Good Tuesday to one and all. This is shaping up to be another wild and wicked weather day across the state and is similar to what we went through Thanksgiving day and night. Heavy rain…. some thunderstorms… gusty winds… a big temp swing… then a taste of winter weather. Sound familiar? That is basically the weather today into tonight in a nutshell and is close to a carbon copy to last week.

Let me break it all down for you in a little greater detail…

– Heavy rains and thunderstorms will be with us today into this evening… especially central and eastern Kentucky as the rains will taper off in the west by early afternoon.

– Rain totals will be on the order of 1″-2″ with local amounts to 3″ possible. This could lead to some local high water issues with the southeastern part of the state having the highest threat.

– Winds today will be cranking with gusts to 40mph possible for some.

– We will see another big temp swing from west to east today. Readings in the west will fall into the 30s by later this afternoon while the east sees readings around 60 or so.

– The cold air will sweep in from the west from this afternoon into tonight. By morning… temps will fall into the 20s across the entire region.

– The race is on between the cold air and the back edge of the rain shield. I suspect it will catch it in a few places meaning a quick switch to light snow can occur… especially east.

– Snow showers and flurries will be around for Wednesday for central and eastern Kentucky. Highs will range from the freezing mark in the east to mid 30s west.

Here is what you need to track today’s wild weather…







Today’s Rainfall


Current Winds


Current Temps



US: Current Temperatures

As far as the rest of the weather goes… we have a lot of potential for cold and snow through next week. I still like a weak system to move through here later Thursday into early Friday. This doesn’t have much moisture… but should produce some light snow and flurries.

The weekend system and the storm next week continue to be on the radar with the models all trying to get a handle on everything thats going on. The GFS is coming around to the Canadian and European models for the Saturday and Sunday period. The trend for the weekend is still for a mix and rain early to snow. That said… there is a colder trend to the latest model runs as they take the low farther south across the Tennessee Valley. Timing differences are showing up and that is to be expected with this type of setup. This one needs to be watched as it can lay down some snow for much of this area.

Next week will see the threat of a big storm across the eastern half of the country.

I will have an update coming later today to touch more on the wintry aspect of all these systems so be sure to check back. Until then… have fun tracking the wind and rain and take care.