Snow Projected for Tristate [UPDATE]
The Saturday evening forecast showed us mercy but as we cruise into the evening hours of Sunday the chance of snow has reached 100% and with the temperatures falling below the freezing mark there is 1-3 inches of snow for us all to wake up to on Monday morning.
Read below for the National Weather Serivce hazardous outlook.
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME LIKELY BY THIS EVENING
OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. ANY RAIN AT ONSET LATE TODAY SHOULD
TRANSITION TO SLEET THEN SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...INCLUDING SOME SLEET...SHOULD RANGE FROM 3 TO
5 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACT.
CONDIDTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE HAZARDOUS DURING THE
MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH ON MONDAY MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.