Sunday - Monday System

Good morning everyone and here's to Friday finding you happy for the weekend! I'm currently watching for our next big impact system to swing in here Sunday into Monday and looks to bring a mixed bag of precipitation. We could start off as a few flakes, change over to quite a bit of rain and a few thunderstorms, then quite possibly end with a few snow flakes. No it doesn't look like a big winter weather hit down here but for northern Kentucky it very well could be.

With that being said take a look at one of the computer forecast models below to see just exactly what I'm talking about.

This is the latest Canadian model that actually show a trend a bit further south that will need to be watched but as for now I think northern Kentucky has the highest risk of snow impacts. There is still a bit of a struggle with thermal profiles especially on the tail end of this system. You also see the risk for heavy rains and a few storms across southern KY.

Take a look at the air temperatures behind this front right after it passes, wind chills could dip well into the single digits near 5 degrees. Anyways, here's the actual air temperatures:

Things get cold and active beyond this as well. Take a look at the end of the month, tons of cold air filters into the area. I'd expect some type of big system to ride the leading edge of this cold air sometime near Christmas or the week after. That's still 2 weeks off but take a look at these anomalies in about 2 weeks:

At the very least I can tell you the pattern is full and active. I wouldn't be surprised to see 2 more snow threats before the year is through. I have a feeling that January could just pick up where December left off. 

Let's watch this Sunday and Monday system and the trends with it before we focus too much about what comes later in the year or even next year at that. All weather modes are on the table with snowflakes, heavy rains, and thunderstorms. If you haven't guessed it yet, you do live in Kentucky and our weather is crazy stuff! Join me on Facebook if you haven't already at Clayton Banks Weather.

Have a great Friday and take care!