JOSHUA TIME 729

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 540 AM EST TUE JAN 30 2007
...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...

A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE WESTERN GULF COAST AND HEAD FOR THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD AMPLE MOISTURE NORTHEAST AHEAD OF ITS TRACK. THIS MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS SNOW LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY. HOWEVER...THE WEATHER WILL BECOME MORE COMPLEX ON THURSDAY AS THE HEART OF THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE LOW...A GOOD AMOUNT OF WARM AIR COULD SWEEP INTO THE AREA... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. SOME OF THIS WARM AIR COULD RIDE OVER THE COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE LEADING TO A THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. THIS THREAT OF A WINTRY MIX OF WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST PART OF THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE COLDER AIR PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST CHANGING THE REMAINING PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW.

AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL AFFECT EAST KENTUCKY FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IF ALL THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS SNOW. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CUT INTO THESE SNOW AMOUNTS FOR MOST OF THE AREA. SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE MORE PREVALENT OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY... WHILE FREEZING RAIN AND JUST RAIN A BIGGER CONCERN ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THERE REMAINS A LARGE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AT THIS TIME... AND PERSONS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.


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