The winter wonderland with plenty of snow and ice on the ground along with Arctic cold remained in place Wednesday across Central and Eastern Kentucky. With plenty of low level moisture and clouds in place, temperatures didn’t move much again with afternoon highs hovering into the low to mid-20s. We did see some additional light snow showers and flurries thanks to the Arctic cold air mass having the ability to squeeze out the snow with very little moisture to work with as a mid-level wave of energy passed by to our north. This was enough to lay down some additional snow in many spots, keeping roadways on the slick side. With the snow/ice pack in place and some expected clearing, Thursday morning could be our coldest of the week with morning lows dropping into the single digits across parts of the area. Temperatures could end up slightly higher or lower depending on whether we see breaks in the clouds or not. Our far northern counties have the best chance at potentially knocking on the door for the 0 degree mark with far southern Kentucky staying in the low teens. Given this set-up, a Cold Weather Advisory is out fort Northern Kentucky into Thursday morning. This is a new product that replaces the old “Wind Chill Advisory” so it covers either temperatures and/or wind chills or the combination of the two dropping temperatures around zero. The rest of Thursday looks dry with some sunshine expected to return, however you know the drill at this point. The low level moisture/clouds can be tough to scour out so that could muddy the water a bit into Thursday. Hopefully a mid-level wave cruising through Wednesday will stir things up enough to get some sunshine back in here for a change of pace. It should be another cold day no matter what with afternoon highs back into the low 20s for most locations. Another round of winter weather is on tap for Friday as the much advertised area of low pressure slides along the Gulf Coast. If there is any bit of good news at least the type of precipitation won’t be in question this go around as we are looking at an all snow event given the cold air in place. However lots of moisture will stream northward allowing for some legitimate snow accumulations across Kentucky. The favored area for the highest totals will be south of the Kentucky parkways where a Winter Storm Watch is posted for Friday. That part of the commonwealth could see 4″-6″ snowfall totals with 2″-4″ farther north into the Bluegrass Region. Of course these numbers may be adjusted a bit higher/lower as the storm draws closer but get set for yet another impact winter weather event to close out the week. Looking ahead to the weekend, clouds may linger for a bit as usual but hopefully we’ll squeeze in a few peeks of sunshine into Sunday as afternoon highs climb back into the low 30s. A fast moving clipper system will dive through the Great Lakes early next week with some additional snow showers for the Ohio Valley so it appears our active winter weather pattern so far here in 2025 isn’t going anywhere for now. Stay safe out there! ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Clearing in spots, frigid temperatures. Lows in the single digits and low teens. THURSDAY: Some sunshine returns, still cold. Highs in the low-20s. THURSDAY NIGHT: Clouds increase, another very cold night. Lows in the upper single digits and low teens. Categories: Featured, Local Weather Headlines, Storm Team Weather Blog, Weather, Weather Forecast Tags: ABC 36 Hour Forecast, Accumulating snow, arctic cold, Chief Meteorologist TG Shuck, Cold Weather Advisory, January 2025, Kentucky weather, Lexington, Southern Kentucky, weather forecast, Weather Video, Winter Storm Watch, Winter Weather