I came across this on the Accuweather site and thought it was pretty interesting. It has some facts behind the monster snow storm that has been pounding the New England coast over the last few days. Click here to read the story. Have a great Weekend!

Its Friday and it’s a beautiful day. Only if it were a little warmer. There isn’t really much going on in our area today as far as weather is concerned, so today’s write up will be shorter.  Today the  high temperature should reach the mid 40′s, but it will feel warmer due to the sunny conditions.  With the clear skies this evening we can expect lows to be near 25 tonight. This weekends forecast is a little tricky because there is some disagreement between the NAM and the GFS.  The NAM is showing that we could have some snow showers Saturday night into to Sunday morning, while the GFS keeps the precip into Eastern Kentucky. The precip is coming off the back side of the low from the storm over New England.  So for Saturday and Sunday we can expect  partly cloudy conditions with some sun mixing in. It really all depends on whether the precip reaches our area. If it does then we could see cloudier conditions if not then sunnier.  Temps for this weekend should remain in the mid 40′s and lows in the mid to upper 20′s. In other news, the stormed I mentioned on Wednesday is still bringing snow to the New England area. Here are some of the snowfall totals thus far. Also from looking at the models, it looks like we could see a warm up next Sunday March the 7th. Models do change, especially since we are still more than a week out, but I thought I would least bring it to your attention. Even if the models do change, our next warm up should still be right around the corner. Here is what the GFS is currently showing for Sunday the 7th. Have a great Friday and a great weekend. Thanks for reading WKU’s met blog.

It’s Wednesday and it is Cold!!! Expect Highs to be in the mid 30′s today. Also, we are currently receiving some flurries here in Bowling Green.  Flurries should continue on and off until around noon and then they should start to taper off. The flurries in our area are from a low pressure system currently sitting over the Great Lakes.  This low pressure system is also responsible for  a cold front that will be sweeping through our area in a few hours. With the passage of the cold front, this should keep us breezy for most of the day.  The colder temperatures and the breezy conditions will lead to wind chill values of around 20.  Even after the passage of the cold front we will still stay cloudy for the rest of the day. Tomorrow however  should be mostly sunny with slightly higher temperatures. The rest of the week should remain sunny as well with high temperatures slightly increasing each day.  By the weekend we should be in the mid to upper 40′s. Check back Friday for your weekend update.   In other news, check out the monster storm that will be pounding the entire Northern section of the Eastern Seaboard for the next few days. Here are some current projected snowfall totals for this storm.  Thanks for reading WKU’s metblog. Remember to stay warm today, its going to be cold out there.

If you didn’t get out and enjoy the weather yesterday it might be a while before you get another day like it, because another arctic outbreak is headed our way. Yesterday’s official high in Bowling Green reached 68º F. The  all-time record high temp for that date was set on February 21st, 1993 with a high of 69º F. Averages for this time a year are a high of 50 and a low of 30. Today’s temps should be close to these average values. Even though it will likely be 18º cooler here today, 50 is still warmer than what we have been accustomed to  over the past six weeks. Continue reading →

Familiar sight this morning, isn’t it? Clipper system pushed through with the front last night, this will continue to effect the area throughout the day as a dry slot will shift from west to east. This is expected to drop even more snow across the area, with more blowing and drifting expected. Skies have opened for a brief period, only to allow strong winds and clouds to roll back in later today. Surface low that is currently over Louisville will shift east, while the upper-level low over southeast Missouri will push E/NE across the area today. Continue reading →

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 investigating when the last time this may have happened.

It appears we will see yet another decent snowstorm on Sunday and into Monday over the Mid-South, as expected. Continue reading →

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 and ECMWF are further south with the track of the vort max (over TN) compared to the GFS (over KY) which will strongly influence snow amounts. Continue reading →