Good Monday morning, folks. Our winter storm continues to pound the bluegrass state with freezing rain, sleet and heavy snow as of this writing. Heavy snow is taking over and will really add up early this morning. Several inches of snow will be likely for much of the region before this wraps up later today.
As expected, this is the most widespread winter storm of the winter… and that’s saying something this winter! The freezing rain to sleet to heavy snow trio have roads an absolute mess. Snow and ice covered roads will be likely throughout much of the day.
Gusty winds of 30mph will create blowing and drifting of the snow and sleet. It’s going to be interesting to see just where we wind up with the snow and sleet totals when this is over. 6″+ amounts may end up common for areas along and south of Interstate 64 in central and eastern Kentucky. Doesn’t mean everyone gets that much, but the snow bands are impressive here at 3am.
The snow tapers off from west to east late this morning into the early afternoon hours. Temps won’t budge much today as readings recover to around 20 for a high. Lows may hit the single digits by Tuesday morning.
Let’s get back to tracking this winter storm…
Hamburg Area from WKYT Studio
Lexington
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
View of Downtown
Cynthiana
I-75 at MP 36 London
I-71/I-75 at Buttermilk Pike Near Covington
I-71/I-75 at Mt. Zion Rd.
Near Covington
I-64 @ 3rd St. Exit Louisville
Downtown Louisville @ 2nd & Broadway Louisville
I-65 @ 234 Near Bowling Green
I will update where we go from here later in the day. Stay safe and take care.
When will it change over to snow, its still freezing rain in Corbin. I really don’t want to lose my power/cable
Still just cold rain at 35 degrees in Middlesboro. ….and very thankful for that!
It’s 3:30 am and I’m still up. The wind is howling in northwest Lex. Snow coming down decently.
It is horrible here.So far maybe a flurry mixed in but mainly still sleet.There is at least 2 inches of sleet on the ground and it looks like snow.The freezing rain is still falling so this is making the sleet turn into one big thick layer of ice.Tried sweeping it and it will not move.It is stuck to what ever it has fallen on.
Have never seen sleet last so long and pile up like its doing tonight It is 28 degrees now and the screens are so frozen over that you cant see through the window.The wind has started to blow too.I am sure the wind chill has to be in the teens.
Pouring here in Morgan co wind is howling
I live in Campbell county .I would say we already have 6 + inches.and still snowing heavy.thanks Chris…u deserve a raise…..! U r the best weather man yet.my votes on u.take care…
just switched over to snow here in southern breathitt. no freezing rain to speak of and about half inch of sleet.
It’s 4:42 am. Still snowing lightly…….in northwest Lexington. But unless something major happens on the radar, maybe a grand total of 3 to 4 inches…maybe less? Not sure. It’s definitely a dry snow. Glad the ice wasn’t bad for all the areas thanks to the sleet.
Southern Lawrence Co. 6+ inches 8 miles South of Louisa, next to WV border. We experienced about 1 and a half hours of sleet then all snow. Very heavy snow at times (including now)…whiteout conditions. The worst I have seen the weather (snow wise) this winter. Winds gusting upwards of 30mph!
No freezing rain to speak of here in knott county bout an inch of sleet/snow mix on ground with mostly sleet falling. This is a bust I’m happy about
A bust on freezing rain here anyway
Same ol’ song & dance in Wayne County, we have light ice accumulations…making everything slick & hazardous…but no snow in sight!
Hard to say how much snow in Lawrenceburg. Not the deepest of the winter by any stretch–maybe 2-3 inches at best.
We’ve got some sleet action here in Harlan County; no snow to speak of as of yet. I think we switched over from rain around 5am or so.
(Am I the only one having trouble posting comments? I tried to comment multiple times yesterday, only to have the blog eat them all.)
Pathetic results at my place as has been the them all winter long any system that starts out as rain we get 97% rain and 3% of frozen precip
them=theme
nice snow outside. I m impressed. Chris nailed it on the head for Lee. co.
here in southern Breathitt we have no freezing rain(thank God) about 1/2-2/3″ of sleet and 2.7″ of snow. Still light snow. Say on jackson NWS where the moved the snow totals down for us we were 6-8 now we are 4-6. Very dry powdery snow not sticking to trees (thank god). Dish always goes off when we have a a wet snow and it is still on also wind will crank up every once in a while and we have a little blowing snow.
SO far we have dodged a major bullet.
2.6″ sleet/snow in Valley Station…looks like it’s about done for my location unless that weakening deformation zone in west KY revives.
You have more than me Mike. I have maybe an 1.5 in Cloverleaf. The further south, the better for the snow.
I think the snow totals are jumping around a bit.
Goshen on got 2″. Mike says 2.6″ in saw Jeff co. Reports of 4-5″ in Middletown, 4″ in Bullit Co, and Carrolton, which is NE of Lou..quite a bit.
We got right at 4″ of sleet/snow here in Worthington Hills which is just 5 miles south of Goshen.
On=only and saw= sw…spell check lol
I forgot to ad only 2″ in J-town.
So, by these reports, north and south didn’t seem to matter. It was more of where a heavy band decided to set up and those bands were not wide.
I wanted the 7-8″. This will be gone when the sun comes out.
Same here. Disappointing
Another great snow maker for WKY
We have around 3″ of snow and sleet so far and it’s coming down. I don’t think it is over just yet, still going for low end of totals. Sleet “won” the battle.
rain won the war this winter not just this one battle in my area
Looks like a lot of areas will not make the minimum on the snow map due to the warm air hanging on long enough to stunt totals (as sadly expected). Again, I will take that over ice, but funny after all the hub bub we still end up with an ankle biter.
More salt too. Weeeeeeeeee!
This was billed by many to be the most significant event of the winter season. Ankle biter at best. At least no big freezing rain event for northern KY. I’m ready for spring storm season.
The local Kroger, Meijer and Walmart managers would like to send a big shout out! 🙂
Joking aside, the event was significant though and the roads are very slick. Just not Winter Storm 2014 as some were media blitzing with. of course, we have the luxury of hindsight and that always seems “wise”. 😉
It had a shot though.
Right we may not have got the snow but enough ice to be slick here in knox. I walked outside and almost fell.
Tell that to people south of Louisville.
Spoke too soon my Madison Co friend… A lot of snow left in the tank
… more than an ankle biter? Cool!
not more than a coating of ice here
Well I am sure we won’t get any more but snow is not done so check back this evening.
This storm isn’t the “boogeyman” like people made it into. Glad to see little or no ice for my area. Only a couple inches of snow.
Snow totals so far on the very low end of the predicted numbers. Maybe 3 inches near Huntington WV. The sleet and ice were pretty impressive and bad. Snow has again been another under achiever. Story of the Winter. Another ankle biter. Oh well lets move on to Spring.
Out in the county in Winchester we have a small layer of ice, a small layer of sleet, and 2-3 inches of snow. The total snow is hard to pin down. The wind is blowing really hard.
Greenup County- not too much ice but the sleet last night was impressive. I won’t be measuring my snow until I am certain it has stopped.
I was so grateful to wake up this morning and still have power. Husband made it to work but said it was some of the nastiest driving he has ever done.
No snow, sleet, or ice in Middlesboro!! All rain! Thankful for no ice, but would have liked to seen some snow! I get my hopes up every time. Someone please don’t say snow so I don’t expect it.
Kroger wins again. Grateful there wasn’t the freezing rain.
Thanks Chris
2-3 inches in Lextown
Mega slick roads
Light snow still falling and looks like
more coming from the west
Not too shabby for a March snow!
Impossible to measure due to winds here in Olive Hill. A guess would be 3 inches and still coming down. Wind is whipping it around in the air.
Roads are terrible in Lexington including New Circle and Man O’ War. It’s almost impossible to see the lanes and most areas are completely covered.
Yep. I just drove from north Richmond and felt like I was in an episode of Ice Truckers. I75 and Richmond Road are awful with no visible roadway.
Snow map shmomap, since it is bad on the roads. That said, CBs min map might be achieved with this mornings snow flow.
If a storm starts out warm in seky you can almost always bet on rain to back end snow. Same song and dance
i still have freezing drizzle
Never got any freezing rain here in knott co, went to sleet to snow maybe 2-2.5 inches
I’m in Floyd and have anywhere from 4-5 inches and still coming down strong
Getting a nice heavy snowfall for the last hour…very beautiful sight…look to have a good 3″-4′ of snow with possibly 1/2″-3/4″ sleet in L’burg…temp 15 degrees
yea a mioss forcast indeed as a whole. got 2 inches here in Jackson Co, rough roads etc, but nothing like was forcasted..
It rarely is for the forgotten. So much for old school rolo
Freezing drizzle and 25 degrees at my house roads are getting in baaaaaaaaaaad shape
Again, Heavy Snow Squall in Southern Lawrence County right now. Should add another Half inch or a little more. It’s really coming down furiously. Wind-whipped as well.
3″ snow on the ground at Louisville Int’l and WFO. Still haven’t seen official snow total; it looks like 2.3″ was measured through midnight at the airport. Since midnight….?
2 inches of snow and sleet at Dorton in Southern Pike County.
We have a good coating of ice right now, there is a salt truck in the ditch right up from my house!
Moderate to heavy snow returning to much of E and SEKY.
returning ?
We know. Give it a rest.
One thing you can always count when you come and read the comments. Andy Rose complaining about not getting snow. Move to Canada man and you’ll get some.
The cameras above pretty much sum up winter of 2013-2014. All of them total white except the one in London, which still has plenty of green. Glad we didn’t get the ice that was predicted in Knox Co. Around 7 inches of snow this winter at my place this year.
No ice at your house? I had at least inch on my car as well as solid ice on porch and sidewalk.
For once those traffic cameras Chris posts are really telling a story about the winter storm affecting the state.
Looks like the snow is going to hang around the breadth of the state for a while longer too.
From where I shoveled snow this morning, we’ve had an addtional 1 to 1.5 inches of snow here in Lexington. At times, I can barely see my neighbors’ houses. We’re at 4″ (at least) and still snowing. For me, it been more than an ankle biter and less than old school.
6″ in Lawrence, Ky
It can snow all it wants now, just glad the .25 to .75 ice that everyone was hyping was a bust
Roads slick. Snow still coming down. Visibility minimal and wind whipping in North Garrard.
A dusting of something here in Knox. Co. The radar is clear. Par for the season. lol
a glaze of ice over everything here it took till 8 am but far from what was harped about which is a good thing
It is finally snowing here..
Got milk..Stocked up on beanie weenies..Oh well,can’t win them all..Local food bank will be happy..Guess ice is about as hard to predict as snow for the model’s..
Get no complaints from me on missing ice
No ice whatsoever here in North Perry Co. (thankgoodness we lucked out on that..) Got about 2 in. of rain last evening, must have went directly from rain to sleet then heavy snow. And its not even a wet snow, the dry powdery variety.. looks like about 3 in. or so.
Everyone saying this is a bust must all live in the same tiny area of the state because it is certainly no bust south of Louisville.
That is ironic considering south Louisville is a tiny area of the state 😉
I believe he said south OF Louisville. 🙂
What is south of Louisville….a good portion of state is somewhat south of Louisville. Ha ha.
Looking at radar you would think Versailles is getting hammered with snow but ATM nothing is falling from the sky. Looks like we are close to 4 inches.
there wasn’t anything on the radar for us this AM but its been freezing drizzle and light snow all morning
Ok now that this is done wondering how cb feels about March. Last week he said snow chances would continue all thru the month – still think that? Looks like it breaks this weekend and stays
Amazing how the snow is blanketing much of the state on radar while the SE is showing dry as a bone.
You didn’t hear, we don’t belong to ky anymore, we are now part on tn. Seems their mets forecast us more than anybody.
we are the forgotten
I have to say that is about the truth. My friend’s husband will only watch Knoxville mets.
lol. That must be true. Middlesboro is the largest city in Southeast KY, yet WKYT doesn’t even show us on their weather maps…. However, all Knoxville stations do….
Hopkinsville: .25 in ice, 2.5 in sleet and 3.5 in snow. Entrance ramps to I-24 not open due to stuck trucks. 41-A single lane and slow. Be safe
Band this morning was heavy from 7:00-8:30 or so in Lawrenceburg. Brought our total to 3 to 4 inches. Roads are as bad as they’ve been all year.
I75 was the worst I have seen in years. The ice and sleet have acted like super stickem for the snow and will insulate it from going away today.
Five inches and still falling on the Jessamine/Garrard county border.
Ended up with 1.5″ sleet last night and early this morning before it changed over to snow. Snow total between 4 and 5″ right now, but it is still coming down very hard. It seems like folks here in Boyle/Garrard have gotten a pretty good part of the sweet spot of this storm based on the radar over the past 10 hours.
Through 7:00 A.M. Lexington had 1.5 inches of snow for the event. I would say that doubled this morning.
We picked up between 2.5″ and 3″ inches of snow, not quite the major winter storm that was predicted for us.
Still snowing in Pikeville.
This last band of snow may push some of us over 6″ in EKY.
Dude your snow forecast was spot on! Your website is awesome, glad you came on this site You’re gonna be an awesome meteorologist.
I am in Flatwoods and we have between 5 1/2 and 6 inches of snow here.
Here is how I should read all future forecasts. Take the minimum (in Elizabethtown, 7inches) then divide in half to get the top end of the range, then divide in half again for bottom range. 1.7-3.5 inches. I JUST NAILED THE ACTUAL OUTCOME. I dare say this is consistent with how just about every snow has gone in the last 5 years.
Long time reader, few times blogger…
At least in my part of Madison Co., I wouldn’t call this an ankle bitter…
I live in South Ashland/Catlettsburg line. The radar says it is still snowing but the air is clear here. We got about an inch of ice/sleet enough to freeze the car doors shut but not on the ground so much. We have about 5 to 7 inches of snow depends on where you measure and the roads are a mess here. They seem to be working on them but they wait so long to start. I absolutely love the snow. Its beautiful. My dog, Legacy, can’t seem to get enough of it. She comes in iced over. Hope everyone has a BLESSID day and please be careful and stay safe !!! 🙂
We have very light snow right now. Looking at the radar right now, you can clearly see the dome over this county! lol.
we have between 5 and 6 inches of snow from last night and todays storm! that puts us at 36 – 37inches of snow for this winter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dodger got 3″ of fluff but is a little disappointed. Radar looked SO promising last evening … Like he’d get at least six inches. Oh well, it’s been a long, cold winter. Spring needs to spring. Dodger!
Snowing pretty good down in Wayne County right now. We don’t have too much accumulation (an inch or two), but it is on top of ice.
Maybe, MAYBE 3″ in hardin County….all the mets busted on our area. even wave3 had us in 7″+ late last night! wlky had us in 4-8, etc. NWS had us in 4-7….and that was even less ice and sleet too! so nobody can blame it on more ice cutting down on totals….unreal how a storm can be missed so badly within 8 hours
Well helloooo….
OUR part of west Hardin county got 1/8th inch of ice, an inch of sleet that poured like rain and 5 inches of snow….so I have no clue why you say it was missed. Just because it didnt in your back yard…doesnt mean it was a bust fir all of Hardin county.
Bottom line is these people work HARD and nonstop to tell us ungrateful whiny people what MAY happen so we can prepare in case it does. We should be appreciating the job they do at Wave 3…not a better more friendly helpful bunch anywhere.
And Thank you Chris for all you do.
And by Chris I mean Mr Bailey.
You got to understand that the NWS out of Louisville and all 4 TV networks in Louisville cover 29 county’s from southern indiana to south of the parkways that is a whole lot of real estate. I think they all do a phenomenal job. Gets really old listening to the belly achers out there crying about 3 inches instead of 4, really!?! Come on. Anyways Chris Bailey as always and usual awesome job hats off to ya.
Freezing rain, sleet, freezing rain, more freezing rain, sleet (see a pattern yet) then snow, snow and more snow in Muhlenberg County.
We have over 6 inches here in morgan co it’s still pouring its hard to tell really how much it’s blowing around so much…
Wife’s lettuce bed made of 1X5’s is now covered. I’d call that a 5 incher. Still snowing here steadily.
Here in Middlesboro, warm air definitely won out! I have no rain gauge but I feel safe in saying over an inch in rain over night, followed by a 1/10″ of ice. It only started snowing an hour ago….maybe a 1/8″ of snow thus far. We will be extremely lucky to get 3/4″ of snow before moisture is gone. No complaints here though as life can get back to normal by this afternoon! Bring Spring!!!
Definitely not a bust here in Crab Orchard.
The roads are a mess
Just measured 2.5 inches here in Carrie of knott co may end up with 3
I’ve been to Fisty, LOL!
That’s my kneck of the woods, live bout 4 miles from fisty post office
3 inches of snow so far in northern Clay County. Still snowing at a good pace. 20 degrees and feels colder with wind blowing.
Why would anyone gripe and complain and call weather a bust? Geez weather guys worked themselves to death to keep us updated and able to prepare. Some people need to learn gratitude and be thankful this isn’t 1978 or you would just be sitting in the sark wondering.
Thank you Chris and all weather related fields for all you do!
Need a like button for these kind of post!
Morgan co has more then 6 inches the wkyt weather guy just said west liberty had 6 inces where I live we have lot more then 6 inches
Looks like I can comment again… for some reason, none of my comments yesterday would go through. I was afraid I’d done something to warrant being banned…
Harlan County missed out on this as well… it’s snowing now, but we’ve barely anything on the ground. No offense to anyone here, but I have to agree with the above posters – southeastern Kentucky is better serviced by the Knoxville stations. Harlan and Bell counties are in Knoxville’s DMA… Lexington isn’t required to discuss our news and weather at all, although they do. Didn’t east Tennessee used to get more snow than they do now? It seems our climate resembles that of Knoxville more than that of central/western Kentucky.
I still love the blog and your forecasts, Chris; you certainly nail it more than the other Lexington weathermen, and those of WYMT as well. I don’t mean the above to be an insult; I’m just wondering why the southeastern corner of the state doesn’t receive as much snow as in years past.
I too wonder about as london got mote snow than barbourville eve thoughit is just down the road. maybe there is a dome ober us.