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Rain, snow, sleet will likely visit various parts Sat 7 Apr 2018


At 4:46amCT, Saturday, April 7, 2018, temperatures from the Columbia Mesonet Station had been steadily falling and were 1 degree above freezing, 33 degrees F.; Green and Taylor Counties were at 31; Metcalfe 32, Russell 34 , and Cumberland in the deep south, was a balmy 36 degrees F. - CM

Kentucky Press News Service
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(Fri - 6 Apr 2018) - Winter makes a return to Kentucky starting tonight and continuing Saturday and in some places Sunday too. But the form and amount of precipitation you experience depends on where you live. But in general, the amount of snowfall predicted has been scaled back from earlier estimates.



In southern eastern Kentucky, wet snow and pockets of sleet may affect the area late tonight into Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service office in Jackson. Less than an inch of snowfall is expected. Impacted cities include Monticello, Stearns, Whitley City, Corbin and Williamsburg.

In other areas of eastern Kentucky, accumulating snow is expected to develop late tonight and last into Saturday morning. Sleet will be possible at times late tonight.

Accumulating snow will be coming to an end Saturday morning.

A hard freeze is expected on Sunday night with widespread frost.

Sensitive plants would be impacted.

Snow is possible mainly north of the Mountain Parkway on Sunday night and early on Monday morning.

This includes the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Morehead, Irvine, Ravenna, Clay City, Stanton, Frenchburg, Brodhead, Mount Vernon, McKee, Annville, Burnside, Somerset, London, Sandy Hook, West Liberty, Paintsville, Campton, Salyersville, Beattyville, Jackson, and Booneville.

In northern Kentucky, the weather service office in Wilmington, Ohio, reports light rain will develop this afternoon, changing to snow during the evening. Snow accumulations of up to an inch will be possible by early Saturday morning, mainly on raised surfaces and grassy areas. Cities likely to be impacted include Owenton, Williamstown, Crittenden, Dry Ridge, Falmouth, Butler, Augusta and Brooksville.

In Paducah, the NWS office said rain should transition to light snow tonight across southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, southwest Indiana and west Kentucky.

The snow may linger Saturday morning across western Kentucky.

Snowfall amounts should generally be 1 inch or less. Minor travel impacts cannot be ruled out.

The Winter Storm Watch was cancelled early this morning. The forecast data has had tremendous difficulty handling snowfall amounts with this system. All of the latest data points to lower accumulations.

Meanwhile, the weather service office in Louisville reports that in central Kentucky light snow will fall after midnight tonight, but any impact should be minimal -- about 1 inch. A few slick spots may develop on bridges.

A hard freeze is likely Sunday morning (8 Apr 2018) with low temperatures in the 20s.

Cities affected include Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford, Leitchfield, Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford,Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Taylorsville, Bardstown, Hodgenville, Morgantown, Brownsville, Horse Cave, Greensburg and Campbellsville.



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