Thursday, December 11, 2008

12/11 - 4:45pm - A Mixed Bag

While we didn't see any problems with frozen precipitation last night, portions of Eastern Kentucky were issued a Winter Weather Advisory and still remain under one. We could see a little bit of drizzle or freezing rain before midnight, but I'm more concerned about temperatures diving into the 20s with possibly wet roads. Be careful out there late tonight into tomorrow morning.

With high pressure coming back into the area, our weekend is shaping up to be very nice. Saturday and Sunday should be in the mid 40's and mid 50's respectively, with some clouds. Another system will come through early next week and stick around for most of the week. This system will be mostly rain, but it has the potential to bring frozen precipitation to our area on Tuesday. I say frozen precipitation because upper air temperatures (850mb) could be a little above freezing, causing freezing rain and/or sleet. If we can stay below freezing up there, we're go for snow. Again, as always, its too early to tell and we're fairly close to the freezing line.

Even though we didn't get any snow last night, New Orleans, LA and parts of Mississippi sure did. It amazes me how far south they are to get so much snow! Up to 8 inches of snow is possible in parts of Mississippi tonight... click here for more details.

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