Ohio Valley and Eastern KY Winter 2013-2014

[WeatherGuesser]

Still barely a sign of a 40 for the next week, most days forecast to be under freezing.

C'Mon April!!!

[WeatherGuesser]

A week later and the ground is still covered in almost all areas. Very little melting has occurred. Even still have snow on much of my roof.

In normal years it would have all been gone a few days ago.

[WeatherGuesser]

STILL have snow in some places. Ridiculous.

Should be gone by Saturday though after a few more days in the 50s and some rain.

Wish I had a working Crystal Ball. Models being discussed on the Texas thread don't seem to be validating (no surprise there). Seems like the last few years December has been the colder month. January can be a strange month and cam easily go either way, warm or cold. February into March is generally colder but not always.

Point is, I'm tired of hauling wood already and would like to have some idea of how much more I'll need.

[WeatherGuesser]

4AM, over 60 degrees.

By Tuesday, we might have trouble hitting 40 again.

No wonder people get sick this time of year.

[brunota2003]

We were really warm today, too...low 60s.

[WeatherGuesser]

I know we're a good three months away from being done with the potential for freezing temperatures, but at least the days are getting longer now.

[WeatherGuesser]

Seven day forecast this morning:

Sunday Night
A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph.
Monday
A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 17. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 1. West northwest wind 9 to 13 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 15. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light north northwest in the afternoon.

[tolakram]

It may get lower up here. GFS looking like -17F, which won't come true, but I'm guessing we will easily get below 0. It's been a while since we've been this cold.

[brunota2003]

It's been a decade or two since temps have been as low as currently forecast for some of the region! I'm forecast to have a low of -3F Monday night currently!

Picked up 1.6 inches of snow today...and am down to 16F currently! Ugh.

[WeatherGuesser]

Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 0. North northwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday
Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 5. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -4. West northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 15. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.

[WeatherGuesser]

Posted by PAH this morning.

Extreme cold coming next week
...BRUTALLY COLD WINTER STORM COMING IN LATE THIS WEEKEND...

GET READY FOR ANOTHER WINTER STORM...AND THIS ONE WILL BRING
BRUTAL ARCTIC COLD NOT FELT HERE FOR YEARS. THIS SYSTEM COMES IN
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH SNOW...OR RAIN CHANGING TO
SNOW...THEN THE BRUTAL ARCTIC COLD COMES IN SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TEMPERATURES GOING BELOW FREEZING SUNDAY
NIGHT...AND STAYING BELOW FREEZING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. AND
NOT JUST BELOW FREEZING...BUT WAY BELOW!

HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THE COLDEST DAYS OF THE
WEEK...ARE FORECAST IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. LOW
TEMPERATURES DURING THIS TIME WILL BE NEAR ZERO OR EVEN IN THE
NEGATIVE NUMBERS. ADD A LITTLE WIND TO THESE TEMPERATURES ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AND YOU HAVE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM MINUS
10 TO MINUS 20 AT TIMES.

A LOOK AT THE RECORD BOOKS SHOWS YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE WINTER
OF 1995-1996 FOR COLD OF THIS MAGNITUDE. STORM REPORTS REVEAL A
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE THAT WE WOULD DO WELL TO REMEMBER THIS TIME
AROUND...SO LET`S LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED
THEN WHEN A SIMILAR SYSTEM HIT THE AREA:

*SCORES OF PEOPLE WERE DEALING WITH DEAD CAR BATTERIES

*NUMEROUS WATER LINES BURST...BOTH IN HOMES AND EVEN MAIN TOWN
SUPPLIES

*OVERWORKED FURNACES RESULTED IN OUTAGES

*NATURAL GAS SHORTAGES WERE REPORTED DUE TO DWINDLING SUPPLIES
FROM PROLONGED COLD AND THE FREEZING UP OF GAS WELLS IN SOME
LOCALES

*LOCAL POWER COMPANIES SET ALL TIME USAGE HIGHS

*HOUSE FIRES RESULTED AS SOME TRIED TO THAW THEIR PIPES

*ICE JAMS ON RIVERS...WHICH CAUSED BARGE TRAFFIC TO BACK UP AND
EVEN CAUSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO RISE FURTHER SOUTH
DOWNSTREAM. WHEN THE ICE BROKE DAYS LATER...MANY BARGES BROKE OFF
THEIR MOORINGS AND HAD TO BE ROUNDED UP BY THE COAST GUARD. IN
ADDITION...RIVER NAVIGATIONAL AIDS WERE DISPLACED OR DAMAGED BY
THE ICE.

IT WOULD SERVE US ALL WELL TO REMEMBER THIS HISTORY...AND TRY TO
TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW TO BE PREPARED FOR ANOTHER
SIMILAR BRUTALLY COLD OUTBREAK. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS SYSTEM
WILL ALSO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...ALTHOUGH THAT IS STILL
TOO EARLY TO SAY FOR SURE AT THIS TIME.

PREPARE NOW BECAUSE BARRING A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE FORECAST...THIS
COLD IS COMING!

[WeatherGuesser]

127 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING 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 POSSIBLE
THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN...ESPECIALLY THE FURTHER
SOUTH YOU GO IN THE AREA...BUT IT SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* MAIN IMPACT: THE GROUND SHOULD BECOME WHITE OVERNIGHT...WITH
SOME LOCATIONS PERHAPS RECEIVING UP TO A COUPLE INCHES BY SUNRISE
SUNDAY. 4 TO 6 INCHES ON TOP OF THAT COMING SUNDAY MAKES FOR A
STORM TOTAL FORECAST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES FOR
MOST OF THE WATCH AREA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.

* 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.

[WeatherGuesser]

448 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW ACROSS
SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND MUCH OF WEST KENTUCKY SUNDAY MORNING. THE
SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

* AMOUNTS: TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND MUCH
OF WEST KENTUCKY WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE QUICKLY
SUNDAY MORNING AND WORSEN THROUGH THE DAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL BRING EXTREMELY COLD AIR INTO THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF THE AREA
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY
AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL RANGE FROM 10
BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. ANY TRAVEL AND
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THESE
DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS.

[brunota2003]

For my neck of the woods:

FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY
315 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM EST MONDAY.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY 9 PM.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL GREATLY
REDUCING VISIBILITY AS IT IS BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. THE SNOW
WILL ALSO CREATE SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND
SUBZERO WIND CHILLS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WILL CREATE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE AND ANIMALS THAT ARE OUTDOORS FOR
EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME AND COULD LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF BLACK
ICE AS ROADS FREEZE OVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA
FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR
INTERNET WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/JACKSONKY.

[brunota2003]

A Wind Chill Watch has been issued for Lexington, KY and surrounding areas:

SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-
NICHOLAS KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-
MADISON KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-
CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...
WINCHESTER...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...LIBERTY...
STANFORD...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
728 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014 /628 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST /5 PM
CST/ SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP BEFORE DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY
AS A LIGHT WINTRY MIX. HOWEVER...AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM
INTO THE UPPER 30S THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN
FORM OF RAIN FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. A
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH THROUGH THE AREA AND CHANGE
THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO BE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY
EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS: SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA. OF MORE SIGNIFICANT CONCERN...TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THE 30S DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY
LATE EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A RAPID FREEZE OF MOISTURE ON
EXPOSED SURFACES. THIS COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL LEAD
TO VERY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY
NIGHT. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SUNDAY EVENING WHICH COMBINED
WITH THE COLD AIR WILL MAKE WIND CHILL VALUES FALL TO BETWEEN 10
BELOW AND 30 BELOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS MONDAY. BE PREPARED
FOR THIS DANGEROUS SHOT OF COLD AIR THAT WILL LAST AT LEAST
UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.

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.

A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION
OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND
CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

[brunota2003]

Now I'm under a Wind Chill Watch as well...yayyy.

FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY
835 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM SUNDAY TO
5 AM EST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM SUNDAY
TO 5 AM EST MONDAY.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM. THIS
SNOW COULD BE HEAVY FOR A TIME THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE ADVISORY AREA.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL GREATLY
REDUCE VISIBILITIES AS IT IS BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. THE SNOW
WILL ALSO LIKELY COVER AREA ROADS AND CREATE DANGEROUS ICY PATCHES.
FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND SUBZERO WIND CHILLS FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE AND ANIMALS THAT ARE OUTDOORS FOR EXTENDED
PERIODS OF TIME AND COULD LEAD TO WATER PIPES BURSTING IN LOCATIONS
WHERE THEY ARE NOT WELL PROTECTED.

[WeatherGuesser]

Current temp, 45

Winter Storm Warning Cancelled

Temp dive should begin in the next few hours, but they're only calling for 1-3" now.

[WeatherGuesser]

Changed over to snow in the last hour, temp down to around 25

[WeatherGuesser]

Not going to set a lowest Low, but probably will set a lowest High. Previous appears to be 13 and forecast high for today is 4.

[WeatherGuesser]

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
0430 PM CST MON JAN 06 2014

...RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY...

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS SETTLED OVER MUCH OF THE MIDWEST TODAY, USHERING
IN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY, JAN 06,
REACHED 10 DEGREES. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD FOR THE COLDEST HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 13 DEGREES IN 1940.

And that was just after midnight. It's been below that all day, hovering around 5 or 6.

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HIGH: 10ºF at 1213AM
LOW: 2ºF at 800AM