A SUPER active pattern ahead

Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Sunday evening everyone, it has been a cold and dreary day across central and eastern Kentucky with temperatures staying in the 30s with occasional rain/snow showers. But we have 2 BIG TIME systems set to impact Kentucky in the week ahead with rain, wind, and snow. Let’s start with the short term and roll forward. Any rain/snow shower activity this evening will move out tonight and we will see some clearing in our skies. This will allow temperatures to drop into the mid to upper 20s by Monday morning.

Monday afternoon is calm, but chilly, with temperatures in the mid to upper 40s.

Conditions change in a hurry late Monday night into the wee hours of Tuesday morning as heavy rain and strong winds move in.

Rounds of heavy rain will continue through Tuesday afternoon.

Rain will start to move out by Tuesday evening.

Some decent rain totals will show up during this time with many areas picking up 1″-2″. That is certainly good for the ongoing drought across central and eastern Kentucky.

Winds are also going to be a BIG problem with this system as gust could reach 40-50mph+ from Monday night – Tuesday night.

Those type of winds with heavy rain saturating the ground can cause some trees to up rooted and cause wind damage. I also do not expect widespread power outages, but some power hits may certainly show up. As the rain pulls out of the area Tuesday night temperatures will begin to drop very quickly and that will allow periods of light snow to take over through Wednesday.

Light accumulations are a pretty good bet as temperatures drop below freezing. The Wednesday morning commute can be a slick one. I can also see some school delays and cancellations as well.

We look to calm things down Wednesday night – Thursday, but another big time system is waiting to impact our weather Friday evening – Saturday. This system looks very similar to the one we are going to go through Monday night – Wednesday with heavy rain and strong winds to accumulating light snow.

Once this system moves out late Saturday/early Sunday, it is all about ARTIC AIR invading us here in Kentucky with temperatures that could turn well below average next week.

I mentioned in the beginning of this post that we have entered a VERY active weather pattern, but after this post I don’t even know if active properly describes it. Let us all take a big deep breath together. As always, the ABC 36 Storm Team will keep you up to date both on-air and online through it all. #kywx