Low pressure careening through Kentucky will bring a very light snow tonight with a dusting. The next system promises gusty winds.
THROUGH TUESDAY: Expect one or two periods of very light snow between Midnight and 10 a.m. No travel problems expected but all flakes will accumulate the faintest dusting along and south of I-64. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with a few flurries and a breeze reaching 15 mph.
MIDWEEK STORM: A southwest breeze will kick in during the day, with gusts to 25 mph, warming temperatures into the 40s. A period of rain is likely during the afternoon. A cold front crosses between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. Thursday with gusts hitting 38-44 mph. A few power outages and small limbs will come down in these winds. Outages and damage will be widely scattered across the region. Snow showers follow on Thursday with a dusting to 2-4″ in western Pocahontas County.
WEEKEND AND BEYOND: A cold start (upper teens to low 20s for high school Friday night playoff games) will give way to a milder weekend. A soggy system promises rain on Monday, December 9. A transient cold blast is expected with very light snow accumulation in its wake and then a sustainable warm pattern is expected mid to late December. While one or two cold fronts will push through, temperatures in their wake will be far warmer than the air behind the cold fronts during December’s first half.
Chief Meteorologist Chad Merrill’s latest forecast:
