonderful White Christmas! ๎ Thanks for working through the holidays Chris, I appreciate it a lot!
We woke up to 3 inches on Christmas Day, then woke up to 5 1/2 today!๎ Still pouring down the snow! ๎ Oh, yeah baby!
Me and my Dad Love the snow, so we’re living it up, taking his rear-wheel drive truck out in the snow and seeing how much we can slide!๎can’t wait for more!!!!!!!!!!! ๎
ours mostly cleared by mother nature we did have a plow come up the road but after it had already melted lol
just look at NYC and u see what I want nothing less, this stuff we been gewtting is nothing but crap that id rather not have.
rolo…I swear I try to follow what your saying, but there are times when I have no idea what your wrote.
Too far out the 12z gfs is not picking up on the back end snowfall. I lived here in Louisville and we have been on the outside looking in this year. Total snowfall for the year so far close to 6″.
therefore I am not get excited until I see all the models come into agreement, I have been on a roller coaster ride emotionally this winter.
PJ u take kindergarden NYC NEW YOORK CITYYY MEANING I RATHER NOT HAAVE 506 INCHES IF WE ARE NEVER GOING GET A OLD SCHOOL 24 INCH PLUS STORM.
THERE UR SCHOOL LESSON TODAY.
Rolo is just saying he wants s big snow like NYC is getting not these little snow I understand you very well rolo
just had another heavy squall move through knox co.. dropped over 1″ in about 2 hrs. time..!!! anywhere between 6-8″ on the ground in my area …:)
@kentuckyweather 6 inches in Northern Middlesboro. 17 minutes ago ยท reply
I understood completely what you were meaning…what I should have said is that your grammar cracks me up.
Parts of southern Leslie County approaching 8 inches, near the Harlan Co. Line…Hyden up to 6 inches..and still snowing!
9 inches here.
Wouldn’t be surprised if we woke up with over a foot in the morning.
Have fun with all that snow in EKY while here in Louisville we wait for another snowstorm to pass north, south, east, or west of us.
Better enjoy what snow is out there folks, the Dec-Jan THAW is coming! Thur-Friday 50’s! Can you say MUSH!&SLUSH
Pouring the snow here in London radar looks good through most of the evening glad NWS extended the winter weather advisory til 7:00 am Monday we have about 5 inches on the ground here in the Bush area may get a couple more if it keeps sonowing
Ya but it ain’t groundhog day yet! Be an interesting end to next weekend. Will also be interesting to watch the models track this next big storm!
Just measured 8 inches of snow in Southern Pike County…and it is still snowing!
Pouring HUGE flakes here in Pikeville, getting some great accumulation.. not sure of the exact M, but its for sure above 7″
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These reports are making me weep. Where I live in Louisville, we had hardly a dusting. That has blown away- you can feed the cattle easy off my front lawn with all the grass exposed. I am happy for you folks who got some though!
When is the NEXT EVENT!!!!
BM forecast 1 to 4 for entire state, He was way off!!!
heavy snow been falling off and on for hrs. here in knox co..7-9″ on the ground!! totally amazing…and its still snow HUGE FLAKES…lovin every minute of it…
Our snow has never left…we’ve had snow on the ground since December 1st…with all these mini winter storms it just keeps piling up!!!
I dont know where the NWS is getting their snowfall measurements from Barbourville, must be someones grill top that’s been in use…because I hate to break it to them there is more than any 3-4″ on the ground in Barbourville…I only live 3 miles out of town and have a solid 7-8″…
I am with you Tim, I love on Hwy 904 which is right off of 92E and we measured 6 1/2 so I would say 7 to 8 inches have fallen here to. With the blowing around and stuff.
Live not love! We drove to Corbin around 3:30 and the roads where clear when we came back at 7:30 everything was covered again…snowed about 2 or 3 inches while we were gone.
Still coming down in Pikeville I will miss it.I guess we have 6 inches maybe more.I sent Chris some pics had to go out and play.Really large flakes coming down.I wish I was in NYC.
Thanks Chris for all you do.
I agree I am in Corbin and we have a good 7-8 inches now. The roads became completely covered about 4:30 or 5:00 pm again today and we now have heavy snow falling again. I would not be suprised to have almost a foot by morning… I live on the Knox County side close to Lynn Camp School. I hope it continues… and continues… makes me kinda sad that we are looking at 50 degrees by the end of the week with this wonderful snow.. I hate to see it melt…. Hope we are to get more next week…..
I live just north of Hazard. I haven’t been out to measure, but it looks like approx. 6 or 7 inches.
i live in manchester (clay co.)i have app. 6 inches on my back porch..it is such a beautiful sight to see. the snow sure made the holiday even more magical and beautiful. hope everyone had a safe and wonderful holiday. ๐
Looks like rain for the middle/end of the week. Wonder when the next shot of snow will arrive?
Sadness is living in moderation…
sunday.
How much of snow.
Mitch, you are joking, right?
Rolo I say we all hop can’t be plane lol heck a bus and head to nyc.
You are right still snowing too. We have to have at least 7 inches at this point.
Sorry Bill L. Everybody has a turn in Moderation. I guess it’s just your turn. LOL!
This is the good step u have taken. Thanks for writing this, its clear you have spent a good amount of time on your sites development.
I agree I am in Corbin and we have a good 7-8 inches now. The roads became completely covered about 4:30 or 5:00 pm again today and we now have heavy snow falling again. I would not be suprised to have almost a foot by morning… I live on the Knox County side close to Lynn Camp School. I hope it continues… and continues… makes me kinda sad that we are looking at 50 degrees by the end of the week with this wonderful snow.. I hate to see it melt…. Hope we are to get more next week…..