December 10, 2010: Rain for Saturday - then windy and cold!

December 10, 2010:

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Bottom line it for me Beau...

For southern Illinois and far western Kentucky...

Severe or extreme weather risk for today, tonight, and tomorrow:  0% 

Chance for freezing rain, sleet, or snow today, tonight, and tomorrow:
Chance for rain changing to snow on Saturday night.   

Today - Partly sunny.  High near 45 degrees.  Southwest wind at 5 mph.

Tonight - Chance of rain after midnight.  Cool.  Low temperatures around 36 degrees.

Saturday - Rain likely.  A chance for thunder.  Locally heavy rain at times. High near 47-50 degrees.  South winds at 10-15 mph.

Saturday night - A chance for rain early - bulk of the rain moving east out of our local counties.  Turning Colder.  A chance for a mixture of light rain or snow late.  Temperatures falling through the night into the 20s.  Winds becoming westerly at 15-20 mph and gusty (late).

Sunday - A chance for a period of snow showers.  Windy.  Steady or slowly falling temperatures.  High temperatures early in the day.  Temperatures falling into the 20s.  Winds becoming west/northwest at 15-25 mph.  Gusts to 35 mph.  Little or no accumulation expected.

Sunday night - Clearing.  Bitterly cold.  Windy early in the evening.  Low temperatures near 12-14 degrees.

Another system may impact the region towards the middle of next week.  Too far out for a specific forecast on that system.  

Rainfall totals on Saturday into Saturday night will likely be in the 0.50-1.25" range.  .

Your local National Weather Service seven day forecast for southern Illinois and western Kentucky can be viewed by clicking here.

Your regional and local radar - including precipitation type radar - click here.

Barometer reading this morning is in the 29.80-30.10" range.  Last 24 hours of data - click here. 

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No changes in my previous thoughts.  Areas well to our north may receive snow and then central/eastern Kentucky will have some accumulating snows.  But - the main storm system is going to produce rain in our local region.  Rain could change to a mix of rain/snow and light snow on Saturday night and Sunday.  Accumulations - IF ANY - will be light.

Looks like the low is going to track even further north than I thought it would - I was thinking somewhere in the southern half of Missouri into Indiana.  Looks like it will be even further north!  Pretty amazing considering the models had this thing all the way down in Mississippi or Alabama at one point.

Low wind chill values on Sunday - single digits.  Bitterly cold air as we move into next week.  Bundle up!


- Meteorologist Beau Dodson
McCracken County Office of Emergency Management
Please visit Chris Bailey's weather blog if you live in central and eastern Kentucky http://www.kyweathercenter.com/
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