Good evening, gang. Heavy snow continues to take over this evening. This will deliver several inches of snow to much of the state and some could hit double digit snow amounts.
There is a tremendous amount of moisture streaming in from the southwest. This is meeting up with cold air settling southeastward and will create a Super Bowl Snowstorm. Here’s my snow forecast from WKYT-TV just a bit ago…
We will see sharp cutoffs to the heaviest band of snow, but that’s almost impossible to pinpoint exactly where they setup. For parts of the region, this could be the biggest snowfall since February, 1998. Could being the key word.
Help us out by posting the weather where you live. Here are the tracking toys….
Current temperatures
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
I-65 @ 234 Near Bowling Green
I-24 MP 4 @ US 60 Paducah
I-24 MP 7 @ US 62 Paducah
Continuing team weather coverage all night long on WKYT-TV… see you there. Take care.
Snow is 2 miles south of me. Ugh!!!!
Well the new snow map gives me a little more hope now that at least half of Pike Co is in the 4 – 8 line. Maybe just Maybe is will come down a little bit more
Why aren’t the mesonet numbers not showing up?? I can’t get them on my computer or my phone?
Last few days it’s been out.
Temperature in northern Clay County is 34 degrees. Hoping for a change, but still just seeing rain. Anyone living in surrounding counties to Clay, what is your temperature?
Still 36 in London
36 in Keavy and rain.
Chatroom open….
http://www.weatherforkentucky.chatango.com/
Cold rain in Paint Lick.
C’mon, Still now snow here in Lex. Line moving VERY slow. This will really cut down totals now unless the rest of the precip is an overachiever.
I don’t know what to make of things in my part of Louisville. The moisture’s there, at least on the radar and strong too, but not much seems to be happening. Apparently, there’s some warm air around 5000 feet that’s causing a switch back and forth between snow and sleet. As I come to learn, it’s always something with trying to get a good snow storm.
I be watching the Super Bowl while central and Northern folks watch the radar 😀
Ha! Andy, you’re a winter weather junkie like the rest of us 😛 You’re probably like me, watching the Super Bowl with the laptop in your lap watching the weather!!! 😛
Nope nothing exciting about rain but its better than the superbowl atm
Sleet and freezing rain on east side of Winchester
You all keep saying Louisville is getting snow and there isn’t any. Weird.
Central Laurel County 33 degrees and rain.
We have a full blown ice storm in progress at Tates Creek and New Circle in Lexington. Heavy freezing rain, not sleet, for the past 45 minutes. Trees, power lines getting coated. Please, change over!!!
Freezing rain is falling here in the Gardenside area of Leington, too. So far our steps are still OK, but you can definitely see the coating starting on the plants, etc. Ugh. I HATE ICE!
I forgot to add that our outdoor temperature is reading 31 right now.
Ok lex suppose to get snow but their getting freezing rain. London suppose to get ice but getting nothing. So is this storm pushing north more than first thought?
Still heavy freezing rain here in Lansdowne. Little snow mixing in. It is really pouring the freezing crap.
Thanks so much, Chris. Things could get really interesting here real soon! The potential snow totals certainly have my attention! Ugh, please, please no ice, though. Anything but ice! Any changes in the look of the Tuesday storm? Happy Super Bowl Sunday, everyone! Stay safe. Stay warm.
38 here In knott gonna be a rainy week in seky
this is kinda like the lottery,who is gonna get lucky….I think its safe to say nobody is real sure where the heavy snow is gonna set up…
Thanks for posting your temperature Long Time Reader. Maybe Laurel and Clay will start to see something besides snow.
33 – 34 degree rain sucks….Thats when the tree limbs and power lines start popping and cracking
I mean thats because it’s freezing temps a little higher up
39 and slideways rain in Phelps, Pike Co
I mean besides rain. Was wishing for SNOW to MUCH!!
I knew what you meant, lol
About 1 inch here in frankfort, decent snow falling at the moment, if we can get more than 4 inches in frankfort this will be the bread winner so far 😉
1″-2″ (of a mixture of snow and sleet) here in Maysville. Currently, nothing is reaching the ground, but the radar looks promising. 🙂
heavy sleet hitting my window in northwest lex and has been for past 45 min’s or so……..You know, it’s funny…….Every time there is a major event, the mesonet goes down…..But O N L Y when there is an event that’s temp critical. LOL
Don’t care what the radar says, it’s been nothing but nasty cold rain here for hours. Snow, yeah right.
29 in somerset
29 in Lawrenceburg with a layer of ice under the now falling snow–switched over in the past 30 minutes or so. I was out driving at 7:15–worst driving conditions of the winter right now.
NWS is showing 46 for Benham in Harlan County…Actual temperature 42 degrees…
Sleeting in Nicholasville, had some freezing rain, I can only imagine roads tomorrow with ice under the snow.
I am in Louisville and I have about an inch snow is coming down decently.
I don’t understand why people are saying there is nothing going on here.
Western Hardin county went from sleet-snow mix to nothing then to snow and now back to a sleet-snow mix. We have about an inch of wet snow on top of maybe .1 of sleet as of 8 pm.
Here in Lincoln, just a cold 32.3 (as of 7:30 PM) rain….much more of this & I see a potential huge bust here. Plus as usual, the Mesonet goes down just when you need it the most.
Chris you said post your weather. It’s 33 here and a cold rain.:(
32 and sleeting pretty good in Nicholas Co. Ground already covered. I work in Harrison Co and they just called off school there. I think we were the first school to cancel. Our 13th snow day of the year.
Thick thick snow in Jtown. Roads covering quickly!!!!
If this holds up for 3-4 more hours, could easily see east louisville Jtown area getting 4-5 inches, at least.
that is what I’m saying.
find it hard to believe nobody is seeing snow coming down in Louisville.
I’m the one who said it wasn’t coming down; it wasn’t. It is now. Gently. Not the 1″ an hour that they predicted.
Can anybody get to the live data page on the Mesonet site? I can get to the main page, but the 5 minute temperature intervals aren’t updating past 7:30 PM.
They are getting alot traffic servers prob cant keep up
OK, I’ll answer myself…..Mesonet came back up at briefly at 8:10 PM. Pouring rain in Lincoln at 31.9 degrees. Doesn’t look good.
Coming down nicely in Prospect just north of Louisville. Nice little band moving through. My backyard is cake easy covered. Not sure who in the Ville is reporting no snow. Had a dry spell earlier that lasted about two hours. Me thinks the action may just be getting started. Hang in there Lex. I think you’ll be happy when you look out you window tom. AM. Trust in CB
Just went from heavy sleet to some light (right now) snow in Bardstown….ground is quite crunchy with ice forming on things.Be careful out there! By looks of the radar, the best is yet to come! 🙂
Im in the 4-8 by chris’s map but the charleston nws doesnt even have my area(northern mingo county wv) under an advisory, not even a special weather statement
Snowing like crazy in Frankfort, love-it, biggest snow of season easily in frankfort seems very possible now!
Todd – I’m in northwest Lex so not too far from Fkfrt……Hopefully it will change over soon. I know the subdivision streets are white with sleet and my temp went from 33.5 to 32.8 the last few min’s. Look at all of that moisture to the southwest.
I would say your area changes over very soon and you look to get hammered, Chris Map shows Lexington in the cross hairs!
Cold rain in Berea. Watching the rain line continually counter-punching its way back northward on the radar like Sugar Ray Robinson
LD, looks like it’s going to have to happen soon or we’re going to be in the cold or freezing rain zone….just what I don’t want.
I would trade all of the snow to avoid any ice. If it just keeps raining all night, I’d be quite happy with such a “bust”.
40 here in my part of knott county
Moderate to heavy snow here in Seneca Park area of Louisville. The city came and salted my street a few hours ago but it’s now snow and ice covered.
We had a little ice but it has already changed to snow in Maysville, KY. I am loving it!
Rain, rain, and more rain.
Dumping the snow in Cynthiana.
moderate snow now falling in north Lex.
Still haven’t cracked an inch yet, but it’s still snowing light to moderately.
0.8″ as of 8:20pm in Valley Station with 30 degrees.
some sleet, ice build up in Lexington- now light snow mixing in…
Broncos baffled….
Everything coming down here. Freezing rain, sleet, snow, hell, fire and brimstone. And HARD. Lexington. Lansdowne area.
Peyton’s offensive line needs to grow some stones.
And Bruno Mars sux.
Still cold rain in Richmond. I wonder when the tweeter from earlier will start talking about drifts in Richmond 😉
I believe Richmond is much bigger than your back yard. You should know as well as anyone that it only takes a few miles for drastic changes in precipitation types.
Nuh uh. I am in north Richmond, guarding the south from the White Walkers 🙂
Still cold rain and no sign of the White Walkers, aka snow. Not seeing us getting the high end of the map, but did think it had a shot earlier.
I’m the tweeter from earlier. Some snow did mix in with the rain briefly while I was outside. Guess I should have been more clear on the amount. I live near Union Station.
Union City, sorry. LoL.
Was this suppost to change over by now? I live in mercer county?
The snow line might be further north than expected. That or taking longer to change. Barring some intense action later, it will be interesting how the map pans out.
I think the change to snow was supposed to have happened.
BTW, this has been the most boring one sided game seen this season and this is the Super Bowl… Best thing was the half time concert. The commercials have been great. NOT.
Sorry Bubba at least its not ice
Snowing good in Mt. Washington
Not a flake to be seen in Boone County along the river.
Ditto over here in Campbell County, although I observed snow earlier before sunset. I believe this is the “southern storm” that I’ve been hoping for. Tuesday/Wednesday looks messy however.
I can’t believe how bad NWS Paducah is failing right now. The winter storm warning they have out for Murray doesn’t even mention freezing rain. It says 2-4 inches of snow and sleet. Yet it has been pouring the freezing rain since around 2:00 and not a flake of snow has fallen. Trees and power lines are sagging in Murray. Have heard that trees are beginning to fall under the weight in northern Calloway County.
Decent sleet accumulations. A mix of freezing rain/sleet/snow for the last hour and a half. About 33 degrees.
The roads seem worse than they have been this season thus far. Looking forward to the snow…but please don’t let the power go out this time!
Kandy is sitting on pins and needles just waiting to see what happens in London! It is interesting to hear from the lex peeps that they are having ice and I don’t think that was expected. I don’t wish that on any of us. As another poster said does this mean it’s all going more north than expected? A cold February rain is depressing but otherwise life is good!
http://youtu.be/40pEWKUyUCA
Ice here in greenup
oh HELLO!
Snowing good in northwest Lex. Temp 32!
Snowing hard here in South Shore (Greenup County)!
45 degrees and heavy rain in Middlesboro. check
No ice here tonight. check
Seattle thumping Denver. check
The worst Super Bowl commercials of all time. a definite check
Agreed about the commercials!
Sleet and freezing rain in the Lexington Hamburg area. Coming down pretty hard. Trees outside my window have a coating of ice. Hopefully this doesn’t last long else this storm may well be remembered as an ice storm not a snowstorm.
Looked like snow when I let the dogs out…nope, ice. Nasty here in Lexington. Good times ahead with a thick coating of ice on everything…plus heavy wet snow. I feel a 3 day weekend on the way…
Snow here in Fern Creek!
Honestly, all this federal money for the Mesonet & it fails every time there is an event like this. Estimating about 31.4 degrees in Lincoln County & raining………Can you say BUS……okay, I’ll wait another 30 minutes before calling it the “B” word.
Federal money was only to get it started. Now run by WKU and donations. Be nice if more news stations that used it would chip in some money to support it.
32 degrees and holding steady for about the last two hours or so in Leitchfield. Supposed to be in the sweet spot for 4-8 inches, but we haven’t seen the first snowflake yet – nothing but sleet so far.
It’s now 30 degrees here at our home in the Gardenside area of Leington. Our son just arrived home from watching the game with friends in Harrodsburg Rd area. He said that everyone was having problems leaving due to slick conditions and that there is solid ice under the snow. He even had trouble getting up the hill to our home, it was so sick! Looks like it’s really getting nasty out there. I still have one son out at work! I pray he makes it home safely. Everyone, please stay safe!
Sleet falling in the Hill-n-Dale area of Lexington. Started out as sleet and snow about an hour or so. Big snow flakes with the sleet.
8:55 in Lburg….snow has changed back over to sleet again..had been snowing at a nice clip…if these “transitions” continue, will cut into snow totals I believe….
That is what I was just wondering.
Snow mixing in with the ice now
Here in Lex, heavy sleet changed to heavy snow, and now back to heavy sleet again! I’d say about ~0.25″of sleet now. When is the snow gonna come, its an ice storm I see out there!
Sleet will kill snow totals, but much better than ice rain. I wonder if CB will hang on to the snow map?
Very cold rain at the moment.Thermometer is showing 30 degrees on my back porch. Looks like we will be in the rain for a bit longer.Future cast radar is showing the icy mix to start moving over us around midnight.Really hoping this doesn’t turn out to be a lot worse than forecast.
Don’t like being near that ice line.Rather have the snow if we have to get precipitation.Hopeful that what ever we get will disappear with the warm up on Tuesday.
Sleet and 32 degrees in Millville. Everything’s covered in about an inch of slush. Thanks for the great updates, Chris! Everyone be safe!
Icy mix in Greenup County. Just started about 10 minutes ago. Temp is around 40-degrees. Thanks Chris!
It’s pouring the snow and 31 here in greenup..where the heck are you lol..it’s been icing for 2 hours
Radar is still showing snow but it has stopped at my house in Shelbyville. There is less than an inch on the ground.
Are we still on track for the big snow??
I thought this was supposed to be an overnight event, looks like there is plenty of moisture streaming from the gulf wouldn’t call anything busted until morning, just saying
It was also my understanding that this was an overnight event. I’m only in line for ice, but hour-by-hour forecasts I’ve read don’t put me in freezing precip until after 3am, and it looks like it is supposed to snow in Lexington until 5 am or so, so it seems like all the wailing is premature. Not saying it won’t underperform, but we don’t seem to be there yet.
Snow is back over to sleet here in Louisville. If we get an inch of snow out of this I’ll be surprised. Major underachiever even by Kentucky standards. Bring on spring.
well the spring air is interfering with my snowfall.
if we get 3 inches out of this I will be surprised
What an incredibly tough forecast for this one. Gonna be some disappointment out there with a band of snow as thin as this one. This one just trended a little too far north for Huntington, WV. Haven’t done well with change over events the last couple of years. Will this trend continue and the warmer air linger in the valley like it has in the past?
Been snowing consistently in eastern Louisville since 6:30 or so, but not much more than an inch or an inch and a half.
you cannot even trust the radar anymore.
I thought Louisville received 4 inches
At this point I’m really starting to doubt that we even get snow at all. Its still 30 degrees and all we got is a cold rain. Looks like we’ll be lucky to get an inch or 2.
I’ve had snow since about 6 this evening, aside from a few brief moments of sleet, and I’ve yet to reach an inch of snow. You aren’t missing anything, trust me.
All
Snow now in greenup..and what a horrible super bowl
Heavy sleet in East Morehead… Ground starting to ice over.. 33 and steady..
Still sleeting pretty heavily here in Lex/Hamburg area. Haven’t seen any flakes.
OK I said I’d wait 30 minutes. MAJOR BUST…….nothing but an ice cold rain in Lincoln, not even freezing rain & it’s ~ 31 degrees. I can’t tell for sure, it might be 20 degrees for all I know, because the Mesonet site is still dead.
Snow has switched back to sleet here.
Here at the Garrard/Boyle line we’ve been in the dark blue on the radar for the past two hours but have seen nothing but cold rain at 32 degrees. Don’t think we will be on the high end of the snow forecast.
Back to freezing rain in Lawrenceburg at 28 degrees. We had about an inch of snow and the rain is already making a dent in that. If Chris is still sticking with 5-10 inches here, we must be in for a wallop at some point in time.
Maybe he’ll change that map at the top of the page to “Updated Call for Rainfall” shortly! I just give up on it ever snowing here again in my lifetime……..
the new norm.
ice country.
ocean waters temps are above normal
not saying it cannot snow from a storm coming from the south.
but it’s going to be harder and harder in the future.
Chris I have not seen one snow flake here in Burgin and the ice is still falling with rain.
So, the freezing line is somewhere between Lawrenceburg and Harrodsburg sounds like.
Back to pure rain in nelson county. We are supposed to be in the 5-10. What the heck
It’s really coming down here in greenup..I swear everyone is so quick to yell bust…LOL it’s 9:20!!!!!!!
True.The advisory really hasn’t kicked in here yet.For us it is saying the advisory is
FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST MONDAY.
A lot can happen in that length of time.It is a very cold and blowing rain here now.
Sleet again in frankfort, warm air up stairs keeps fighting back in, updates will probably down grade some of the lofty snow forecast out their! Boooooooo!
Sleet, sleet and more sleet where i am in Mercer. Waiting on the snow. Can’t see the roads as it is too dark where I am. Can’t imagine it would be good to be out driving home from bowl gatherings. Commercials and Peyton’s o-line a disappointment.
As usual the north gets the good stuff. Nothing but a good ole rain here in Laurel co. The other systems can go stick it, probably more miserable, freaking rain
Let me tell you–I’m enjoying my freezing rain/sleet mix!
I wouldn’t say our inch and a quarter is the good stuff. I know it beats ice so that’s good but anyone who thinks we are getting dumped on is mistaken. The radar has been more bark than bite. Marginal temps are compacting what we are getting and warm dry air keeps mixing in. Salt and plow truck just went down my street. The fact that not enough snow to plow tells it all. It’s pretty outside but I suspect this teacher will have to work tomorrow.
Well, given the very consistent misses, another would surprise nobody that views CBs blog. Given the amount of build for this and met smack on all sides, this would be a bad miss.
IF a miss, since CB has not backed off yet and still plenty of wet stuff. Seems though the high map totals might be at risk. Might.
CB tweeted he is holding fast and the heaviest stuff is overnight. CB is a Honey Badger 🙂
I am so glad that we have an interpreter here who can share his vast knowledge of Chris’ comments and non-comments. The expertise you can share simply by reading into the gaps between posts and tweets is stellar. We are very lucky to have you with us.
Forget the WSW, need an ice storm warning for jessamine county and surrounding areas. Pouring freezing rain and sleet. Everything is covered. If we put a bunch of snow on top of this heavy glaze there won’t be electricity around here for days…
Agree. On the border of jessamine and mercer. Sleet mess freezing everything here.
Well, significant icing in Raceland mixed with snow. Side roads are ice and snow covered. Not sure about the main roads. Bring on the 5-10 please!
Schools closed here in Spencer Co. for Monday. Local met in Louisville calling for heavy snow between 9 p.m. To 1 a.m. Now, just need to make a call for Louisville schools for parents to arrange for child care.
That won’t happen till 5 in the morning. They are hoping that it ends early enough that roads cave good. My side stret has been treated twice so I imagine the main ones are in good shape.
Sleet again in Jtown. Snowed very hard for awhile and keeps changing back over. Roads are awfully slick.
And now back to large snowflakes!
Sleet here in SE Lexington as it’s been for the past few hours. Looks like another Miss for decent snow here in lex . Or should I call it Murphy’s law ville.
The RAP still showing moderate to heavy snow after midnight. But, like the Broncos, it’s gotta long way to go. The sleet is making inroads so far.
Still haven’t got an inch – 0.9″ total sleet and snow accumulation.
However, am getting the largest flakes of the day now. Maybe, I’ll finally cracked that inch now.
Harrodsburg/Mercer County: Sleet and freezing rain since about 8pm..There is accumulation of at least a sheet of ice.
My hope tank is running very low, I really thought we all, even in Louisville would be all snow by now without and interruptions of sleet or rain. Nope, almost lost hope for this storm here in Lex. I know its still early, but this is supposed to be the middle of the event, I would’ve expected at least an inch by now, IT’S 9:30!
Lots of rain in Richmond. Nothing but rain…
Warm air winning so far, but CB said the heavy stuff is later tonight. Doubting the high end of the map, but still should have a shot at the minimums. Were it not for his tweet in this regard, I would be thinking bust. Given past results with this type of transitional precipitation, who could blame anyone. Not one has panned out. Holding on to CBs tweet, but pretty steady rain in north Richmond.
Best part about being forecasted to be all rain is not having to worry about when the snow is going to start.
And you can watch the not so superbowl with out needing to look at the radar
Chris just tweeted that he has no changes..heavy snow has yet to come
It better, after this build up, or I’m going to be very disappointed, not that anybody cares.
There is a line of mets probably hoping for a bust too. They were late to the game and still downplayed the forecast. They probably have already drafter posts, tweets and snarky comments for IF it were to bust.
Maybe this will end up a mini January 1994 storm–started as sleet/ice and then a few hours of heavy snow at the end walloped everyone. I guess that’s what Chris is alluded to in his tweet (and no, I am not saying we will have 1994 type totals by any means). Earlier today there were talks of 1-2” per hour snow rates by some. If that happens for just 3-4 hours we are in business.
Seems though the Feb 98 comparisons for potential totals for some areas that have gone that long will continue to do so. That is unless we will see at least five hours of sustained heavy snow. Does not seem there is that much juice for that, after hours of steady and at times heavy rain. Very cold heavy rain right now still.
CB has a wide range on his map, so should be good for folks to hit the minimums to perhaps mid totals.
Madison County just canceled school.
Report from Glendale KY (Hardin)
approx 5pm rain changed to sleet thru 7pm from 7-830 frz rain/sleet mix, since 830 to currently 940-only frz rain about .25 ” sleet and .1 ice accum
NFC Superbowl dominance over Denver….80s nostalgia kicking in.
Indeed a very good night!
well heavy snow is falling again here in Louisville.
although I think 8 inches is out of play now.
did not give up hope downstate.
I like your situation better than Louisville
NWS reporting 34 degrees in Nashville. My car thermometer says 33. Anyway, still just a plain ol’ cold rain for the moment. The rain has been fairly hard on a few occasions. My wife and I are back at our place safe and sound, ready to hunker down and weather out the storm.
Now, Ashland City TN (only about 25 miles NW of Nashville) is starting to report freezing rain.
Further to the northwest, Clarksville TN and Hopkinsville KY have been reporting freezing rain for several hours. Trees are icing up in Clarksville, reports of the power flickering on and off 🙁 .
Trees are also icing up in Di*kson TN just west of Nashville, although the roads for moment are just wet insert letter “c” in place of *, the well meaning auto-moderator in this case is jumping the gun in that it won’t allow the full word to be posted
Hey Chris..I want to change my username to “Cold Rain”..Apparently that’s all Southeastern Ky is gonna see for the rest of winter..Really has been a big disappointment for us folks…Spring can’t come soon enough..
I’m right there with ya. I don’t even get excited anymore with a possibility for a real snow…. Cold rain, reigns supreme in this part of KY and almost certainly will the rest of winter, but what can we do….. I’m ready for a beautiful warm, dry Spring as well!
Update for the Gardenside area of Leington. Temperature still sitting at 30. Handrails, steps and sidewalk are completely ice covered, as are our plants. Cars on our street continue to struggle with the ice accumulating on our hill. I totally agree with the comments regarding this being an ice event! Sleet is still steadily falling. The game and commercials are so bad we are paying more attention to the weather than the TV!
I hope the transition happens soon. We are getting rain and slightly below 32. Starting to freeze up. A lot of moisture to go on that radar. Snow holds off to long and we could be in trouble. The forecast for my area said it should start changing about 12:00. 90% change of snow after that until 6 a.m. and then dropping to 50% until 8 a.m.
Fayette County closed!
Sorry, my phone decided to send before I finished typing! LOL! Per the Fayette County schools website, school closed on Monday!
Heavy rain falling here in Irvine. Here’s to riding the fence!
Singing in the rain, just singing in the rain………..
2 inches of snow in east frankfort, sleet and freezing rain is the dominate precip at the moment, hoping for the heavy snow to show??
1 inch in Lawrenceburg, 28 degrees, now heavy sleet.
Wanting to lower totals from 4-6 to 2-4 in Louisville. A northeast breeze is kicking in with some of the biggest flakes I’ve had yet. Could this be the start of the real accumulation?? 29 degrees at my house in Valley Station
Belski is calling for heaviest snowfall between 10p-2a.
There is still logic in the 4-6″.
WAVE 3 has gone down to 2-4 for Louisville.
and the funny thing is 2″ have officially fallen at the airport already. There will be easily 2″+ more snow to fall, if you look at the radar. It is verifying well, too. Snowing very heavy in NE Louisville.
So, there 2-4, should really be 3-6″ in my opinion. There was no need to change it. Why flip flop this late in the game?
I’m with you, I don’t know why they changed their forecast during the event. The snow is starting to pile up quickly here east of Louisville. If this keeps up for a few more hours there was no need for a change.
It’s a whiteout here, wind is really howling
Don’t have to worry about a changeover in Somerset. It is the rule here.
I am thinking that the Somerset/London/East Bernstadt areas are going to end up getting a lot of rain then a switch over later tonight to freezing rain/ice.I am not expecting to get much snow if any.
Huge flakes are coming down now, looks like we have about an inch.
Icing again here in greenup
Drove home from Louisville earlier this evening. I64 East from Shelby County to about exit 69 (Georgetown) was getting rough. However it sounds like those areas are flipping in and out of snow, rain and fr rain.
FWIW, I drove from Lexington to near Mt Vernon, and the temp stayed at 32, yet all rain. I really hate to say it, but I think this one has BUST all over it guys.
You know–the official warning actual states “RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW THIS EVENING WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS
POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL END JUST BEFORE DAWN ON MONDAY.”
This is for Lawrenceburg and the forecast is for 3-8 inches. Not far off Chris’ map.
Also, Chris Bailey in a Tweet about 45 minutes ago said that the heaviest snow will occur overnight</strong.
overnight
Even if the snow totals are missed still gonna be the biggest snowfall of the year in Jtown. Snowing hard, big heavy flakes!
OK — nothing but rain and Madison County has just cancelled. Let’s hope, for their sake, we eventually make the turn to snow.
that made me laugh
They already lowered the bar when canceled school a few weeks ago for NOTHING on the ground and above freezing temps. They did that one the day before as well.
at least one of those days had snow in the southern part of the county. I drove through the area that day and saw it myself. But this one, this early, made me scratch my head.
They canceled one day when Clark and Fayette had school. The system missed the area, but was called off the day before.
Ashland radar showing rain but it’s been snowing hard for a hour plus and everything is white!!!!
Have yet to see flake #1 in Burgin… Got tired of waiting on the Broncos’ offensive. Now tired of waiting on the snow
Looks like a BUST, all rain here. Mets will have a hard time living this one down if it continues….it might set forecasting back 10 years!
The max totals for most seem in doubt, but the lows and mids for some places still seem to have a shot. CB said the main stuff is overnight. Most mets did not forecast a lot of snow. Most even yesterday were calling for an inch or so of accumulation of mainly mix.
WLEX said 2 to 5 possible yesterday on the 6 PM newscast.
That was an upgrade from earlier in the day.
No idea if it was or not, I just ran across that video and noticed the info. Also just noticed her for the first time. If she wants to say its sunny outside right now, I’m totally okay with that. 😉
Snowing again in Frankfort, Hopefully it stays snow this time??
Good to hear! Sleeting in Lawrenceburg. I live about 8 miles from the 127/64 intersection–so can’t be far from me!
I have friends who live at the Anderson county line off of 127 at SR151 (I think that’s the number). I normally just go by the county line sign and turn on to the road.
I live one block off 127–about a mile from 151.
THAT is why you get more snow! Relative to snow performance south of the river, you are in Canada 😉
Your area has got lots of big snow events since 98, where we settled for one near 8″ total snow from two 4″ events that lasted less than 24 hours last week.
Hello from Portsmouth, OH! I know I’m not a Kentuckian but I can easily see your beautiful state from my front porch.
Anyway, it’s nasty here. Began with some ice at approximately 6 o’clock, now we have close to 2″ of snow. Heavy snow falling now.
Is SE/Ky (Manchester) ever going to see that freezing line get here? I have been here all night waiting for something, but it’s stuck @ 35* here for hours. Looks like a total cold rain event for us! :/
Still no snow here in Lex/Hamburg. The sleet let up for about an hour but I hear it pinging off the skylights once again.
Just measured 1.5″ on my back deck and it is really coming down. Hopefully this keeps up for a few more hours and no more sleet mixes in.
1.5″ in Valley Station as of 10:25pm. Steady snow.
I jest et a mustard and Biskit. Went out to the shed to sharpin my sling blade and hit rained on me. I like the way I talk.
Sleet continues in western Hardin county. Tried to take another measurement but couldn’t get it accurate because it’s all frozen. Looks to be just over an inch with a thin glaze of ice on trees and power lines. I’m with everyone else. Please change soon because if this keeps up with all the moisture yet to come…ugh!
STILL NO SNOW in South central Hardin Co (GLENDALE), frz rain continues and you can hear the branches in the wind due to the ice. .2 inch of ice
Is it just me or is the precip shield already ending near paducah? I thought this was going to last thru 6-7am?
I hear the pitter, patter of little rain drops on the living room windows. 29 degree rain storm continues in Lincoln with not a snow flake or ice pellet in sight, not even a speck of ice on anything………10:35 PM & time is running out for anything here, other than a flood.
We just traveled from Louisville to Versailles. We didn’t get over 45 mph the entire time. Heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain the entire trip. The roads are absolutely treacherous. Currently at our house in Versailles, we have moderate freezing rain mixed with sleet/snow. Lots more to get through on the radar. I think CB is on the money with snow amounts for our area. I expect to see around 6 inches here by the time it’s all said and done.
Sleeting AGAIN! I’m going to have to stay up all night to see the snow!
I would too, but the soothing sound of rain is making me very sleepy 😉 Well, rain is soothing for sleep and it is still raining.
Or we could all go to bed early and wake up early to a winter wonderland – hopefully!!!
I give up! :/ I’m really hoping your wrong about your snow totals for Somerset, Chris! I want lots of snow! This rain is messing with my snow dreams! 32 degrees and nothing but rain! I see the same trend finishing out the rest of winter. Just once I would like more than a coating! I guess it’s on to spring and storms!
If this is a bust I will be very disappointed.
The bust is on……….
Torch!
Where are you in Nelson Co?? I’m right near the new court house, and all we’ve had since around 6pm is sleet/frz. rn and maybe about 15 min’s of light snow…1/4″. if that…I knew we wouldn’t get anything but ice…we’re lucky to get that?! :/ Well, I’ve got plenty of candles, flashlights and heavy quilts-as long as it don’t freeze up my DISH! LOL! (I used to be on city cable and if we didn’t lose electricity, we’d lose the cable for about 10 days’ running….you can only watch the same DVD’s over & over again for so long….lol)
Thanks for all you do Chris! You are my number 1 weather man! 😀
Sleet keeps fighting back in, Warm air aloft is killing this great snow chance in Ky AGAIN!
Hope you do get a nice snow Todd, and I think you will. 😉
Maybe someday (maybe in the next 5 years) we in the southern counties will get one too.
I want all of KY to get a huge snow, but we have no control over the outcomes? lets enjoy and see what happens!
I would agree, but holding on to CBs tweet from about an hour ago. Given the rather long history of snow misses, nobody with a fair right of mind could blame anybody for doubting, but CB held fast. Tweet tweet.
Well, back to freezing rain here in Lawrenceburg. Nice ice/sleet storm with about 1.5 inches of snow thrown in. If it doesn’t change over soon, we’ll get more ice than snow.
27 still the go to for weather info, but weather visuals are now another story.
http://www.wlextv.com/videos/lex-18-6pm-weather-february-1-2014/
She is so friggin’ adorable!
Interesting to see what WKYT will say at 11:00. NWS just updated forecast to include more freezing rain for longer from a line from Lexington to Bowling Green. I think that line actually runs more like from Frankfort to Bowling Green right now.
My wife’s parents live in Bowling Green KY; my mother-in-law says that sleet is now falling with the heavy rain on their outdoor grill in Bowling Green.
If anything, the temp has gone up a degree here in Nashville, from 34 to 35. Still rain.
2″ now in Worthington Hills (NE Lou.)
I’m not too far from you. The Ballard high school area. It looks like 2, pushing 3 right now. Looks like we’ll end up with 4-5.
A half inch to a inch of sleet in Raceland! My yard, road and sidewalk it white from sleet mixed a little snow.
1.8″ in Valley Station at 11pm. Steady snow.
Hello from Lawrence Co.. Sleet beginning to mix with the rain at 32 degrees, just south of Louisa.
CB holding firm with his snowfall map. I went to bed in 1994 and missed the heavy snow. Think I shall stay up and see if we can indeed get 5-10 inches in Lawrenceburg before this ends.
I would say 4-6 would be a safe bet, but we shall see my friend???
Warm air aloft is X factor !
look at that radar lighting up coming this way—I sure hope it is not all sleet! Come on snow!
But he did say the warm air has lasted longer than expected, which suggests at a minimum the high end of the map is likely not happening for folks to the east and especially Lexington and points south.
As I typed this, CB just updated and the heavier band that did covered most of Madison county now only covers the very top of the county. Big band got tighter and probably in relation to the longer than expected warm air aloft.
In my portion of eastern Louisville, it’s been snowing steadily since 6:30 or so. The intensity seems to have increased over the last hour and it looks as though I’ve received more than two inches, probably three if I were to measure it. Based on the radar, it certainly seems like a nice amount of precip is still headed for the area so 4-5 looks like a good bet.
As MJ has pointed out on his twitter feed, some warm air has worked in around 5000 feet or so and caused the mixing with sleet. The temperature at 5000 is just 1 celcius, but it’s enough to dampen what would have been 6-8 inches probably. As we know, it’s always something around here.
here and hikes point I have about 3 inches already
CB can we not try to send Alex Hayes into peril every time the roads start to get bad? K’ thx.
a sad story out of Western Kentucky. evidently a driver hit a snow plow.
and has been confirmed decease.
put everything back into what’s really important.
i wonder how many of the people that are wanting a large snow ,would be the first ones complaining about power outages or the state road not clearing the rds….or the fact they couldnt go to work bc they were snowed in…i think if there ever was a 12″ snow or more thats exactly what would happen
Though I agree with the perspective, are you a Realist or a Spinnest’ 😉
Looks like the show is over folks, the warm air dropped the big one & I am officially giving up on this rain storm. Night all.
Still Rain In Estill County 11:17PM
Looks like Burgin is out of the big stuff now
Folks, it’s usually best not to feed the trolls.
One can feed a troll, or starve a troll.
Best way to quiet trolls is to feed them lots of snow or bury them in it. Not too many options for that 😉
http://www.dropbox.com/s/3mpywzh0dt7vejk/20140202_231938.jpg
That is ice people! In Raceland.
Between 2 and 3 inches here and it’s still pouring. A snow plow came by 5 minutes ago and the road is already covered again.
Chris did not change his Map on the TV news, still saying a 8 -10 inch zone for a few! Hoping frankfort can go above 4, that would be largest of the winter!
Don’t hate southeast KY, we love ya, and want you to get big snow too 🙂
He thinned the heavy middle band. Most of Madison was in this and now just the tip.
That’s what she said.
unless the snow line starts taking a march to the SE in a hurry it looks like the sharp cut off line in SE KY will have taken a hike to the NW about 65-70 miles. Im not complaining, I don’t like snow
Warmer air still holding along I-64 from Huntington to Charleston. Started sleeting here in Milton at around 10 pm. It is 11:30 pm now and still a sleet/rain mix. Hoping for the change over to happen soon.
About 3 inches of snow in East Frankfort, still coming down, 4-6 still looks about right, anything more will be great 🙂
Yep–all snow now in Lawrenceburg with several more hours to go. Let’s hope the sleet doesn’t mix back in!
I know right, radar suggest 4 or 5 hours of good precip??
Yeah–that’s about right–with some heavier stuff to come. I’d say an inch an hour is possible IF the sleet stays away.
Really not understanding the disappointment for those around the Lexington and Central Kentucky area. Though the warm air has cut down on the totals a bit, you’ve got 6-7 hours of fairly heavy snow on the way. SPC just issued a meso discussion calling for increasing snowfall rates into the overnight, with rates of 1-2″/hr “becoming increasingly likely”. In Louisville looks like we’ll end up ~3-4inches, as the heaviest band seems to be setting up south of my part of the suburbs and probably only about 3 hours left here.
For those curious, the link below is to the mesoscale discussion issued just 20 minutes ago. Those in SE KY, sorry the dome continues to hold on.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0058.html
It does look like according to the SPC map that the storm has taken a turn to the north about 70 miles taking the heavy snow and ice lines about 70 miles to the North and West with it.
here in hikes point I have about 3 inches already, I would go for about 4 to 5 inches here in Louisville.
I think the disappointment is the fact that by this point, it was supposed to have been all snow for quite a while by now, yet it’s still sleet, which doesn’t accumulate very well……still a lot of moisture though. Who knows?
This link was great! Revived my hopes for a snowy end to the night in ne Ky.
Even though the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) issues forecasts/outlooks for snow/sleet/freezing rain, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) still gives Mesoscale Discussions concerning the dynamics of winter systems.
SPC just minutes ago posted a Mesoscale Discussion that seems to back Chris Bailey’s decision to stick to his guns.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0058.html
The map on the brand new Mesoscale Discussion looks a lot like CB’s map. Among other things, heavy snow still develops during the overnight hours.
Unfortunately, looks like the ice threat has not declined. I here in Nashville am on the fringe of the ‘significant icing’ area. Keeping my fingers crossed, but making sure the flashlights and non-electric heaters are ready just in case.
Great snow in WKY!
Not here in Hopkinsville. Rain and freezing rain until about 9 p.m. (central time) then sleet, sleet and more sleet. It’s now 11:18 and I still here the sleet hitting the windows.
Mostly sleet in Frankfort again, WOW, this warm air aloft is on steroids??
The warm air and local mets appear to be playing a game of chicken 😉 Which will blink first? Joking aside, the warm air is once again putting a hit on expected snow maps.
Really? Hardest snow of the night in Lawrenceburg. Easily an inch an hour rate. Visibility low. No sign of sleet!
wow, and your south of my area, strange KY weather at its finest??
And back to sleet here. And I’m done for the night. I hope to wake up to a surprise. Right now sitting at less than 2 inches of snow with the warm air winning out.
Yep, really. Nothing but ice rain and sleet in north Richmond. Warm air is holding on fast so far.
Recent runs of the GFS are still showing good signs of the snow Chris has stated.
I haven’t gone out to measure but we have to be nearing 4″ here still coming down at a pretty good rate.
Still sleeting in Hopkinsville. We have a solid white covering of ice on the streets, sidewalks and power lines. Even heard a few tree branches crash to the ground out in the backyard. Looking at radar, we seem to have a weird pocket of warm air around Christian County, as both below and above us have snow. Go figure! Not much time left on the WSW and the moister is thinning out.
11:30 at night and it hasn’t changed to snow yet, forecast to get up to 5 inches and all we have is ice. Literally a dome over my little town.
Looks like anything south of Lexington is in that situation so far.
ok, the radar for us has now switched to that dreaded pink. We got about 1/2″ of sleet earlier, nothing for the last 2 hours. I have lost faith in this storm. I think the warm air has won, atleast for my part of the map.
There’s about a half inch of snow on the ground now here. It’s raining steady but with the temperature falling it’s freezing up and what’s on the ground now is solid ice.
Sleet still mixing with snow in nelson county.
Wow…what a burst past 2 hrs.
Up to just under 4″ now and still coming down in NE Lou (Worthington Hills)
Just cold rain down here and holding steady at 33*….no snow cream for me?????
Currently have 4″ in Cynthiana.
Looks like a heavy snow band setting up along the back edge, probably snowing ~1″/hr, maybe a little more in Louisville(J’town) right now. Probably about 90 minutes of precip left here, might get another 1-2″ out of this last go at it.
3.3″ in Valley Station at 1:05am. Light Snow.
Still near the freezing mark but just a very cold steady rain falling here.
Could have some wintery mix.Not easy to tell at night and its to cold to go outside to check.Still a bit windy.One site is saying we should start getting freezing rain around 3 am..Really don’t want that.
Crystal there will be no snow for the weary
1:34 am – Ironton, OH – Very heavy snow. Just transitioned from an inch of snow and sleet to all snow.
Nothing on the ground in the way of snow in SouthWest Estill County @136 AM, Sorry Chris but I think the forecast for anywhere South of I-64 and East of I-75 is a complete Bust. Im not complaining though.
Its still not snowing in Winchester, still a mix of freezing rain and sleet? What happened to the snow? How does this effect our snow totals? We were suppose to be in the sweet spot, another bust? Im so disappointed!!
All snow now in Mount Sterling. Probably around a1/4 inch of sleet/freezing rain already as well.
No snow in Richmond, but we’re getting plenty of ice. I can see it coating my car and hanging from the power lines.
Got about an hour of precipitation left in Southern nelson county. It has mostly alerted tonight. Huge bust as far as snow goes.
Alerted should be sleet*
Radar really starting to dry up some in South Central Kentucky, may bring things to an end a couple hours early for everyone if it doesn’t fill back in, and that doesn’t look promising right now. Here’s hoping for you all.
It’s finally snowing in Winchester, don’t know how long it will last though, still a little bit of ice mixing in with it.
Well once a again another bust in Somerset,no snow tonight just been a heavy rain and its still raining and the radar looks to be showing a drying trend back to the west, NWS should have issued Flood Watches for southern KY instead, and Tuesday and Wednesday looks to be another heavy rain event so its a good thing I didn’t stock up on anything cause I knew this would happen, bring on the 70 degrees!!!
Wow! Did this thing really just magically go around Bowling Green…again?? Moisture just pulled out of town without a single flake falling!! Where’s my 4-8″ snow?????
Still no snow in morehead. A huge bust so far for us. maybe next time.