at 6:06 AM by Evan Hatter

Snowy Bowling Green Weather Comes to an End

Real-time Bowling Green Weather Radar

Yesterday’s Weather

SNOOOOOOOOOOWWWW!!! In case you hadn’t heard, it snowed for the first time in awhile on Thursday. Bowling Green Weather didn’t see a whole lot of snow but it was enough to have some sizable travel impacts last night… and a pretty cool time lapse.

Forecast Summary

Today: Mostly cloudy with remaining flurries ending early in the morning. Highs around 21ºF. Clouds hang tough at night but we still get down to around 10ºF.

  • Bus Stop: ☁️ 18°F
  • Lunchtime: ☁️ 20°F
  • School’s Out: ☁️ 21°F
  • Evening: ☁️ 15°F

Tomorrow: Sunny skies but a high of only 25ºF. At night, clear skies will have us back down to around 12ºF.

  • Wake up: ☀️ 16°F
  • Lunchtime: ☀️ 22°F
  • Evening: 🌕 17°F

Sunday: Sunny skies once again, highs back up to near 30ºF. A few more clouds will be with us into the overnight hours, with a low around 20ºF under partly cloudy skies.

  • Wake up: ☀️ 14°F
  • Lunchtime: ☀️ 26°F
  • Evening: 🌕☁️ 23°F

Forecast Discussion

Well, I hope you like cold. That’s right, after our first bout with winter, Bowling Green Weather is going to get a whole lot chillier.

Depending on your area, Arnold may actually be staying home today. (Giphy)
Depending on your area, Arnold may actually be staying home today. (Giphy)

The system that cleared out grocery stores throughout the entire region has finally moved on and taken the snow chances with it. A system passing by to our south will scoot by far enough away to keep most of the snow at bay but will definitely throw some clouds our way. Little to no additional accumulation is expected with nothing we see today.

NAM simulated radar valid 9am today, showing the possibility for some light flurries. (Pivotal Weather)
NAM simulated radar valid 9am today, showing the possibility for some light flurries. (Pivotal Weather)

Once that system passes by, our good old friend high pressure enters the picture. While the pressure may be high, this means our temperatures will go low.

WPC Surface Map forecast valid 6pm tonight. Notice the high pressure nosing in. (Weather Prediction Center)
WPC Surface Map forecast valid 6pm tonight. Notice the high pressure nosing in. (Weather Prediction Center)

Thanks to where that high is located, that’s going to keep our winds around from the north and northwest, where there is even more cold weather locked up. Add that together with a small snowpack and you’ve got the recipe for bitterly cold temperatures for southern Kentucky.

NAM temperatures valid for 3pm tomorrow. Yes. PM. (Pivotal Weather)
NAM temperatures valid for 3pm tomorrow. Yes. PM. (Pivotal Weather)

I think that with the sunshine we can at least meet that 20ºF mark and if we top it, it won’t be by much. We’ll keep those clouds away once again on Saturday night, allowing us to drop down into the lower teens once again.

NAM surface temperatures valid 3am Sunday. (Pivotal Weather)
NAM surface temperatures valid 3am Sunday. (Pivotal Weather)

The high pressure will move a little farther away from the region on Sunday, so highs won’t be nearly as brutal…even the lows will inch back towards 20ºF. And they only go up from here as we head into the new work week.

After the weekend...Goooooing uuuuup! h/t giphy.com
After the weekend…Goooooing uuuuup! h/t giphy.com

Today’s Key Points

  • Mostly cloudy today, small chance of a couple of flurries.
  • High pressure moves in for the weekend.
  • Sunny skies prevail along with bitterly cold temperatures for Saturday and Sunday.

That just about does it for me! Thanks for checking into WxOrNotBG this morning, and be sure to follow @WxOrNotBG and @WKUweather on Twitter and like Landon Hampton on Facebook for the latest Bowling Green Weather information. Hope you have a terrific Friday!