While qualified weather forecasters are still trying to determine the actual path of this weekend’s winter weather that could bring a mix of rain and freezing rain to western Kentucky, they are confident about one thing — it will not be a repeat of the 2009 ice storm that shut down most of the state for weeks.
click to download audioThat’s meteorologist Rachel Trevino from the weather service office in Paducah. She does say the winter storm will cause some travel impacts and power outages.
click to download audioFriday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Watch for the southern Pennyrile for Saturday night through Sunday night.
While there is still a lot of uncertainty concerning precipitation types, they expect the winter storm to move through the area between 2:00 and 5:00 Sunday morning and come to an end late Sunday and early Monday morning.
Temperatures Sunday afternoon are expected to be in the mid-40s before dropping below freezing with the storm in the overnight hours.
As of Friday morning, the line of freezing rain was near Madisonville with some areas near Owensboro and Henderson expected to get up to an inch of freezing rain.
Farther south, Trevino says areas such as Fort Campbell will see mostly rain with some freezing rain mixed in.
click to download audioMeteorologist Derrick Snyder says weather forecasters have been monitoring several weather models, some of which have pushed the track south, but says they usually move back into the path they have been expecting for the past 24 to 48 hours.
click to download audioOnce the winter storm passes, Trevino says high temperatures aren’t expected to get above freezing until next weekend.
click to download audioStay tuned to the radio and our websites for the latest closings and cancellations as well as any shifts in the weather forecasts to include watches and warnings.
