JOSHUA TIME 374

Special Weather Statement
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL- POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON- PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY- KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN- JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE- BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY- LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN... BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER... HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 321 PM EST SUN MAR 19 2006
...THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTRY WEATHER RETURNS EARLY THIS WEEK...
A MAJOR LATE WINTER...EARLY SPRING STORM IS DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE NATION AND BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE DEEP SOUTH. ON ITS NORTH SIDE EXPECT THE SYSTEM TO SPREAD HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THE PLAINS STATES. THE TRACK OF THIS WEATHER MAKER WILL TAKE IT ACROSS KENTUCKY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. AS A RESULT... IT WILL BE PUSHING INTO A COLD AIR MASS AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE STATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...THERE REMAINS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE STRENGTH AND EXACT TRACK OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM.
AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA APPROACHES... A BAND OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY DURING THE DAY MONDAY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS RAIN COULD MIX FOR A TIME WITH SNOW...BUT NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH COLD AIR IS STUCK IN THE FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 COULD SEE SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EARLY TUESDAY.
BY TUESDAY MORNING...THE FIRST BATCH OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE PUSHING OUT OF EAST KENTUCKY. DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...WHILE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE PRESSING INTO NORTHWEST KENTUCKY. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE EAST OF THE STATE... SWITCHING THE WINDS TO THE NORTH AND BRINGING COLDER AIR INTO EAST KENTUCKY. AS A RESULT...THE NEXT BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING.
SEVERAL HOURS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 20S BY DAWN. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 AND IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WITH THE REST OF THE AREA PICKING UP A DUSTING TO AN INCH.
THIS FORECAST REMAINS VERY MUCH IN FLUX...THOUGH...AS THE SPECIFIC STORM PATH WILL PLAY A BIG ROLE IN DETERMINING WHERE THE WINTRY WEATHER AND THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR.