Winter Storm Watch Issued for Tristate

We knew a powerful winter storm was a possibility.  Now the National Weather Service has made it official.  The tristate is under a Winter Storm Watch and we will see brutally cold (even Arctic temperatures early next week) and we could see a bunch of snow as the temperature falls.  Here's the latest forecast and your initial projected snowfall amounts. . .

Official statement from the National Weather Service:

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A WATCH...BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS
LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN SATURDAY NIGHT. IT IS PROBABLY
GOING TO BEGIN AS RAIN...ESPECIALLY THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU GO IN
THE AREA...BUT IT SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY SOMETIME
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT: THE GROUND SHOULD START GETTING WHITE EITHER LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE BULK OF THE
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL COME SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS. GENERALLY...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE ACCUMULATING SNOW ENDS LATE IN THE DAY
SUNDAY. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE THE FURTHER SOUTH
YOU GO IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

* OTHER IMPACTS: EXTREME COLD WILL FOLLOW THESE SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP THROUGH THE SINGLE DIGITS
SUNDAY NIGHT AND WIND CHILLS WILL BE MINUS 10 TO MINUS 25 AT
THEIR COLDEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS. THESE SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...IF REALIZED...WOULD THEREFORE STICK
AROUND THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT
TRAVEL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THIS WATCH WILL BE
UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS BECOME MORE
CERTAIN.