Good Saturday, folks. We have a nasty storm system rolling across the state today. This will deliver several inches of snow to go along with high winds. Put those two together and you have the recipe for dangerous travel conditions in many areas.
Here’s a breakdown of how the day goes…
– Moderate to heavy snow will fall early today and will cause significant travel issues.
– High winds may hit 40-45mph at times and this will blow the snow around and create whiteout conditions at times.
– The steady band of snow leaves us by late morning with snow showers and squalls kicking in. The arctic front arrives in the afternoon with a squall line of snow.
– Temps today will spike toward the upper 20s ahead of the front then crash behind it. Single digits will show up this evening and we may drop to zero or below by Sunday morning.
I will be on WKYT-TV starting at 6 this morning to help track the snow and wind. That means pretty much no sleep for your friendly weatherdude, but that’s how I roll for you guys. 🙂
Here are some tracking tools…
Current temperatures
Winds
I-75 @ Winchester Road Lexington
I-75 @ Iron Works Pike Lexington
I-75 @ Clays Ferry Bridge South Between Lexington and Richmond 
US 60 @ US 127 Frankfort
US 127 @ Frankfort Frankfort
I-75 at MP 36 London
I-71/I-75 at Buttermilk Pike Near Covington
I-64 @ 3rd St. Exit Louisville
Downtown Louisville @ 2nd & Broadway Louisville
Take care.
What would we do without our Chris Bailey….
Not very familiar with dew points and stuff, but could virga be an issue with this system.
I’m thinking yes.
We UK nurses are following this situation very closely. Worried about our coworkers coming in and leaving in the morning. Thanks for keeping us up to date!
Awww. Someone please pat my back.
Eeyore post!
Thank you CB for all you do. Andy,I hope you get a good snow this time my friend. You guys down your way deserves so snow love. Looks like it’s going to be rough going for a while. Be safe everyone.
Thanks but im not liking the look of things. I went to bed with the coldest temps at 9 now i have the warmest temps at 30 and the sun isnt even up yet. 🙁
Well Chris didn’t mention anything about totals in this post so I think maybe his confidence in his earlier call of 3-6″ seems to be shaky. We shall see.
He didn’t change it. His snowfall map on the 11 pm news was the same.
Winds are a howling now,temps have come up a few degrees radar looks impressive buckle up folks
Looking at the radar he has posted, looks like a dry circle around Louisville.
“When the next 3 weeks are over I have a feeling people are going to remember this winter for a long time.” — Beau Dodson Weather
Wow, he doesn’t put himself out there like that very much and for once, we are talking about the Purchase Area too (which REALLY doesn’t bode well for the central and eastern parts), where we haven’t seen over an inch all winter here in Calloway County. I saw two flakes earlier, but it looks like the threat has past me. Not mad at all though 🙂 as I hope it’s just more of the frigid temps and not the icy stuff this late in the game. I like snow in December and spring in March like two years ago.
That post was from an hour ago, in reference to a period starting 7 days out for the far western part of the state.
Context is important 😉
ty chris for doing this for us all the time and taking it from your busy day to keep us weather bugs updated!!! dont work to hard and try to stay warm
Looks like Bowling Green and cities SW of Louisville might be the winners this time.
Everyone east of 71/75 should be happy. Here in the Ville I have about 1.5 and it is coming to an end real soon. 2 hours of moderate snow from 430-630. Wish it would have lasted longer. Oh well!
2 hours later and STILL a dry circle over Louisville. What the heck! We should already have an inch or better but there’s a big dry spot over Louisville on the radar. How disappointing.
Maybe you have no snow from all the hot air you’re blowing out there! Stop complaining about it….where I’m from we have 8 inches and more on its way right now!
Anyway, CB thank for keeping me and my family informed and up to date with the weather!
Stop trying to tell people what to do.
Patience, you’ll get snow.
Nothing in Winchester yet but the radar says we should be getting pounded. Go figure.
Virga!
Virga in frankfort , so far. Low totals at best out of this one?
It is looking that way as of right now.
We have a very light snow now. It just started. Took a long time to start so not expecting much. We will see what we get.
Snowing Frankfort, light snow and lots of wind!
Is it snowing in Mount Sterling yet?
Total virago here in charleston right now
Love your forecasts! Miss you @@ your old place so I found you on the web. Faithful follower!
Not a flake in knott co yet
Is that a semi on the Buttermilk Pike webcam?
It does appear to be a semi. At least it doesn’t look severe, of course that doesn’t mean anything, though.
Cincy metro roads, including NKY are a mess. Many snow emergencies declared in NKY. Brutal here. Snow is plastered on the whole front of my house and porch. Stay home if you live in Cincy metro/NKY.
I-64 between Louisville & Shelbyville is a mess. There is a blob of snow and wind blown drifts. The lanes are no longer there. Also, I-265 (Gene Snyder) is even worse between I-64 & I-71.
A good 1.5″ so far in a very short time!
Just woke up–looks like 3 inches a good bet in Lawrenceburg before it is all said and done. On the 11:00 news, Chris downplayed the 6 inch totals–he said those would be isolated, most places 3 or 4 inches.
Heading out to plow and throw salt. Stay safe everyone. Hope you all are not to disappointed in I what you received or didn’t receive today.
Thanks CB for the updates.
Heading out to plow and throw salt. Stay safe everyone. Hope you all are not to disappointed in I what you received or didn’t receive today.
Thanks CB for the updates.
It already being 30 degrees and temps are suppose to spike? Sounds like rain but maybe we have already spiked as much as we are going to since it was 9 late lastnight.
I’m just glad it snowed. The past couple of winters were not for fans of snow and cold. What a winter!
Howling wind and snow in Lexington………It’s funny, because if you look at the national radar, the most intense radar returns look to be in KY……..But I thought the heaviest of snow from this system was supposed to be more north in Indiana and Ohio…….but the radar returns look more broken up up there than here………
So is it really going to be 38 tomorrow in Lexington??
It was 9 last night late and it rose to 30 overnight so yes its possible
I have a hard time seeing 38 tomorrow. When this is done we’ll have 4-5 inches on the ground in the Lexington metro? I haven’t seen wind blown snow like this in awhile.
I got up early to watch your coverage of the storm. Wow! That does remind me of a blizzard. I used to live n.e. of Detroit a long time ago, and our Michigan blizzards looked a whole lot like what you’re showing in Lexington. Be safe people and thank you for the weather coverage.
Chris just wanted to say thanks for this blog. You do a great job keeping this weather hound informed.
It is difficult to measure. I brought out my handy white resin round table and placed it in the middle of timbucktu (yes, away from rooftops and other elevated areas where snow can blow off of and pile up on the surface) and stabbed it several times in different locations with a 6″ stainless ruler. 1.2″ – 1.4″ was the most common. Therefore, I’m saying 1.3″. I’m still expecting a little more but will be hard pressed to make it to 2″.
Am getting blown snow on pavement from my rooftop. Stabbed the concrete a few times in a few places and got an 1″ to as much as 2.7″ not counting the drifts against my fence and garage.
Interesting if you average that out, it’s still about 1.3″ or so.
Actually, 1.8″ or so…Sorry, lack of sleep
snowing and blowing in Lextown.
very impressive blizzard like conditions. it’s hard to tell the SNOW from the stuff blowing around. glad I’m not working today. looks to be plenty left on the radar, but fast moving.
be safe everyone.
Brief lull here in Valley Station
1.5″ now. An impressive band approaching my location that extends west to Jasper IN. Could possibly dump up to an additional inch if it holds together.
Mike S just drove through the Valley Station area your sitting at 3 inches of new snow easily.
I tried. But, at my house, best I could get was 2.0″ on the pavement in several locations including my snow board. However, I did not trust the snow blowing around near the board so I set up a different nearby location with a larger surface area so I could get several samples. Unfortunately, I think the wind blew some of my amounts off of my white resin table, where I averaged my measurement at only 1.6″.
So, somewhere between 1.6 and 2.0 inches
Snow on snow … I love it! Blizzard conditions here in the ‘burbs of Millville –the sky is dark grey and everything else is white, white, white!! Chris and team are doing a great job on WKYT this morning keeping their viewers informed and safe. Andy and Coffeelady, your snow’s coming!!
I’ve tried to measure here in Lawrenceburg. I’d say 1-2 inches of new snow but that’s an absolute guess. Still coming down.
Same here in Richmond. The blowing last night had already started shifting the snow and now with this, it is hard to guess. Seems total on the ground is about 5″, but some spots halve half an inch and areas that get stopped by the wind on the wind side have drifts of more a lot more than 5″. Since we had several inches already, seems at least 5″ now.
Whatever the case, it is a steady blowing moderate snow right now.
My trusty ruler that I placed in the middle of my yard to measure the snow is showing 8.5 inches here in the heart of Madison Co… Of course, that’s only on one side of the ruler because of blowing snow… Amazing how hard the wind is blowing… I’m glad that I left my toupee in on the dresser…. 🙂
Where are you in Madison County? Is that a drift? We already had several inches on the ground and it looks like at least another inch or two has fallen. I say “at least” since with the wind, it is hard to guess. 8.5″ though would seem one of the bigger drifts.
I’m live in one of the older subdivisions near MCHS and yes it was a snow drift…. I’m guessing that we have around 2 inches of snow on the ground but it’s hard to tell… One thing is for sure, the wind is ripe!!!
That it is indeed! Looks like about 2″ from this so far in north Richmond as well.
Seen 1 snow flurry
That is wild considering the whole state but the far west tip appears in blue. What city?
It was Barbourville it was about 8:30 before I seen actual snow and I had to drive 15 miles north to see it. Wind was not as advertised here maybe 20MPH when I was out. Looks to be close to 2 inches of snow fell in the Knox Whitley areas
If you could get here, I’d say drive up here. I think we have about 2-3 inches now of new snow–maybe 5-6 inches on the ground. I’d gladly share at this point!
Getting there wouldn’t be a problem as long as Granny and Grandpa wasn’t in my way LoL thanks for thinking about me 🙂
Well good riddance to the fear of this being a virga storm (or verga) can’t remember the spelling. Spell check says both spellings are incorrect.
Anyway – it’s crazy in Lexington. It looks like those pictures you see in North Dakota of nothing but a wall of white……..
Looks like we should hit CB’s low map range of 3″ for the general central area, but again GOOD LUCK to anyone trying to peg an actual total. Pick a sample of about ten places and still be probably be off by 50% in either direction.
I wonder how they are measuring the “official” total. I noticed Lexington had 1.3 inches from midnight to 7:00 A.M.
Probably an intern pushed out of the back door 😉
No snow in Pine Knot. 🙁
Interesting to look at the WKYT radar and the one on the KYMesonet site. After a couple hours, only 1/4 to 1/2″ from protected areas in Berea compared to the stated ” 2 to 3 inches already received at the WKYT studio”.
It does look fantastic outside!
Poor Alex Hayes having to drive around outside all morning. Too adorable to be kept off camera.
4 total accidents in Fayette County, and zero road closures.The one with the salt truck happened before the road received significant snow, so it doesn’t count. Let’s hope the event continues to have more bark than bite from that perspective.
Looking out the window this morning I was reminded of a scene from the t.v. series, Klondike. Lots of snow bands and winds blowing snow around…all of this looks like the Yukon. Wow. Just hope we don’t lose power. Thanks Chris for all the good work you do to keep us informed.
No snow yet in eastern Pike County.
I think the dry air is playing havoc in Southeastern KY. Humidity is only 36% with a temperature at 23 and Dew Point at 0 here. Looked at some stations in London, Somerset, and places through there and they have near 100% humidity. Maybe it will moisten up here soon.
It’s finally hitting the ground here in the Belfry area now, should be a fun day to ride the ATVs in the mountains :).
Right around 2 new inches of snow in morehead already! But, we are not getting much wind at all. No blowing snow yet. But, I’m sure it will get here. I think morehead will crank out 4 good inches of snow when all is said and done.
Rolo must be sick. This set-up would have had Old school! ….. Bust! ….. Old school and Bust again rolocoaster action. All within 12 hours of posting.
Hope the Coaster is doing okay.
Looks like e. Carter Co. has 1/12 inches of new snow and it’s 22 degrees with winds 10-15. We should get several more inches before this moves out.
No snow in Middlesboro, is it going to be another bust for SEKY…lots of verga!
It is now SNOW ing in Pine Knot . Heavy 🙂
Man, what a busted forecast! Nothing but a blizzard here in Lincoln County. 😉
after snow moves through, CB still expects snow showers and a squall line(per my twitter account) after the main stuff goes through. Looks like LEX has two hours left of the main snow
Might be half that, since moving pretty quick. Seems the system in general moved faster and later than expected which impacted the totals. The good news for some snow fans is they got snow, but this appears in no stretch an over achiever or higher end snow map result. Some expected areas did not get much at all.
As far as the main stuff, I think it is gone now.
Letting my dog out was tricky this morning — there was a 6 inch snow drift against the back door! I can’t get an accurate measurement, either, with the blowing snow. We have several larger drifts against the south side of the house, too.
I doubt we get above freezing tomorrow but we will see.
Usually depends on snow and cloud cover. Ideal cold temperature impact would be snow pack, clear skies at night and cloudy skies in the day. Most forecasts go significantly above freezing tomorrow. Sunny skies and upper 30’s would zap most of the snow and reduce the cold impact for next week.
Also would get the kids back to school 🙂
very, very…. light snow beginning to fall in my part of Knott County
I’m not looking forward to the temps on Monday and Tuesday. I had -10 here yesterday morning. I’ve also had -9 and -7 this month. Usually when we see those kind of temps, they are from one outbreak. Monday and Tuesday will be the third system that produces below zero temps this winter. That is very rare! Last time I can find that happened was our coldest month ever–January of 1977
If we get upper 30’s and clear skies tomorrow to melt most snow, that could be a five degree difference in temps, so would be less cold. As we have already seen, the snow factor makes a big difference.
We do not have enough snow on the ground to survive the sun and upper 30’s. If that were to be the case, or even low 40s.
I’ll all for less cold. My heat pump doesn’t like -10 degree weather!
roads are bad especially less travelled.
easy new three inches in Lexington.
great little storm and ready for more!
nice forecasting Mr. Bailey.
Not a flake here in kona (letcher county). 9:15am. Dry air is winning
I don’t understand why SE Kentucky is so much more dry than everywhere else. Doesn’t appear to be moistening up very quickly either.
Good Morning Chris & fellow bloggers from Down Under….. 🙂
we have snow coming down hard and wind gusts….my question for the day….Am I finally going to get Snow Cream…this evening???
Have a warm day folks!! 🙂
Final heavy band pushing through Lawrenceburg. Visibility has dropped again–maybe another 1/2 inch out of this? Then time to shovel!
And the sun comes out and melts poor Frosty away. A big flaw of these clippers is that the sun comes out as soon as the last band of snow comes through. Roads will improve within hours.
I’m ok with the roads clearing off. Monday’s commute into Lexington should not be a problem! I figure if I shovel the driveway it might be clear by this afternoon?
Very light snow falling here in Carrie of knott co. Tiny flakes.
Snowing heavy in frankfort, looks like the last good band though, maybe 3 inches of new snow in my yard!
Same here in Lawrenceburg. Really hard to tell how much new snow has fallen. There are clear spots in my yard! And then spots that must have a foot or so.
I you look right now, you will see clear spot in the blue for north madison going along the river. Wild.
In my area of Louisville, the Lyndon area, we’ve had about three inches of snow. That comes on the heels of about four inches, maybe five, from this past Tuesday. In the last 25 years or so, this is only the second snow on snow event I can remember. The other occurred in February 2010.
Snowing hard in south Corbin…….Small flakes….All roads are covered….
Got a good 3 inches here in Harrison county IN. Still can’t see temps getting above freezing tomorrow
Well, I was wrong that the main stuff past. The heavy band just hit north Richmond. There are at least 3″ from this event and a LOT of the snow that already was on the ground has blown to other spots, We have one foot drifts in the driveway and other spots. A mix of previous snow from other places and new snow, since we cleared the driveway prior to this event.
We might have 4″ of new snow, but hard to peg down a total. +3 for sure.
Same here–that last band really did a number. Even if it gets to into the Upper 30’s tomorrow it will be for a brief period. It might help the roads, but I am confident we’ll have snow on the ground through the end of the month.
We have 4″ of leftover snow from Tuesday snow. 3″ of new snow from this morning.
Currently 7″ total on ground. Where it drifts, well over a foot to near foot and a half in spots. This is NE Louisville (Worthington Hills).
Is that the cold front showing up on the radar as snow showers moving northwest to southeast? If so, it looks to be just to the south of Indianapolis.
Can someone post a link to a site that will give snowfall totals for the Lexington/Nicholasville area?
Finally, here in Middlesboro, we have more than a dusting and still coming down at a decent amount. Around 1.5″ so far . That more than doubles our total for the year to nearly 3″. Still not impressive by any means but better than our normal 2-3 tenths an inch per storm we’ve been getting.
I live in SW Lexington and still had about 4″ of snow left over from the last storm and I would say another 5″-6″ of new stuff. By measuring several spits in my yard away from rooftops and such,I am averaging 9.5″ total on the ground now. Not bad at all. Thanks CB.
Yep, that’s about what I have here in northern Fayette Co. with near 2 foot drifts everywhere.
Heavy, beautiful snow here in London, last main band coming through. Hard to peg snow total, maybe2-3? When the winds pick up, it will no doubt create drifting and more covered roads. Any thoughts on possible afternoon snow showers that could drop a small additional accumulation?
The NAM hit this storm perfectly.
It did well
Seems it did well for some areas and not for others. The temperatures today are what is surprising. Unexpected for today.
Temps worked good for me as expected
3.25″ in etown….dry fluffy snow-only one lane clear on main roads.
Temp up to 29 in frankfort, with some sun trying to show it’s self, that should help the roads!
just drove down to UK & back.
Richmond Rd pretty clear- Chinoe packed snow and slick some clearing-Cooper snowy and slick- intersection Cooper & Tates Creek slick as can be- Careful!
Some great drifts- think we’ve got about 4 1/2 new SNOW.
Just beautiful out and about.
Chris, you knocked this in the head- great job!
When is the front coming thru?
Still snowing in Pikeville a fine powdery snow.Andy Rose did you get snow?
Temps near 32 in frankfort looks like we may go above freezing today, where is that cold front??
I’m at 38 degrees with sunshine right now. The roads appear to be pretty good, just wet and have had very little wind today. It’s amazing how warm it feels outside. I’ve already had a lot of melting so tomorrow might really do a number on the snowpack but we appear to have enough on the ground to keep some with colder temps coming.
Still snowing in middlesboro but I see on the radar it’s about to come to an end ….. Is there more snow to come? Is the temperatures going to rise or drop
Since my last post of 1.5″ an hour ago, it has snowed an additional 2″ here in the “boro” for a total of 3.5″ so far. maybe we can pull out another half inch before it ends! How much do you have James?
This is has been a good snow for us, finally. I measured a even surface on the ground in Northern Laurel County a few minutes ago, almost five, but I am not sure what we got exactly this morning, we already had some snow on the ground.
It’s warming quickly in Louisville. It’s already 35 at SDF and 34 at Bowman Field. Unless that front swings in quickly, the sun peaking through the clouds and the breeze from the southwest is going to eat a lot of snow.
By the way, is the thermometer at SDF located behind the exhaust of a jet engine?
It’s accurate.
At 1:30, I have 36 degrees.
NWS in louisville now saying warm air advection is overachieving today and temps going much warmer upper 30s to near 40, good bye snow 🙂
The snow was dry and fluffy this morning but has started turning to that wet slush. The Sun is a lot brighter and higher in the sky than it was a month ago and just isn’t a friend of snow.
The snow has stopped here and I measured 2″ of new snow from this morning. Its about what I thought we’d get, so I’m pretty happy.
Still snowing in Harlan County. Hope Andy and Coffeelady saw some snow today as well!
Hoping this moderate/heavy snow shower can hold together until it reaches Louisville. Pretty nice little band, wouldn’t be surprised to see another half inch or so out of it. 🙂
I saw that too. The sun is melting the streets nicely.
Chris, is the snow over for today or will we see more later. What are the temps going to do today? I hope snow stays around awhile longer. Hoping for an update soon!!!
we have atleast 4 inches of snow today on top of the 4 inches left on the ground from the last snow!!! Winter wonderland here! love it !!!!!!!!!!!
Given how this week has been, today’s weather is downright nice. Topped 32 already here in NW Lex. The ice melted right off the driveway as the sun started coming through.
Temperatures seems to be warming up quickly. We’re in the middle 30s here, how warm are we going to get today?
NWS says 40, temps are busting to warm today, does not look good for our new snow to hang around long, even warmer tomorrow afternoon, whats next 50??
Been waiting all winter for some decent snow in Wayne County….got it this morning, but looks like with warm air & some sun it may all be gone by nightfall 🙁 I’m beginning to think a certain 6 letter word can’t come soon enough.
Maybe 1.5″ in Wayne County 🙁
Congrats to all of you who got decent snows the past ten days. This pattern stinks for western KY. We got the cold but clippers only give us dustings, if that. Soooo, I hope you won’t all be upset when the southern stream gets cranking and we get some measurable snow the next 2-3 weeks. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya! 🙂
We will be mad, because y’all will get a foot.. At one time
About 10″ so far for north Madison for winter, which is the same total as the previous two winters combined. Shame though we have yet to see a real big snow in many a year.
That said, a lot of KY spots still are in a snow drought beyond coating levels.
Hey Chris how about an update on these spiking temps??
Forecast high was 28 for frankfort today, already 34!
Good point. Getting warmer than expected which could mean ditto for tomorrow. If the sun were to come out, a lot less work for my driveway to clear 🙂
We already had our spike I hope it was 9 at bed time last night and 30 when I woke up at 6 am.
Sun been shinning in Frankfort for a couple hours, All roads are just wet with all the salt out their so impacts seem to be much less than expected earlier! Hoping some snow survives this warm surge today and tomorrow, or just a bunch of cold barren ground weather to come this week!
Well I guess snow doesn’t always act like a refrigerator………I was so sure in my mind that it wouldn’t be temps this high today or tomorrow.
Warm air convection at its best. Just goes to show how the models can be clueless. Gotta remember the snow we just got was instigated by a warm front and will be followed by a cold front today followed by a warm front tomorrow followed by a artic front tomorrow night. Lot of melting going on this will all refreeze tonight. Tonight lows are expected to go into the lower teens. Tomorrow it wouldn’t surprise me to have highs in the 30’s to some spots touching 50.
Sun out and warming up but radar shows more snow showers firing up and moving toward us here in NE Ky.
Is it seriously 49 in Fulton Co.?! Holy Cow. That would feel like 90 degrees after dealing with the cold we have lately..
Looks like the cold front is approaching the Ohio River… ? Should bring the temps back dow fairly rapidly?
Bout inch of snow no wind in knott co, temps warning fast
Check that, its up to 52 now in Fulton Co..
Yeah, my dusting is long gone with the temps above freezing now. 🙁
Well guys its 35 here and about 7 inches snow on the ground but it did jump 7 degrees in about a hour…
Congrats Marsha we got about 2 inches here we we doubled our snow in about 3 hrs today
Andy we got about 3 oftht this morning…
I’m sure this little warmup will bring the haters and soothsayers out of the woodwork.
Does seem to be an unexpected kink, along with the lower snow totals for a lot of areas. If we breach 40 tomorrow, it could mean we will see a ‘polarette’ vortex, or an arctic blast instead 😉
Sun is out now and above freezing. That seems significant to me.
Woke up to about 1.5/2″ of snow in Bardstown….sun is out now and went to get mail….it’s practically shorts & flip-flops wx out there right now! 🙂
Traveler’s Advisory for Louisville area for blowing snow.
Honestly, at least here in Valley Station, the snow has become quite wet due to the warming temps. Don’t expect such snow to blow around too much.
Mini blizzard going on right now in Shelbyville.
I got my Snow Cream….Thanks Chris!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🙂 🙂 ):
31 in London…hoping we don’t get too warm before the front. We finally get a decent snow and it warms up…geesh. Any news on tomorrow’s possible accumulations with cold front?
Got about 7 inches on ground here in greenup with more snow beginning to fall
Madison, Indiana, at 1:45, reported winds out of the northwest at 28 with gusts to 40. That was just after the line of snow showers moved through. I would guess that means Louisville is about to see our winds increase and come from the northwest. It’s 40 at SDF, but they measure their temperature next to the exhaust of a jet engine.
Winds still haven’t shifted in Louisville yet. Looks like it might get to 42 or 43 at SDF before the front makes it here. Shocking to see a 10 degree bust on highs in the midst of such a brutal cold wave.
Arctic front just arrived at my house in NKY winds shifting to the northwest and ROARING. We got up to 37 even all the way up here! I think CVG picked up 5.5″, but we already had about 6″ on the ground. LOL 😛
Still 29 degrees here in greenup with moderate snow falling
The radar out in the Dakotas is looking quite healthy.
This is the system coming through here tomorrow night.
Meanwhile, another burst of heavy snow just went through NE Louisville again. It has been crazy how this side of the city has gotten in on several more inches of snow this winter as compared to the south and west end.
Worthington Hills is up to 19.5″ for the season.
It is absolutely pouring snow here in greenup!!! Just measured..8.3 inches!
In a drift 😉
How do you know? You’re not there.
Haha it’s cool..bubba cracks me up..I take nothing personal..but bubba I picked the middle of my yard and went out and measured..trust me, I know how to use a ruler haha
How do you know I am not there? Corey knows I am having fun. They already had snow, so that sounds about right. North Richmond has eight-ish as well, but spread very unevenly. Most of the it appears in my driveway at the moment.
I know because I’m watching on RoloTV right now. 😉
Just had a heavy snow shower in frankfort, temp at 33, hoping the blow torch is over for today??
What is the deal with the temps? The map shows 40’s in western KY and it is about 30 (or above) here in Irvine. When are we supposed to get the coldest temps of the winter that Chris talked about?
Thanks, Chris, for all you do! Hope that you’re getting some much needed rest!!
It was supposed to stay below freezing today and hover near it tomorrow. Seems we have a revision to the expected pattern- at least for the weekend. If warmer today, why not tomorrow as well?
Temperatures over almost half of Kentucky at 40 or higher, including one spot out west at 51. Underperforming snow & vastly higher temperatures will mean bye, bye snow for most areas.
Looks like the NWS calls for temps in the 40s were spot on, the snow pack apparently played no part in keeping us below freezing.
Chris must have went for a long winters nap, not even a tweet about this ever changing weather???
He deserves it!
I agree! He was a busy (and accurate!) man this week.
Its 38 out and the sun is shining like crazy. I’m pretty sure this wasnt the forecast. Whats up with that? I didnt think we were supposed to get this until tomorrow.
Winds have now switched around in the northeastern portions of Louisville. Very strong gusts and some, not much, blowing snow.
Definite wind change. Very strong winds now. Although there’s no mesonet site in Jefferson County, the site in Shelbyville has dropped from 37 to 34.
Both SDF and LOU dropped a degree. WInds howling with blowing snow now.
Snow blowing around is quite something. Never seen anything like it. Despite the wind, still quite warm, for now.
Winds just started roaring in St Mathews. Insane. Roads look great, better than all week.
Probably 3 to 4 inches in my yard.Showing 28 degrees on my thermometer and very windy.Think I read it was suppose to be very cold tonight,around 10 degrees,then Sunday brings a warm up with even the low above freezing.Monday begins the cool down through Wednesday with highs in the teens on Tuesday.
I like the snow but happy to see it go away after a day or so.
Jkl nws still holding stedt with 39 degree temp tomorrow for clay co.
Still stedy with forcast temp of 39 I meant.
Sitting at 31 here in greenup..main roads are just wet and slushy but side roads are horrible!
33 in Lawrenceburg. Roads look ok—still snowing
Sun is shinning,not really to cold except for the wind.Kind of glad the temps are a little higher than forecast with so much wind.
all is good- the Cats win in fine fashion and a bunch of us got a really nice SNOW…a little melting, a tad bit of a warm up and then back into the freeze!
excited to see what the rest of Winter holds for us.
no complaints from here
you hear from the people that forecasted this storm correctly ..quickly…but once the warmer air moved in unexpectedly you hear nothing lol
Maybe because the warm air doesn’t pose a threat to public safety?
Both are good points.
The warmer air was not unexpected but has been forecast all along, as well as the crashing temps behind it.
No met forecast the high temps today and looks like CBs for tomorrow is in jeopardy as well. Most had it near or below freezing for today. Point being it got MUCH warmer than expected. Same should be the case tomorrow and perhaps will make this coming week less cold. One can hope 🙂
Not sure if Realist or jackwagon…..
Where is all the snow squalls and the dropping temps, Strange weather day, even with temps above freezing the snow is not melting much because of the frozen ground!
Despite more than an hour of strong wnw winds, the temperature at both SDF and LOU has dropped only one degree. In the last five hours, Indy has dropped 12 degrees. It’s on the doorstep, but the warm air just doesn’t want to move out.
The warm air does seem to want to erase the KY snow, if not today then tommorrow will probably over achieve like today, Chris has went silent, and as we all know that’s not a good sign for snow lovers!
Also NWS FANS, they say by next Saturday a mix should turn over to just a cold rain, They need to join up with the Global warming Channel, I mean TWC!
Looks like a few people made it to Rupp. So sad school has been out for a week or more.
The two snow squalls that went through Lexington were I-N-S-A-N-E!!! Just before the squall came, I could hear in a distance blowing wind and saw the trees moving like crazy down the street and a huge wall of snow coming! Visibility dropped to nearly ZERO and blowing snow with huge wind gust. (Mesonet recorded gust of 32mph.) After some time, the sun came out and it was snowing like crazy AND completely sunny at the same time!
It was a beautiful sight as you could see the snowflakes way high in the air, hundreds of feet high gently falling.
It was so beautiful! It really got windy!
The cold air is moving in with the wind change… Northern KY going colder quickly…
Chris had television duty today… give the guy a chance to rest.
WYMT has low temps at 16 degrees tonight. WKYT is showing -3. Do you think the temp difference will be that great?
4 of the next 6 days with highs above freezing according to the NWS. 41 tomorrow as the warmest.
the radar was showing some rain for a time….did anyone actually have rain?
The mesonet site shows temperatures dropping quickly along the Ohio River. That’s especially true north and east of Louisville. Temperatures have fallen by about 6-8 degrees. SDF checks in at 37.
Whoever is holding an open flame next to the thermometer at SDF, stop! 🙂
Someone needs to post Mr.Bailey’s bond. He appears to have been tossed in Twitter Jail again.
SLEEP monster has him! 🙂
That, and or the warmer air has CB reviewing his forecast and outlook.
The hardest I’ve seen it snow right now!!! Wow
It now showing at 30 degrees here.But the weather sites are saying wind chill is 18..I can agree with that because it feels very cold.Also showing light snow but if its over us it isn’t hitting the ground at this time.
I was happy to see the sun come out enough to melt some of the snow from my driveway before the really cold gets here.
Snowing in Clay County again.
Is it supposed to snow next week?
This is the biggest snow in a couple years for greenup…it’s been coming down hard the last hour..id say almost 9 inches
Howling wind, thunder, lightning and snow in Meigs County, Ohio! What a wild day!!
From a forum, a few Northern KY stats:
“CVG climate report shows 0.16″ of QPF and 5.5″ of snow. No daily snowfall record today, as that was 5.8″ set back in 2004. Seasonal Total now stands at 34.1″ which is 23.5″ above normal for this point in the season… WOW! For the month of January alone 21.3″ has been recorded.”
The unexpected warm air worked out nice with the wind. The combo helped melt and dry some main and secondary roads. This means less ice on roads. Key word “less”, so not all ice by any stretch.
Had the same effect as our first super cold air event (I do not like the term PV”. Reduced the flash freeze to about nothing then.
Looks like a good swath of snow headed towards Kentucky from the north. Any word on that yet? Anyone have and info on that please?