HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1004 PM 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...TONIGHT.
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOREHEAD TO
HINDMAN TO HARLAN. LOCALIZED LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY ALSO OCCUR AS
FAR WEST AS INTERSTATE 75.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE
LOW WIND CHILLS. ABOVE 2500 FEET ELEVATION...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL
TO AS LOW AS 10 BELOW AT TIMES AROUND DAWN. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND ZERO AT TIMES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE YOUNG WINTER SEASON WILL BE IN PLACE FOR
THE WEEKEND THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY WILL LIKELY FAIL TO REACH THE FREEZING MARK IN MANY
LOCATIONS...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS EACH NIGHT. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY EVENING WILL LIKELY SEND WIND CHILLS TO BELOW ZERO AT
TIMES.
ALONG WITH THE COLD...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY
MORNING BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AN
ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW MAY FALL IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE
VIRGINIA BORDER. SNOW WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY AND THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE JACKSON
WEATHER OFFICE.
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