Good Wednesday afternoon gang. I wanted to check in with an update on the increasing rains of today and the increasing prospects for snow showers later this week.
Rain will continue to increase today into tonight across much of the state with the heaviest rains across the south and east. As we said last night… there will be a sharp cutoff to the rains across the north and west. Track the rains here…
Radars
Looking ahead to the end of the week we find the forecast models coming back around to a much bigger and farther westward tracking storm in the east. The GFS has waved the white flag and now looks pretty good in terms of the strength and track of the storm…
I wonder if the models are done with the westward trend? Hmmm
What does that setup mean for us?
– We know about the rains today into early thursday.
– Wrap around rain and snow showers will develop Thursday night and Friday morning as northwesterly winds crank up.
– As colder air filters in Friday… the mix will change to snow showers and flurries by evening and these will continue into Saturday.
– Windy and cold weather will be noted Friday and Saturday with highs upper 30s and low 40s and wind chill indicies in the 20s at times. Nighttime lows into Saturday and Sunday mornings will tank into the 20-25 degree range.
– Can we get snow on the ground? I still think a coating is possible Friday night for areas that get in on the heaviest snow showers. Both the NAM and GFS snowfall maps are coming around to my line of thinking…
Ski country in the West Virginia mountains looks to do quite well with several inches likely.
Overall… this is the early season taste of winter the blog has been yapping about for several weeks now. Have a great rest of your Wednesday and take care.
=) -ing about the end of the week
Have to admit, pretty excited about seeing the first estimated snowfall map 🙂
All this talk of snow and just two or three comments??? Hope to see a few of these flakes here in Somerset!!
If Lexington can’t get much in rainfall, why would we be able to get snow?
Rest assured, this snow talk will apply to E KY (as usual). They get the most rain, and they get the most snow. Remember, the dome lives over C KY.
good sign we are getting colder and flakes earky this year Bailey, keep a grinding ole buddy.
oh bet AL KHALI and R HEAT LIGHTING in breeders cup races this weekend. oh and WARRIORS REWEARD IN SPRINT.
We’re in that infamous 3-5 day window where the GFS goes astray. I’d trust it’s runs from 2 days ago more than I would it’s runs from tonight. If we see flurries of snow in the LEX area, we’ll be lucky.
A roof top duster would be awesome so early in the year. Shoot, we just got done with Halloween!!
THANK YOU! I was thinking the exact same thing for a while now.
It’s been raining almost all day in Lex – a steady and (eventually) soaking rain. Hurrah!
Hey Chris, you keep hinting about something happening around Thanksgiving. Should we expect a possible accumulation that week?
here in covington not a drop of rain all day 🙁
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