January 20, 201610 yr A Winter Storm Watch has just been issued from Thursday evening until Saturday. ...WINTER STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A SECONDARY WEATHER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WINTRY WEATHER ARE EXPECTED ACROSS KENTUCKY WHICH WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE REGION. This watch is for mostly central and south central Kentucky. Cities included Louisville, Bowling Green, Lexington, Richmond, Frankfort, Georgetown and points in between. I expect this area to expand as we get closer to the event.
January 20, 201610 yr Author The area is already being extended. FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ESTILL-POWELL-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI- LAUREL-MCCREARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...IRVINE... RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...STANTON...BRODHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY 504 AM EST WED JAN 20 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE SNOW ENDS...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP. THE THREAT FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A THIN GLAZE OF ICE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS THIS MORNING...IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND SNOW COVERED THROUGH THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT...WITH FREEZING RAIN FURTHER ADDING TO THE HAZARDOUS POTENTIAL. THIS COULD CAUSE IMPACTS FOR BOTH THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW MORNING CUMMUTES AS WELL. * ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST UPDATES ON THIS EVOLVING SYSTEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
January 20, 201610 yr @nWo The little TACster plays at Lee University In Cleveland, Tn. (just outside of Chattanooga). I was thinking about heading down for the 3:00 game. What are my odds of a delay free trip on Saturday morning from NKY down there and back the same day? I'm seeing this storm is tracking south of us and it looks like freezing rain maybe down that way? Thanks for the help.
January 20, 201610 yr Author Looks like a more southerly route to miss us NKY folks. If you call 2-4" by Saturday missing NKY. :thumb: @nWo The little TACster plays at Lee University In Cleveland, Tn. (just outside of Chattanooga). I was thinking about heading down for the 3:00 game. What are my odds of a delay free trip on Saturday morning from NKY down there and back the same day? I'm seeing this storm is tracking south of us and it looks like freezing rain maybe down that way? Thanks for the help. Looks like it will be a snowy drive all the way to Cleveland, TN. They look to get around 1-2"
January 20, 201610 yr If you call 2-4" by Saturday missing NKY. :thumb: Well, if that starts Thursday night................might end up with another snow day on Friday! But no watch for us yet.
January 20, 201610 yr Author Well, if that starts Thursday night................might end up with another snow day on Friday! But no watch for us yet. Yep it is supposed to start Thursday night. Don't worry if it doesn't come I'll see if I can steer the one for around next Wednesday your way. :thumb:
January 20, 201610 yr If you call 2-4" by Saturday missing NKY. :thumb: Possibility of a small shift that would cause that to change dramatically?
January 20, 201610 yr Author Possibility of a small shift that would cause that to change dramatically? possible but this storm is growing and looks to be a very strong one.
January 20, 201610 yr possible but this storm is growing and looks to be a very strong one. So does this next wave go from being "secondary" to the "primary" with today's stuff being the "preliminary"?
January 20, 201610 yr Author WKY has just been added to the Winter Storm Watch. I'm on my phone so I'll post the info when I get home.
January 20, 201610 yr Author So does this next wave go from being "secondary" to the "primary" with today's stuff being the "preliminary"? In meterological terms, "Yep. ":thumb:
January 20, 201610 yr So does this next wave go from being "secondary" to the "primary" with today's stuff being the "preliminary"? It means the pasture you could fish in earlier is gonna be a skating rink
January 20, 201610 yr You've got folks saying 1-3" and you've got folks saying 8-14" for the same areas. Which is it? Winter Storm or not, there's a huge difference in those ranges and it's getting close to crunch time to make decisions for Friday.
January 20, 201610 yr KY weather center has some of us NKY folks right on the line to get 3-8 inches. :eek: He's typically pretty aggressive with his snow fall predictions.
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