Author Archives: Mitchell Gaines

 Spring Break has arrived here at WKU!!! For some of us it means it a week off from the University to go to places that feature this.

1. Thursday we should have some more sunshine than today with highs in the mid 40’s. While Friday will finally see a high pressure system to move north of the region allowing for an influx of warm southerly winds and … Continue reading →

If you are fan of some warmer weather or accumulating snow then the first part of this week will not be to your liking. Last Sunday (Feb 21) when it was near 70, this storm coming through tommorow  on modeling had … Continue reading →

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 slot which … Continue reading →

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 had become banded in … Continue reading →

– 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 into our region and should arrive around 5 … Continue reading →

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, precipitation that shows up on … Continue reading →

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 afternoon, however the … Continue reading →

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 overseas and less … Continue reading →

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 inches will … Continue reading →