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blizzard of 2009 to spare mid south

I know some of you are not happy with that but at least it will most likely snow late tonight into Sunday across the region. - light rain should change to snow overnight - temps will remain above...

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Will 2009 join 60″ club for Bowling Green?

Through December 18, Bowling Green had recorded 58.89″ of rain for the year, which ranks 12th all-time since 1893. With a big rain event forecast for the days before Christmas, 2009 should break past...

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Happy Holidays

1. Wednesday will be ok for travel across the mid south and lower Ohio Valley for the Holidays. However once you get into the rockies or midwest travel gets tricky because of a low pressure system...

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Complex late week storm coming

1. Another windy day across the region today. More windy weather is expected into Monday thanks in part to the leftovers of the Christmas storm which will bring a cold front through Sunday night....

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cold then rain with little snow

1. Cold nw winds and overcast skies will only allow for highs in the low to mid 30′s Monday across the mid south. 2. Tuesday should be a seasonable day with more sunshine and highs near 40 thanks to...

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arctic blast to start 2010

 The main headline for the eastern United States will be a very strong arctic airmass which will dominate the weather pattern for at least the next week. Expect highs in the mid to upper 20′s and lows...

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Old Man Winter in Charge

1. This afternoon highs should be able to recover into the mid 20′s thanks to mostly sunny skies after a very chilly start. (more…)

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Historic cold snap underway

Today was the 3rd straight day with a high temperature under 32 F for Bowling Green. The forecast calls for sub-freezing high temperatures through at least Monday of next week which would fall just...

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winter storm watch in effect

A cold front with a wave of low pressure is expected to track just to the north of the region Thursday. This will spread a large area of snow throughout the region starting around dawn and lasting into...

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Bowling Green and clipper systems don’t mix

Any student who has taken my synoptic meteorology course knows that there is a very good reason snowfall forecasts tend to bust for Bowling Green. Synoptically speaking, every good snowfall storm track...

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cold to relax a little

1. Over the weekend the region ended up seeing more of a northerly flow off the great lakes which allowed for some light snow showers to continue into Saturday the total for the clipper and these snow...

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Bowling Green Finally rises above freezing

Yesterday thanks to a surge of warm air advection Bowling Green the temperature at Bowling Green finally went above freezing this month not counting the first few hours of the New Year. Temperatures...

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wet weekend for the region

1. Friday will see a weak cold front pass through with some low clouds and patchy drizzle this will be followed by some sun later with highs in the mid 50’s. 2. The main action arrives as low pressure...

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forecast for the next week

I will be unable to post updates from wed-mon so i have posted a seven day forecast.  The one change in forecasting strategy I have made is to go a few degrees higher than the raw gfs which was to cool...

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winter storm threat late week

a quick post to start the spring term. Right now the modeling suggests a winter storm will impact the region starting Thursday night and lasting into Saturday. An arctic front will move through the...

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Winter Storm Watch Issued

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...

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Winter Storm Update: Models Diverging not Converging

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...

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Risk for 8-12″ of snow increasing; where is the question

Recent model trends of both the GFS (6z and 12z) and NAM 12z suggest that a band of 8-12″ of snow is increasingly likely for some portion of the Mid-South Friday into Saturday. (more…)

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snowstorm to be delayed slightly

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...

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snowfall to start around 2 pm

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,...

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