Good Thursday afternoon. This is a wild, wild pattern that’s just getting started. From the heavy rain and wind threat this weekend to the return of arctic cold and winter… we have a ton going on. Your friendly weatherdude is going to be a busy boy in the coming weeks.
A few things are becoming a bit more clear on the weekend setup…
– Flooding rain still looks to be the biggest threat. Much of central and western Kentucky could be looking at 2″-5″ of water from Friday through early Sunday. Here’s the threat map…
– High winds will also be of concern. Wind gusts of 40mp+ will be possible.
– The severe storms threat is still there, but I am not as high on the potential as earlier. That could still change.
– The temperature gradient will be amazing across the Ohio Valley. Sunday will start in the mid to upper 60s and end with readings falling toward the freezing mark.
– Snow showers and flurries look to be around for Monday into Christmas Eve Day. It looks windy and it looks cold!
– A system working in by Thursday has the look of snow maker.
– There’s another system behind that tries to produce a more significant system on the last weekend of the year.
– The cold continues to be king and it’s going to bust my winter forecast. The winter is now likely to turn out colder and snowier than my forecast from back in mid November. Such is weather life.
I will update things later today. Take care.
If I can’t have snow I’ll at least take CLOUDY! Sunshine and Christmas, just don’t mix well for me lol 😉
I agree.
Cold and snow sounds nice for a change. Just please…..no cold and persistent rain!
Great update, thanks Chris! I think the media in Northern KY / Cincinnati has done a great job in alerting the public to the risk of flooding this weekend. They have not created a sense of panic, but it is clear that people need to be very alert.
There have been many times where we get these flooding systems only to have temperatures crash afterwards. All of that floodwater freezes and makes it a pain for people to recover / cleanup around their properties after. I hope that isn’t the case this time for those affected.
I hope it busts that way LoL and not the other way.
I love the confidence Chris.
No problem Chris, if your winter forecast bust on the more snow side, we will all forgive you, your the best in my book on winter weather forecasting, thanks for the updates!
Forecast busting colder?!
Bah.
Forecast busing colder?! Not if HE has anything to say about it!
http://i.imgur.com/heQDfOk.jpg
Chris expects the SE ridge to be gone so that will allow the arctic air some have missed out on to come further south and east.
LoL on your graphic
If the ridge breaks down and all the systems are suppressed to our south I will have a come apart. Wouldn’t that be nice watching Chattanooga and Atlanta get snow while we sit in a cold dry ice box? For the love could all the stars align just one time?
Hard to get snow when the temps are 40 to 50 degrees ……….
Stand and support Phil Robertson, we are losing our Freedom of Speech ………….
http://istandwithphil.com/
what government official is preventing him from speaking people need to learn how to read the Constitution it’s a business decision. by the way The Dixie Chicks what happened to their. freedom to speak out
better question — what happened to the Dixie chicks — they folded like a dead deer
the free market spoke.
in all actuality I think the guy was looking for an excuse to leave the show.
Yeah, this is not a freedom of speech issue nor is this forum the place to discuss the issue in the first place
it wasn’t meant for that – it was simply an offer to visit a completely different website if you supported him … nobody forcing it, it is a choice …. windbag just chose to make it a discussion here.
Me thinks YOU brought it up. NO thanks!
They all got fat….and uglier.
The Dixie Chunks, that is.
You nuts are losing nothing. Who cares what a La. redneck says anyway?
You, apparently.
Freedom of Speech issue? I think not. It was purely a business decision by A&E because the vast majority of Americans don’t want to hear hate speech on a show based purely on entertainment. Those who do want to hear hate speech can tune in to TBN or The 700 Club with Pat Robertson which is equally amusing. Leave this garbage of this site and instead post it on your Facebook or Twitter page where someone “might” care. Now back to the weather.
Well said 🙂
Lets leave that other stuff on Facebook!
The best place to turn for HATE speech is MSNBC.
see above
Well–I don’t feel so bad on missing out in this Pre-Christmas snow. My wife’s family grew up in Western New York–a flood watch for heavy rain in Late December is almost unheard of–yet they are going to have rain the same way we are–with a high up into the 50’s.
In fact, that might be the craziest national map I’ve seen leading up to Christmas. Flood watches now up from Oklahoma to New York including most of Indiana and Ohio. Guess most will not see a White Christmas.
What??? No floods in SE KY is a rather odd winter forecast as of late. A snow after Christmas Day would be fine….everyone can get home from Granny’s and relax with a good snow. Thanks Chris.
looking better for Christmas snow! and look out January….
is Bryant that WX guy from last year?
thanks Chris.