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Real-Time BG Radar:
Today: Cold and mostly sunny. Highs around 26ºF / Tonight: Increasing clouds; Snow showers likely. Low of 16ºF.
Well, yesterday was wild.
I can say with a great amount of certainty that the 9.4″ officially recorded at the BG airport was the most snow that I can remember in my life (many of you reported more, even). We had snowfall rates approach 2″ per hour during the peak of the storm, but we had long durations of heavy snowfall for the majority of the time.
There will be more information on this as the day goes on, just keep an eye on our weather buzz section! Today looks to be much quieter, but it will also be the last day that Bowling Green isn’t an Arctic city. After today, Bowling Green basically will become the North Pole.
Today, though, should see temps top out in the mid 20s, under partly to mostly sunny skies. The snowpack will really help keep temps down across the region. Overnight, we have a weird conundrum.
An area of low pressure will drag a cold front southeast across the region, and this will prevent temps from dropping to rock bottom, as they’ll rise ahead of the front. The surface map below is valid for 6pm this evening, and shows the front about to plow across the region.
Following that rise, however, temps will again fall into the middle teens, which is pretty good considering we have about 10-12″ of snow on the ground.
Wednesday 2/18: Beginning of the end. Mostly cloudy with scat’d snow showers. High of 23˚F /Wed. Night: Mostly clear, low of -8ºF.
So, we are in another act of the play called, “Winter”, and in this scene, Bowling Green becomes the North Pole. Its about to get, not only cold, but dangerously cold. There are several factors coming into play here: clearing skies, light winds and a fresh, thick snowpack. All of these look to be in place to create some of the coldest conditions in many years across south central Kentucky.
Before the arctic front comes through on Wednesday morning, the high will spike to 23ºF and not rise above that mark again all day.
We’ll see some snow shower activity in association with the cold front as it moves across the state, but this should be quick hitting and lighter. The HRRR model below, valid for 4am Wednesday morning, shows snow tracking E across the area:
Nevertheless, with temps being as cold as they are, it shouldn’t be too hard to get a quick coating of snow across the region. We could see additional minor accumulations of a dusting up to 1″ with this disturbance.
Then as we move into the overnight hours, this is when things look ugly. Skies look to become mostly clear across the region, and this will allow temps to plummet. We are looking at dangerously cold conditions Wednesday night into Thursday morning as temperatures fall into the -5ºF to -10ºF range across the region. Please be aware of this, and take extra precautions to protect exposed skin if you have to go out, and to protect pipes and water lines.
Thursday 2/19: Day-After-Tomorrow cold. High of 9ºF / Thurs. night: A micro ice age. Gradually increasing clouds, with a low of -6ºF.
Okay, this is insane…
Where’s Dennis Quaid when you need him!?!
I thought that the snowfall rates on yesterday’s system were insane, but this is gonna be more impressive than maybe even that event. We will likely see highs only make it into the upper single digits, and lows dip into the -5 to -10 degree range again. This will create one of the coldest days in several years for the region, and will again be dangerous. Please bundle up if you plan on going out!
Thats all I have of this post. Make sure to follow @WxOrNotBG and @WarrenCountyWX on Twitter for the latest up-to-date info.