Tuesday, December 14, 2010
National Weather Service Issues Winter Storm Alert
KENTUCKY....
The National Weather Service says a winter storm will blast the Bluegrass with a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain Wednesday and Thursday. Lexington and a number of surrounding counties in south-central Kentucky will be under a winter storm warning from 4:00 P.M. Wednesday to 1:00 P.M. Thursday, while the warning for eastern Kentucky is for 9:00 P.M. Wednesday to 10:00 A.M. Thursday.
The National Weather Service in Jackson says the most significant impacts from the storm will be from freezing rain and sleet. Most locations could pick up between one quarter and one half of an inch of ice accumulation from Wednesday night into Thursday morning, posing a threat for downed tree limbs, power outages and hazardous travel.
Nathan Foster, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Louisville, says an inch or two of sleet and snow could fall, then be covered by a quarter-inch or more of freezing rain that could coat power lines, trees and other surfaces with ice. Foster says it's definitely going to start as snow, but, overnight Wednesday, that should turn into sleet, and by Thursday morning, folks will probably be driving to work in sleet or freezing rain. The sleet/freezing rain should continue through Thursday morning and begin to taper off in the afternoon.
The National Weather Service says a winter storm will blast the Bluegrass with a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain Wednesday and Thursday. Lexington and a number of surrounding counties in south-central Kentucky will be under a winter storm warning from 4:00 P.M. Wednesday to 1:00 P.M. Thursday, while the warning for eastern Kentucky is for 9:00 P.M. Wednesday to 10:00 A.M. Thursday. The National Weather Service in Jackson says the most significant impacts from the storm will be from freezing rain and sleet. Most locations could pick up between one quarter and one half of an inch of ice accumulation from Wednesday night into Thursday morning, posing a threat for downed tree limbs, power outages and hazardous travel.
Nathan Foster, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Louisville, says an inch or two of sleet and snow could fall, then be covered by a quarter-inch or more of freezing rain that could coat power lines, trees and other surfaces with ice. Foster says it's definitely going to start as snow, but, overnight Wednesday, that should turn into sleet, and by Thursday morning, folks will probably be driving to work in sleet or freezing rain. The sleet/freezing rain should continue through Thursday morning and begin to taper off in the afternoon.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:39 PM 
