Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 228 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2014 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-151000- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 228 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2014 ...FIRST WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK... ...COLD WEATHER FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK... A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES IS EXPECTED TO INITIALLY BRING RAIN TO THE AREA ON SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...COLD AIR WILL WORK INTO THE REGION FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY ON MONDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF THE CHANGEOVER AND ULTIMATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...IT APPEARS THAT LOCATIONS NEARER TO THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR...AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET CLOSE TO THE VIRGINIA BORDER WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. MEANWHILE... LIGHT AMOUNTS APPEAR POSSIBLE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THIS WINTRY SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. AS THE EARLY WEEK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEPARTS...THE COLDEST AIR MASS SO FAR THIS FALL AND MORE TYPICAL OF JANUARY WILL INVADE THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY OR FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. THEN...LOW TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEENS...WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO REACH THE MID 20S IN MOST LOCATIONS ON TUESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE SLIGHTLY COLDER WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD...AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD BOTTOM OUT AROUND 10 DEGREES IN THE NORMALLY COLDER VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH LOWS OF 10 TO 15 DEGREES EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL MODERATE FROM TUESDAY...BUT SHOULD ONLY REACH THE LOW TO MID 30S. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR RECORDS AND 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES OVER THE WEEKEND CONCERNING THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/JACKSONKY. $$ JP/KAS
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:45:39 +0000
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