cold to relax a little
1. Over the weekend the region ended up seeing more of a northerly flow off the great lakes which allowed for some light snow showers to continue into Saturday the total for the clipper and these snow...
View ArticleBowling Green Finally rises above freezing
Yesterday thanks to a surge of warm air advection Bowling Green the temperature at Bowling Green finally went above freezing this month not counting the first few hours of the New Year. Temperatures...
View Articlewet weekend for the region
1. Friday will see a weak cold front pass through with some low clouds and patchy drizzle this will be followed by some sun later with highs in the mid 50’s. 2. The main action arrives as low pressure...
View Articleforecast for the next week
I will be unable to post updates from wed-mon so i have posted a seven day forecast. The one change in forecasting strategy I have made is to go a few degrees higher than the raw gfs which was to cool...
View Articlewinter storm threat late week
a quick post to start the spring term. Right now the modeling suggests a winter storm will impact the region starting Thursday night and lasting into Saturday. An arctic front will move through the...
View ArticleWinter Storm Watch Issued
The NWS has issued a winter storm watch for the region. Periods of snow are likely from Friday morning into early Saturday with still a large spread in model data. Right now it appears between 3 and 7...
View ArticleWinter Storm Update: Models Diverging not Converging
qpf= amount of water that will fall I have looked at the US 00z models which come in during the evening so this analysis includes the 00z Nam and gfs, Wednesday’s 12z Canadian, euro and several other...
View ArticleRisk for 8-12″ of snow increasing; where is the question
Recent model trends of both the GFS (6z and 12z) and NAM 12z suggest that a band of 8-12″ of snow is increasingly likely for some portion of the Mid-South Friday into Saturday. (more…)
View Articlesnowstorm to be delayed slightly
Don’t worry it’s still coming. For those of you wanting to leave school or even WKU early for the snow will be disappointed as all of the model data now does not start the snow till mid or late...
View Articlesnowfall to start around 2 pm
Temperatures now are in the mid 20′s across the region which means when the snow starts it will stick to most everything. If you’re looking at the radar puzzled this morning it’s because of virga,...
View Articlesnowstorm in progress now
- WKU has cancelled classes through Saturday due to weather. Right now light snow has spread into south central Kentucky. Moderate snowfall with bursts of hvy snow is moving across western Tennessee...
View Articleupdated forecast
snow ratios- using the avg mesonet qpf of .15 and snowfall reports of 2-3 inches earlier and looking at the composition of the snow a 15:1 ratio seems reasonable with temps in the 20′s. banding- snow...
View Articledry slot takes away second band and higher end totals
Storm totals were from 5-7 inches across our region. This was slightly less than my going forecast of about 8 inches with the potential for locally more perhaps even over a foot. This was due to a dry...
View ArticleEarly-week storm heating up…literally
The belief over the past week is that the major storm that will move through the Mid-South early next week would be a significant snow-maker for everyone in Kentucky. But recent model outputs express...
View ArticleBowling Green will see snow tonight, but how much?
Recent model runs are predicting better snowfall totals than previously expected for south central Kentucky with tonight’s impending winter storm. (more…)
View ArticleSnowiest winter in Bowling Green since 1985
The storm that brought several inches of snow to KY on February 8-9 ended up bringing a total of 5.1″ of snow to Bowling Green. Here is the breakdown of the storm… Monday, February 8th, 7:30 pm – 12:00...
View ArticleA break in the action, for now
It’s been an interesting couple of days as far as winter weather goes here in south central Kentucky, but it appears we’ll be getting a break from the snow for a few days. (more…)
View ArticleManitoba Mauler on track for Sunday/Monday
The latest model runs of the GFS, CMC, and ECMWF all show a Manitoba Mauler (the mean, nasty cousin of the Alberta Clipper) poised to bring more snow to the Mid-South late this weekend. Both the CMC...
View ArticleMore snow on Sunday
It appears we will see yet another decent snowstorm on Sunday and into Monday over the Mid-South, as expected. (more…)
View ArticleSnow in all lower 48 states
This map of snow cover from this morning shows snow cover in all lower 48 states. This is a very rare event that has not happened in recent memory. Scientists at the Rutgers Global Snow Lab are...
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