Menifee Special Weather Statement in effect ROUND OF HEAVY WET SNOW POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING THERE IS AN INCREASING PROBABILITY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY TOWARD THE CAROLINA COAST WILL BRING A ROUND OF SNOWFALL TO EASTERN KENTUCKY SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY AND WILL USHER A COLDER AIRMASS INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION ON SUNDAY EVENING TEMPERATURES MAY OR MAY NOT BE COLD ENOUGH FOR ALL SNOW. HOWEVER BY LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW MAY FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE SUNDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF AND END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT SOME OR MOST OF THE REGION COULD RECEIVE 4 OR MORE INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW FROM THIS SYSTEM. IF HEAVY WET SNOW MATERIALIZES TREES OR LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED AND THIS WOULD LEAD TO THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL COULD ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT MAY FALL AND WHAT PORTION OF EASTERN KENTUCKY WOULD RECEIVE THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS FROM THIS SYSTEM. RESIDENTS AND THOSE PLANNING TO TRAVEL SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER STORM. FOR MORE INFORMATION
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:37:32 +0000
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