SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 527 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 1000 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...COLDER AIR MAY BRING ICY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...
...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM ISOLATED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS
TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...
MUCH COLDER AIR IS BEGINNING TO INVADE EAST KENTUCKY EARLY THIS
MORNING. THIS INVASION OF COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
WEEKEND. HOWEVER...THE ARRIVAL OF COLDER AIR WILL LIKELY SERVE TO
FREEZE ANY DAMP OR WET SPOTS ON AREA ROADS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
WILL FREEZE BEFORE ROAD SURFACES. IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT...LINGERING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO PATCHY
FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FLURRIES AROUND DAWN. THE THREAT FOR ANY PATCHY
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL END BY MID MORNING. HOWEVER...MOTORISTS ARE
URGED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION AND BE ALERT TO SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS
EARLY THIS MORNING.
ALSO...A DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BRING ISOLATED
TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR
SNOW SHOWERS WILL GENERALLY BE ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 23 AND
IN LOCATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. IN THESE AREAS UP TO ONE INCH
OF SNOW COULD FALL TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER...ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...A DUSTING TO LOCALLY ONE HALF OF AN
INCH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN
SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SATURDAY EVENING OF A DUSTING TO TWO INCHES IN
LOCATIONS IN THE MORE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN LOCATIONS NEAR THE
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA BORDERS WITH A DUSTING TO ONE INCH
ELSEWHERE.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 450 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 700 AM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING AS
TEMPERATURES FALL TO FREEZING AND BELOW ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA
AROUND DAWN. FROM THIS...SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS...IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR THE WET AND DAMP SPOTS TO
FREEZE.
ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY...BUT THE CHANCE FOR
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE HIGHER TONIGHT. A FLUFFY DUSTING TO LESS THAN
ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF SNOW COULD FALL TONIGHT IN MOST LOCATIONS.
HOWEVER...LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE WV AND VA BORDERS SUCH AS THE BIG
SANDY REGION AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE VA BORDER COULD
RECEIVE ABOUT ONE FLUFFY INCH OF SNOW FROM THIS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE YOUNG WINTER SEASON WILL BE IN PLACE FOR
THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL LIKELY FAIL
TO REACH THE FREEZING MARK IN MANY LOCATIONS...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES
EACH NIGHT EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEENS IF NOT THE SINGLE DIGITS ON
SUNDAY MORNING. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL LIKELY SEND
WIND CHILLS TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
ALONG WITH THE COLD...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TIME TO
TIME THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE
ON SATURDAY WHEN SOME LIGHT FLUFFY ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE VA AND WV BORDERS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF FREEZING
PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS MORNING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSON. SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL ALSO BE APPRECIATED THIS WEEKEND.
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