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Forecasters are still calling for a warmer-than-normal winter due to a La Nina pattern, but all hope is not lost that western Kentucky could have snow sometime around Christmas.
Appearing on WHOP Monday morning, National Weather Service in Paducah Warning Coordination Meteorologist Rick Shanklin said the La Nina pattern has spelled an increase in winter severe weather episodes historically.
While temperatures are expected to moderate in the coming days, Shanklin says there’s indication in forecasting models of a cooldown around the Christmas holiday.
While the La Nina means above normal temperatures, it also usually means above normal precipitation—so there certainly remains a possibility for significant winter weather in the next few months anytime there’s enough cold air in place when the precipitation arrives.