Winter Storm WARNINGS & COLD Starting Saturday
A WINTER STORM WARNING is in effect starting 1:00am Saturday- 6:00pm Sunday. Timing of snow will be 3am Saturday – 7pm Sunday. The peak of the snow will begin Saturday afternoon and continue through Sunday morning. Between 7 to 13 inches of snow is forecast in places with a 85% chance of exceeding winter storm warning criteria (4 inches) across the entire quad-state. Probabilities of a foot or more accumulation are above 60% from roughly Poplar Bluff northeastward to Evansville. A mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain over far southeast Missouri and western Kentucky near the Tennessee border may result in a sharp gradient with reduced snowfall totals. There is a 40-50% chance ice accretion exceeds a tenth of an inch.
Heavy wet snow showers will begin Saturday morning near 3am from Cape G and south and west. Light ice will occur from 9am Saturday- 4pm Sunday from Paducah and south. The heavy snow will lead to power outages, downed trees, powerlines and even roofs. This system will be out by Sunday night with COLD temperatures across the region.
Through Sunday afternoon, between 7 to 12 inches of snow is forecast in places with a 85% chance of exceeding winter storm warning criteria (4 inches) across the entire quad-state. Best chance for near a foot from West Plains to Evansville.
A mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain over far southeast Missouri and western Kentucky near the Tennessee border may result in a sharp gradient with reduced snowfall totals. Ice accretions could exceed a tenth of an inch in far NW Tennessee and western Kentucky.
Meteorologist Houston Hall
