by Matt Hughes
J-E News Editor
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), another round of winter weather is expected to arrive in the area this weekend, bringing with it an artic blast unlike anything we’ve seen in this area for many years.
The front is expected to arrive late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, coming into the area as either snow or rain chaning over to snow. So far NWS is not making any clear prediciton on the amount of snow accumulation, but they are taking the temperatures very seriously, warning that once temperatures drop below freezing, they will be staying there for the remainder of next week.
According the the special weather statment issued this morning by the NWS, high temperatures on Monday and Tuesday (the coldest days of the week) are forecast in the single digits and low teens. Low temperatures during this period will be near zero, if not into the negative numbers.
Windchills are expected to reach as low as -20 at times.
NWS warns that the last time a similiar storm passed through Western Kentucky was in the winter of 1995 and 1996. During that period residents had to deal with dead car batteries, burst water lines, overworked furnaces failing, natural gas shortages and house fires (from residents trying to thaw water lines). During that period local power companies also reported all time usage highs.
The statement ends with the warning, “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."
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