Weather Blog

Hey folks…a good Monday to everyone and I guess here we go again. A complex, fence riding winter storm is set to affect Central and eastern Kentucky as we head into the mid-week. Unlike this past weekend’s system, this one looks to have much more of an impact as we roll into Tuesday. Again let me emphasize impact, even though the snow potential is definitely there for some. Yes we will have accumulating snows on the front and tail end with the highest totals across the northern half of the state. This snow will bookend a little rain in the middle but overall there are several elements in play that will make this one more impactful and more of a headache for folks around the area. Anytime you are throwing around, snow, ice, wind, cold and rain into a melting pot…you are apt to come out with a mess without a doubt. The snow has been flying to our southwest on this Monday and should be on the way heading into late Monday evening/night.

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Hey folks…Happy Sunday and I hope your weekend has been a good one. I wanted to give you a quick update on things since I hadn’t been able to post since late Friday and that one was as stale as 2 week old bread. Yeah we didn’t end up with much snow around the area into Saturday morning thanks to that drier air eating away at things and a slower change from rain to snow. How that played out just proves my theory about some folks…they just love an opportunity to hate! We nail a difficult storm right down the center…and what do we all get? Silence! But the second one doesn’t work out as advertised…many folks pop out of the woodwork and tell us how much we stink and never get it right! After nearly 14 years of this, you have to let it roll off of you because I think most people understand and realize how difficult forecasting is around here, but sometimes I wonder if the view is that good from the cheap seats for some? It’s always easier to be critical when you aren’t the one out there making the forecast for thousands to see and hear. OK…I said my peace on that subject…and I think most of you get where I’m coming from. This isn’t a defense rebuttal…it’s just a statement that this isn’t easy as you think!

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Hey folks…a good Friday to all and I’m sure everyone is excited that the weekend is finally here. There is definitely something about that Friday/Saturday time frame and winter weather here lately and this week is no exception! It was quite a messy Friday across Central and Eastern Kentucky with moderate to heavy rain falling for much of the day. This rain coupled with the already wet ground after last weekend’s snow storm caused some high water issues…especially down south! We are only halfway home with this storm system as the double barrel area of low pressure will spin northeastward into early Saturday so things should be going from wet to white pretty quickly into the early part of the weekend.

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