Scattered light rain and snow showers will continue through the afternoon hours. A quick dusting of accumulation will be possible from the heavier snow showers...but likely melt away. Temperatures will fall into the lower to mid 30s by late afternoon as brisk west winds of 10 to 20 mph...with occasional gusts to 30 mph...add to the chill. Also...streams and creeks will also continue to run high... and ponding of water remains possible on some roadways.
Cloudy and colder with a 40 percent chance of rain and snow showers. Highs in the mid 40s early. Temperatures falling into the middle 30s by late afternoon. Brisk west winds 10 to 20 mph.
Cloudy. A chance of rain or snow showers in the evening...then a chance of snow showers. Total snow accumulation around an inch. Much cooler. Lows 26 to 31. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Thursday
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers in the morning. Highs in the mid 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of snow 20 percent.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 12:21 PM EST on January 7, 2009
... Beneficial rains come to eastern Kentucky...
Thanks to a stalled frontal boundary... many areas saw generous amounts of precipitation over the last two days. Rainfall amounts ranged from around an inch near Interstate 64... to over two and a half inches in some isolated areas of south central Kentucky. Significant river rises have been noted due to this precipitation. Notably in the Cumberland and Kentucky River basins. River forecast points at Booneville... Irvine... and Williamsburg are anticipated to crest above flood stage. Other points along the Cumberland and Kentucky rivers are expected to run high as well. Stay tuned to your favorite local media outlet or log onto www.Weather.Gov/jacksonky for further information on this hazardous situation.
This rain will surely alleviate the drought situation that has plagued eastern Kentucky for the past several months. Look for rain to change to snow showers by this evening... as colder air filters into the coalfields. Snowfall accumulations are expected to vary from around an inch or less in the northern coalfields... to as much as three inches along the Virginia border.
Here are rainfall totals from eastern Kentucky cooperative weather stations and automated surface observing systems from early Monday morning through 7 am EST Wednesday...
Location / County / precipitation
Barbourville Knox 2.21 inches Beattyville 4n Lee 1.44 inches big Shelby Pike 1.69 inches BUckhorn Lake Perry 1.98 inches bunch Laurel 1.79 inches Baxter Harlan 2.10 inches Carr Creek Knott 1.84 inches Cave Run Lake Rowan 0.94 inches Closplint 4ese Harlan 2.39 inches Colo Pulaski 1.88 inches Cressy Estill 0.96 inches Cumberland 2n Harlan 2.21 inches Draffin Pike 1.69 inches Flemingsburg 2n Fleming 1.60 inches Gimlet Elliott 1.04 inches hazard water Perry 1.92 inches Heidelberg 2n Lee 1.43 inches Harlan S.P. Harlan 2.29 inches hazard Perry 1.98 inches hazard S.P. Perry 1.83 inches Island City Owsley 1.62 inches Inez 2e Martin 1.85 inches Jeremiah 1s Letcher 1.73 inches NWS Jackson Breathitt 1.72 inches London Corbin apt Laurel 1.44 inches Middlesboro 2n Bell 2.62 inches Monticello 3ne Wayne 1.66 inches Morehead S.P. Rowan 0.92 inches Mount Sterling 5n Montgomery 0.97 inches Mount Vernon Rockcastle 1.28 inches Oneida Clay 1.92 inches Paintsville 1e Johnson 1.88 inches Prestonsburg 3nw Floyd 1.75 inches relief Morgan 1.32 inches Rogers Wolfe 1.28 inches Salyersville Magoffin 1.88 inches Sandy Hook Elliott 1.38 inches Skyline Letcher 1.62 inches Slade 5ne Powell 1.04 inches Somerset 2n Pulaski 1.58 inches Stanton 2w Powell 1.15 inches Stearns 2s McCreary 1.84 inches Booneville 1se Owsley 1.85 inches Victory 5nw Laurel 1.51 inches West Liberty 3nw Morgan 1.21 inches West Liberty 11nw Morgan 1.11 inches Whitesburg Letcher 1.73 inches Whitesburg 2se Letcher 1.52 inches Williamsburg 1nw Whitley 2.89 inches
The National Weather Service at Jackson would like to thank all the dedicated cooperative weather observers for their timely reports.