Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Awful Forecast in Nothern KY

The power outages will get very seriuos, and then major cold air behind the snow! Some very strange wording in this NWS forecast as well... -HLG

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID
AND UPPER 20S THIS AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS
FREEZING RAIN AND WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT. THIS
COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN
INDIANA AND THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...AS WELL AS VALLEY LOCATIONS. IN FACT...POTENTIALLY
DESTRUCTIVE ICING MAY OCCUR OVER PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA
TONIGHT.
TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN
INDIANA WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TREE
DAMAGE. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF OUTSIDE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CHANGE THE FREEZING
RAIN TO SNOW. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER
SOUTHERN INDIANA...2 TO 4 INCHES OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AND 1
TO 3 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY WITH THIS SNOW...BEFORE IT
ENDS OR DIMINISHES BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY

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