{"id":79505,"date":"2026-11-12T18:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T23:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=79505"},"modified":"2026-11-12T18:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T23:10:05","slug":"talking-graupel-and-the-first-flakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=79505","title":{"rendered":"Talking Graupel and the First Flakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good evening, folks. Rain showers and some graupel showers are out there across the region, kicking off a wintertime setup into the start of the weekend. Some out and out snow showers will show up on Friday for some areas.<\/p>\n

Graupel is the dippin dots type of frozen precipitation falling from the sky. This technically counts as winter weather.<\/p>\n

The best chance to pick up on snow showers will be across the east and southeast with just a few flakes elsehwere. The far southeastern Kentucky counties along the Virginia border may see light accumulations of a few inches.<\/p>\n

Here’s my current thinking…<\/p>\n

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The future radar from the HRRR shows all this from later tonight through Saturday afternoon…<\/p>\n

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Yes, some flakes may very well be flying for some areas Saturday morning. That’s also when the coldest wind chills show up with a few locations potentially reaching the upper teens, but most stay in the low 20s…<\/p>\n

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Temps stay seasonably cold this weekend before we moderate into next week. We should be above normal by the end of the week into next weekend. That big change toward winter continues to show up for Thanksgiving Week adn the ensembles are seeing this…<\/p>\n

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I’ll have the full update later tonight, so check back. Until then, here are your chilly shower tracking tools\u2026<\/p>\n

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