December 17, 20169 yr 310 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR TONIGHT WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING OR FROZEN PRECIPITATION TONIGHT. * TIMING: RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET AT TIMES... 6 PM TO 9 PM....... MOUNT VERNON TO PERRYVILLE 9 PM TO MIDNIGHT... EVANSVILLE TO PADUCAH MIDNIGHT TO 3 AM... OWENSBORO TO MAYFIELD 3 AM TO 6 AM....... CADIZ TO HOPKINSVILLE * MAIN IMPACT: ICY ROAD CONDITIONS...QUICK FREEZING SLICK SPOTS DEVELOPING. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW WILL CAUSE OVERNIGHT TRAVEL HAZARDS AS SLICK SPOTS QUICKLY DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS: FLASH FREEZING OF WET ROADS AS TEMPERATURE PLUMMETS BELOW 32 DEGREES QUICKLY TONIGHT. LIGHT COATING OF SNOW POSSIBLE TOO BEFORE RAINY AND ICY PRECIPITATION ENDS.
December 17, 20169 yr Author URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 536 AM EST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...ICY ROADS LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING... .A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET, SNOW, AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT RACING THROUGH THE REGION. MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN IS FORECAST TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES. AS THE COLD AIR PLUNGES IN BEHIND THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET...FALLING BELOW FREEZING BY SUNDAY MORNING. WHILE LITTLE ACCUMULATION OF SLEET OR SNOW IS EXPECTED...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ...ALONG WITH ANY PONDED WATER ON THE GROUND...COULD CAUSE SLICK ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 20S. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX AFTER 9 PM EST. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK ROADS RESULTING FROM RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES CAUSING ANY PONDED WATER ON ROAD SURFACES TO FREEZE. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
December 17, 20169 yr Author This is what the HRRR model is showing for freezing rain/ice accumulations by 8 am ET Sunday morning
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