Meteorologist Shane Smith

01/18/2025

Apologies for lack of an update, but we do have a chance for some light snow across the eastern half of the state on Sunday. I am in pretty good agreement with the weather services forecast for snow. The bigger deal will be the cold behind the storm for early next week.

A brief period of widespread snow is expected Sunday morning. The snow may be locally intense during this time in some locations. Widespread snow transitions to intense snow showers and snow squalls in the afternoon and evening. Snow will start out wet before becoming fluffier Sunday.

01/10/2025

The best part of snow days, making memories with the family. A little over 2”s so far in London.

01/10/2025

Snow is flat coming down south of London, post your pics and videos in the comments!

01/10/2025

Everything looks on track with the forecast. Heavy snow now falling in London.

Snow has started to fall across our southern counties, and we appreciate your reports! Down there, snow accumulations will be the highest, but snow (and its travel impacts) will spread northeast as the day progresses. For the most up-to-date road conditions, visit https://goky.ky.gov/

01/10/2025

Forgot to post this yesterday after the livestream, but I still think it’s a good forecast. We will see how it plays out, but I feel pretty confident in it.

01/10/2025

Late night weather chat round 2. Let's talk about tomorrow's snow storm for the bluegrass and what it will do!

01/09/2025

Alright you night owls, who wants to talk about this weekend's winter storm? This is going to be a good snow for most of Kentucky, I'll have my thoughts on the storm during this live stream!

01/06/2025

Let's talk about the evolution of the storm into Monday and what to expect for the week ahead.

01/05/2025

Seeing a lot more mixed precipitation coming into southern Kentucky as the storm moves closer. Going to be keeping a close eye on the Black Mountain mesonet site to track that warmer air aloft.

01/05/2025

The snow is flat flying south of London. What is it doing in your neighborhood?

01/04/2025

Latest update to the snow forecast. This will be the last one before the onset of the storm. Only major changes was up in snow totals in northern Kentucky and moving the northern edge of the one to 3 inch line a little farther north.

Check the latest live stream that I just did for more details !

01/04/2025

Meteorologist Shane Smith has the latest on the winter storm set to hit Kentucky on Sunday and Monday. Updated discussion and snow/ice forecast.

01/04/2025

In case you missed the livestream, here is the updated snow/ice forecast. It’s a mess and when you add the ice not all of the snow will be on the ground at once. Go back and check the livestream for details.

01/04/2025

Let's talk about the upcoming winter storm set to impact Kentucky on Sunday (1/5) and Monday (1/6).

01/03/2025

A powerful winter storm is set to enter the Ohio Valley and begin to impact Kentucky early Sunday on January 5. Winter storm watches are now out for the entire state and will likely be upgraded to winter storm and ice storm warnings over the next day or so. Find out the latest on how the storm could track and how much snow and ice to expect in this forecast update.

01/03/2025

A powerful winter storm is set to enter the Ohio Valley and begin to impact Kentucky early Sunday on January 5. Winter storm watches are now out for the entire state and will likely be upgraded to winter storm and ice storm warnings over the next day or so. Find out the latest on how the storm could track and how much snow and ice to expect in this forecast update.

A powerful winter storm is set to enter the Ohio Valley and begin to impact Kentucky early Sunday on January 5. Winter storm watches are now out for the enti...

01/03/2025

A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for all of the NWS Jackson KY forecast area. We will have additional information including potential impacts and accumulation maps shortly.

01/02/2025

Some very preliminary thoughts on this weekend winter storm set to move in on Sunday the 5th.

First as always, the track and intensity of the storm will determine the outcome of what we see in Kentucky and as always a few miles and degrees can make a huge impact in what we see with our weather. The exact details are still very much up in the air, but here’s what we know so far. For starters, this likely going to be the first significant winter storm in Kentucky this winter. When I say significant, that means at least 4”s of snow or a quarter inch of freezing rain is going to be possible in this storm. Second, the storm will likely start impacting far western Kentucky a couple hours before sunrise near Paducah, be along I-65 near 6 am central time, and push east of I-75 after 8 or 9 a.m. (these are rough timings based on current data and will change as we get closer to the storm.)

Far northern Kentucky will likely see heavy snow from this system… and double digit totals are not out of the realm of possibility. When we get down near I-64 is where things get complicated and messy. We likely start things off as snow and then as warm air comes up in the mid levels of the atmosphere we transition over to freezing rain before going back to snow as the storm moves east.

Down near the Tennessee border, things get even messier as we will likely introduce enough warm air to see a period of plain Jane cold rain for a bit before going back to ice then snow.

Now once again this is all dependent on the track and strength of the storm. If it goes further south, we see more snow and less rain and ice. If it goes north or gets stronger than forecasted, the rain line comes further north. It’s a real headache of a forecast.

Bottom line at this point, keep it locked in with a trusted source of weather information. Know that travel on Sunday and Monday is looking very rough for most of the state. Power outages can’t be ruled out and on the back side of this storm, we have some brutal cold heading our way. I’ll try to have a first call map together by Friday evening.