A "Late Start" to the Snow

Thursday, 28 January 2010 18:51

Good Thursday evening.

Arctic air is slowly overtaking the Commonwealth from north to south as heavy snow falls across some parts of the Great Plains. Overnight, clouds will slowly thicken, and we'll fall to near 18 degrees in town. This evening, you may notice a halo around the moon, before those clouds thicken up too much - that's a sign that moisture is slowly increasing, tens of thousands of feet overhead.

Most of Friday will just be cloudy and cold, at least in Lexington. Highs will struggle into the upper 20s - we're looking at a high near 28 degrees. During the afternoon, light snow will begin to fall in southern Kentucky, and into the evening hours, that snow will spread farther north, across the Bluegrass Region. Snow will intensify overnight on Friday night into Saturday morning, leaving a significant accumulation of snow across southern Kentucky. (Meanwhile, northern parts of the area will end up with less than 3" of snow.) Lexington should receive around 3", and London and Somerset are likely to see between 5" and 8" of snow. You can see a map on the StormTeam Weather blog at http://stormteam.wtvq.com. I'll update with a new post this evening.

The snow will slowly taper to snow showers in central Kentucky around midday on Saturday, but the snow will continue later into the afternoon across eastern Kentucky. Saturday's highs will be near 25. Saturday night will be a very cold night with lows near 6 degrees, thanks to fresh snow cover, clear skies and light winds.

Sunday should be a mostly sunny and cold day with highs near 28 degrees.

Partly sunny skies will prevail on Monday, when highs climb to near 34 degrees.

Light snow will accompany a weak disturbance on Tuesday, but it shouldn't be nearly as big of a deal as our late-week snowstorm. Tuesday's high will be near 36.

Partly sunny skies will return on Wednesday with highs near 39.

A few spotty snow flurries may fall, mainly in southern Kentucky, on Thursday. Thursday's high will be near 38.

Stay warm!

Geoff

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