Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY

990 
WWUS43 KJKL 291054
WSWJKL

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
554 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

KYZ044-050>052-291500-
/O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121229T1500Z/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD
554 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

* SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED AT TIMES WITH RAIN IN THE DEEPEST VALLEYS WILL
  TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY MID MORNING. 

* AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING...
  BRINGING EVENT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* SNOW COVERED ROADS...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES
  WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO
  REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND LONGER TRAVEL TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

$$

KYZ058>060-104-106-108-111-291500-
/O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121229T1500Z/
ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE
554 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE
  VALLEYS. PORTIONS OF THE KENTUCKY AND RED RIVER VALLEYS COULD
  EXPERIENCE MOSTLY RAIN. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW
  SHOWERS OR FLURRIES BY MID MORNING

* AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING...
  BRINGING EVENT TOTAL SNOWFALL TO AROUND 1 INCH IN THE VALLEYS AND 1
  TO 3 INCHES ON THE RIDGES.

* THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...
  ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ROADS MAY
  BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...BATTERIES...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN YOUR CAR
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. INFORM FAMILY OR FRIENDS OF YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS.

$$

KYZ088-118-120-291900-
/O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121230T1200Z/
HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
554 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SUNDAY. 

* A MIXTURE OF RAIN...AND SNOW WILL FALL THIS MORNING. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL BE PREDOMINATELY SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET ELEVATION.
  THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS IN ALL LOCATIONS
  BY LATE IN THE DAY...WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING INTO
  TONIGHT. A PERIOD OF MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS IS
  EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

* UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH AN
  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL
  OCCUR ABOVE 2000 ELEVATION.

* THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...
  ESPECIALLY ROADS CROSSING THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE 2000 FEET
  ELEVATION. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS AT
  TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...BATTERIES...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN YOUR CAR
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. INFORM FAMILY OR FRIENDS OF YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS.

$$

JP/SHALLENBERGER

458 
WWUS43 KJKL 291216
WSWJKL

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
716 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

KYZ044-050>052-292030-
/O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121229T1500Z/
/O.EXB.KJKL.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121230T0000Z/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD
716 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AND
  FLURRIES BY MIDDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID
  AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...
  WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE.

* THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL 
  DIFFICULTIES... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND 
  HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...BATTERIES...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN YOUR CAR
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. INFORM FAMILY OR FRIENDS OF YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS.

$$

KYZ058>060-104-106-108-111-292030-
/O.EXT.KJKL.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121230T0000Z/
ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE
716 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING. 

* LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AND
  FLURRIES BY MIDDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID
  AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...
  WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. MOST OF THIS
  SHOULD FALL FROM SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
  EVENING.

* THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL 
  DIFFICULTIES... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND 
  HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...BATTERIES...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN YOUR CAR
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. INFORM FAMILY OR FRIENDS OF YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS.

$$

KYZ088-118-120-292030-
/O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121230T1200Z/
HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
716 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SUNDAY. 

* A MIXTURE OF RAIN...AND SNOW WILL FALL THIS MORNING. THE 
  PRECIPITATION WILL BE PREDOMINATELY SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET 
  ELEVATION. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS 
  IN ALL LOCATIONS BY LATE IN THE DAY...WITH SCATTERED SNOW 
  SHOWERS CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. A PERIOD OF MORE WIDESPREAD 
  AND INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  THIS EVENING. 

* UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH AN 
  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS 
  WILL OCCUR ABOVE 2000 ELEVATION. 

* THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL 
  DIFFICULTIES... ESPECIALLY ROADS CROSSING THE HIGHER TERRAIN 
  ABOVE 2000 FEET ELEVATION. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED... 
  SLICK AND HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...BATTERIES...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN YOUR CAR
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. INFORM FAMILY OR FRIENDS OF YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS.

$$

JP/SHALLENBERGER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1055 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1055 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

THE DRY LAYER ALOFT REALLY CAUSED A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION
ACROSS THE AREA. TWITTER HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC RESOURCE TONIGHT WITH
MANY REPORTS OF SLEET AND SNOW MIXED IN WITH THE RAIN. AREAS UNDER
HIGHEST RADAR RETURNS HAVE BEEN REPORTING MODERATE SNOW WITH SOME
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS.

MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A VERY STOUT LOW LEVEL SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY
JET KICKING IN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THIS SHOULD TRANSPORT
SOME WARMER AIR IN JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE. BLACK MOUNTAIN RECENTLY
JUMPED FROM 30 TO 35 SO THIS SLIGHT REGIME CHANGE IS ALREADY
OCCURRING OVER OUR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. AS SUCH...EXPECT A TRANSITION
TO ALL RAIN TO SNEAK NORTH. IT WILL NOT MAKE IT TO I-64 THOUGH SO
TWEAKED OUR FORECAST TO MAKE IT SNOWIER IN OUR CURRENT ADVISORY
AREAS AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTED SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS IN A COUPLE
TIERS OF COUNTIES SOUTH OF THE ADVISORY BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS
AND REPORTS.

THE OTHER TWEAK WAS TO GO AHEAD AND START THE ADVISORIES NOW WITH
SNOW ALREADY FALLING UP NORTH AND LIKELY FALLING ABOVE 2500 FEET
ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 524 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

SEVERAL SLEET REPORTS COMING IN VIA TWITTER AS THE PRECIPITATION
BEGINS. RECENT BLACK MOUNTAIN OBSERVATION SHOWED A DEWPOINT DOWN TO 4
AND A RH OF 26%. NAM TIME/HEIGHTS SHOW THIS DRY LAYER VERY WELL AND
UNTIL THIS MOISTENS UP...EVAPORATIONAL COOLING IN THAT LAYER WILL
ALLOW SLEET TO FORM AND REACH THE SURFACE. THE DRY LAYER WILL MOISTEN
UP FAST THOUGH...SO DO NOT EXPECT ANY SLEET ACCUMULATIONS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 300 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

LIGHT RAIN BEGINNING TO SHOW UP ON OUR DOORSTEP BUT WITH TEMPS IN THE
UPPER 30S THIS IS ALL RAIN. HEAVIER RAIN IS STILL IN MIDDLE TENN BUT
EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE MOVING NE THIS EVENING. THE BEST PCPN WILL
OCCUR IN OUR MORNING HOURS WITH INITIALLY RAIN THEN CHANGING TO SNOW
AS THE PARENT LOW PUSHES PAST THE AREA AND THE COLD AIR WRAPS IN
BEHIND. THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR SHORTLY AFTER THE BEST
RAINFALL IS DEPARTING THE STATE...BUT IN TIME THAT SOME MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR IN NRN KY BEFORE DAWN. EXPECTING 1-2 INCHES
GENERALLY NORTH OF I-64 BY DAWN ON SAT AND THEN ANOTHER INCH DURING
THE DAY AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER IN THE
EAST DUE TO THE WARM AIR ADVECTION. AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY...EXPECT
THE SNOW TO BEGIN IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND DAWN ON SAT AND
THEN SLOWLY WORK DOWN INTO THE VALLEYS WITH SNOW TOTALS OF 2-3 INCHES
FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET AND GENERALLY ROUND AN INCH IN THE
VALLEYS.

WITH THE WARM AIR PUSHING IN AHEAD OF THE RAIN TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN FAIRLY WARM BUT WILL BEGIN DROPPING SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT
FOR THE I-75 AND I-64 CORRIDORS. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING
FOR THE MORNING LOWS AND WITH THE CLOUDS...SNOW...AND NW WINDS THE
MERCURY WILL NOT MOVE MUCH. HIGHS ON SAT WILL ONLY BE A COUPLE DEG
ABOVE THE MORNING LOWS. THE LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PULL TO THE
NE AND WILL ALLOW HIGH PRESSURE TO BEGIN BUILDING IN LATE SAT. WINDS
WILL DIMINISH AND OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 243 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

WITH A POSITIVE NAO AND THE AO FORECAST TO GO POSITIVE...IT LOOKS
LIKE OUR PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EXTENDED WITH FAST ZONAL FLOW. THIS WILL KEEP OUR WEATHER SOMEWHAT
UNSETTLED WITH NO SIGNIFICANT SURGES OF COLD AIR ANTICIPATED. MODELS
CONTINUE TO COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN
THROUGH MIDWEEK...WITH ONLY SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN THE THERMAL
PROFILES WHICH MAY AFFECT HOW MUCH SNOW WE SEE VERSES RAIN.

TO BEGIN...SUNDAY...THE AREA WILL BEGIN UNDER A MID LEVEL TROUGH AND
MUCH LIKE THE PAST 4 OR 5 SYSTEMS...MODELS ARE WAY TOO FAST IN
CLEARING SKIES OUT. THUS...GOING TO GO WITH CLOUDY SKIES SUNDAY AND
PERHAPS THIS COULD LAST EVEN INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. HAVE KEPT HIGHS ON
THE COOL SIDE...SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW AROUND HERE ON THURSDAY. WE
COULD SEE SOME FLURRIES LINGER INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH UPSLOPE FLOW
CONTINUING. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME PATCHY FREEZING
DRIZZLE AS WELL.

OVERNIGHT SUNDAY...THE THERMAL RIDGE FINALLY MAKES ITS MOVE OVER THE
AREA LIKELY SCOURING OUT THE LAST OF THE LOW CLOUDS.
HOWEVER...CLOUDS WILL ALREADY BE ON THE INCREASE AHEAD OF OUR NEXT
WEATHER MAKER. A FRONTOGENTICAL CIRCULATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
OHIO VALLEY ON MONDAY GIVING WAY TO A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
PRECIPITATION. AT THIS TIME...MODELS HAVE THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION
OFF TO OUR NORTH CLOSER TO THE BETTER BAROCLINIC ZONE.
HOWEVER....SOME LIGHT RAIN/SNOW COULD DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN
KENTUCKY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTH...CEILINGS REALLY NEVER
DROP BELOW 9KFT...SUGGESTING MORE OF A THREAT FROM SPRINKLES OR
FLURRIES. THE DRY LOW LEVELS MAY MAKE THE THREAT OF FLURRIES MORE
LIKELY EVEN WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 40.

BY MONDAY NIGHT...OUR NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH EJECTS NORTHEASTWARD OUT
OF THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL SPREAD ANOTHER
ROUND OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. MODELS
STILL IN QUITE A BIT OF DISAGREEMENT ON HOW MUCH LOW LEVEL WARM AIR
WILL BE IN PLACE...WITH THE ECMWF SUPPORTING ALL SNOW AND THE GFS
GOING WITH MORE OF A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. GIVEN THE TIME
RANGE...GOING TO STICK WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. IF RAIN DOES MIX IN...IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY LIMIT
SNOWFALL POTENTIAL. HOWEVER...THIS STORM LOOKS TO TRACK FURTHER
SOUTH THAN THE LAST FEW...WHICH MAY FAVOR SNOW. REGARDLESS...SHOULD
BE A QUICK HITTING SYSTEM AND ALREADY ON THE WAY OUT BY MIDDAY
TUESDAY. A SECONDARY SHORTWAVE TROUGH DROPPING SOUTHEAST COULD
TRIGGER SOME MORE UPSLOPE FLOW SNOW SHOWERS HEADING INTO TUESDAY
EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...MOISTURE WILL BE KEY AND RIGHT
NOW...DOES NOT LOOK OVERLY IMPRESSIVE. HOWEVER...WILL KEEP THE
THREAT IN THE FORECAST. QUIETER WEATHER WILL RETURN BY MIDWEEK AS
HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES OUR WEATHER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK
WITH A SUPPRESSED STORM TRACK TO OUR SOUTH.  A NORTHERN STREAM
CLIPPER SYSTEM MAY SEND A COLD FRONT SOUTH ON FRIDAY...PROVIDING A
QUICK SHOT OF SOME UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 642 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD EAST KENTUCKY FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. THE RAIN WILL INITIALLY BE MIXED WITH SLEET
BUT THIS MIX SHOULD NOT LAST LONG. WE EXPECT CONDITIONS WILL FALL TO
MVFR 2 TO 4 HOURS AFTER THE RAIN BEGINS...AND THEN DROP TO IFR
SHORTLY THEREAFTER AS THE AIRMASS MOISTENS FROM THE TOP DOWN. AFTER
THE INITIAL RAIN/SLEET MIXTURE...PRECIP TYPE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
ALL RAIN AT JKL AND LOZ AND POINTS TO THE EAST TONIGHT. SME MAY MIX
WITH SNOW TOWARDS DAWN. LOCATIONS NORTH OF JKL...SUCH AS MT STERLING
AND MOREHEAD AIRPORTS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE MORE SNOW MIXING IN
WITH THE RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA AROUND DAWN ON SATURDAY AND
THE PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SHOWERY IN NATURE OR JUST END
TEMPORARILY BEHIND THIS FRONT. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL
THEN LIKELY COME BACK INTO THE PICTURE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS
WILL ALSO PICK UP THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW BECOMING MORE WESTERLY
BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY FOR KYZ044-050>052.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY FOR KYZ088-118.

&&

UPDATE...ABE
SHORT TERM...DUSTY
LONG TERM....KAS
AVIATION...ABE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1015 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

KYZ044-050>052-300615-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD
1015 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.
LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION AND ALSO TO
REPORT SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.

KYZ058>060-068-069-079-083-104-106-108-111-300615-
ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-WAYNE-ELLIOTT-
MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE
1015 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT. UP TO AN
INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY WITH
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO
POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION AND ALSO TO
REPORT SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.

KYZ080-084>087-107-109-110-112>117-119-120-300615-
LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-
KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...
WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...
PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...
BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
1015 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW AT TIMES BUT LITTLE IF ANY SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. ANY
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN AN INCH OR LESS. LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO
POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION AND ALSO TO
REPORT SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.

KYZ088-118-300615-
HARLAN-LETCHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG
1015 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BE PREDOMINATELY SNOW ABOVE 2500 FEET ELEVATION.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 2500 FEET
ELEVATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY WITH
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS ABOVE 2500 FEET ELEVATION. LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION AND ALSO TO
REPORT SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.

ABE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1004 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

KYZ058>060-068-069-079-083-104-106-108-111-291000-
ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-WAYNE-ELLIOTT-
MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE
1004 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

...LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT
BRINGING A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY...WITH SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING.

UP TO AN INCH OF WET SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THIS WINTRY
PRECIPITATION MAY FALL HEAVILY ENOUGH AT TIMES TO COAT ROADWAYS AND
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN AN INCH.

EVEN A DUSTING OF SNOW CAN CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
DRIVERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY OVER
BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND AREAS THAT ARE NORMALLY SHADED. THESE AREAS
WILL FREEZE BEFORE THE MAIN ROADWAYS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/JACKSONKY.

KYZ080-084>087-107-109-110-112>117-119-120-291000-
LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-
KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...
WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...
PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...
BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
1004 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

...LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT
BRINGING RAIN TO THE AREA. THE RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW AND SLEET
AT TIMES BUT LITTLE IF ANY SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS ON
SATURDAY...WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY
EVENING BEFORE ENDING. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN AN INCH.

EVEN A DUSTING OF SNOW CAN CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
DRIVERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY OVER
BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND AREAS THAT ARE NORMALLY SHADED. THESE AREAS
WILL FREEZE BEFORE THE MAIN ROADWAYS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/JACKSONKY.

ABE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
132 AM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 AM     SNOW             4 ESE STANTON           37.82N 83.79W
12/29/2012  E0.3 INCH        POWELL             KY   PUBLIC

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