Good afternoon, everyone. Phase two of our winter storm is about to get underway with heavy rain and a band of heavy snow. The heavy rain part of the storm may cause high water issues across the south and east. The heavy snow band remains a little more of a mystery, but it’s starting to show itself.<\/p>\n
Heavy rain overspreads central and eastern Kentucky from the southwest this afternoon. As our storm system strengthens, cold air is wrapped into the backside of it, allowing for a band of heavy snow to form. The short range model known as the RAP is strongly supporting recent runs of the European and NAM. Here’s the RAP tonight…<\/p>\n
You can clearly see how the snow wraps up on the backside of the storm.<\/p>\n Here’s where the latest run of the NAM has the heavy snow band…<\/p>\n That the placement on that actually matches up well with the short range models coming in. Trying to pinpoint where this band sets up is tough, but here’s my first shot at it…<\/p>\n![\"RAP\"](\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/RAP.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>That’s a smackdown for much of central and eastern Kentucky. The Hi Res NAM is a little farther west…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n