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<\/a>Low pressure during this time is tracking along the Tennessee border and has a band of light to moderate snow wrapping in behind it. That will scoot quickly eastward into the afternoon…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
That band will work across eastern Kentucky and will give way to widespread snow showers and squalls that kick in on the cyclonic flow. You won’t see these coming… they will develop quickly right on top of us. Throw in an upper level disturbance diving in with strong cold air advection and these squalls can pack a punch into the evening…<\/p>\n
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It’s during the afternoon and evening that travel is likely to be impacted most. Winds gusting to 35mph will blow the snow around and the squalls will reduce visibilities to under a half mile at times. How much snow are we talking? I put out a last call for snowfall on WKYT at 11 and that’s the one of record. Many areas will pick up an inch or two with locally higher amounts possible. Again… much of that won’t happen until later in the day and into the evening hours. This is NOT a big storm and you won’t be able to make any snowmen. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Temps will start the day above freezing for most areas and then tank from west to east. A quick 10-15 degree drop will take place in just a few hours this afternoon and early evening. Most locations are in the teens this evening and will drop toward the high single digits and low teens by Friday morning. Factor in the gusty winds and wind chill numbers will drop below 0 at times.<\/p>\n
From here… all eyes are on the big daddy blast of arctic air coming early next week. The arctic front will work into the state late Saturday night into early Sunday. I expect a wave of low pressure to develop along this boundary as it slides through. The GFS continues to show the setup that matches my thoughts…<\/p>\n
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That has the potential to put down several inches of snow across the region into Sunday night. If we can get just a couple inches out of that… look out. Temps early next week will approach levels we have not seen around here in years. The GFS lows…<\/p>\n
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The GFS actually keeps much of the state below zero for near 48 straight hours. Again… for that to happen, you will need snow on the ground. Without snow on the ground… temps will still head toward 0 or slightly below.<\/p>\n
Oh… could another system deliver snow and ice to follow up the arctic blast by the end of next week? It’s a crazy pattern.<\/p>\n
I have some tracking toys for you guys…<\/p>\n
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Current temperatures<\/strong><\/p>\n I-75 @ Winchester Road<\/strong> I-75 @ Iron Works Pike<\/strong> I-75 @ Clays Ferry Bridge South US 60 @ US 127<\/strong> US 127 @ Frankfort<\/strong> I-75 at MP 36 View of Downtown<\/strong> I-75 at MP 36 I-75 at MP 23 I-71\/I-75 at Buttermilk Pike<\/strong> I-64 @ 3rd St. Exit<\/strong> Downtown Louisville @ 2nd & Broadway<\/strong> I will have updates later today. Have a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good Thursday, folks. Today starts a crazy period of winter weather here in the bluegrass state and for much of the country. The pattern is going to the extreme and it starts with a light snow maker and arctic cold winds blowing out there today. Talk about a changeable day… today is so much of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
\nLexington
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\nLexington
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\n<\/strong>Between Lexington and Richmond<\/em>
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\nFrankfort
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\nFrankfort
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\n<\/strong>London
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\nHarlan
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\n<\/strong>London
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\n<\/strong>Corbin
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\n<\/em>Near Covington
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\nLouisville
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\nLouisville
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