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<\/p>\nGood Sunday, everyone. Our major winter storm continues to pound Kentucky with snow, sleet and ice. The ice part of this storm decided to flex and that’s leading to significant issues today with a prolonged period of life-threatening cold moving in.<\/p>\n
Winter Storm Warnings continue out there today…<\/p>\n
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This is a wild storm that’s loaded with as much precipitation as you will ever see in a winter storm. While the precipitation types have been tough to pinpoint for many locations, the intensity and magnitude of this storm have shut down our region.<\/p>\n
First and foremost, is the ice storm in progress for many areas of central and eastern Kentucky. Freezing rain is adding up and we may very well have big power problems by the time you’re reading this. The worst fear of this storm was for freezing rain to become a bigger issue and here we are, folks.<\/p>\n
Just north and west of the freezing rain is a zone dealing with heavy snow, heavy sleet and some freezing rain. These areas may even alternate between the three for much of the day before snow takes control again.<\/p>\n
North and northwest of this is the area with a major snow storm. The area I talked about in northern Kentucky is getting in on the major snows as they stay snow or mostly snow.<\/p>\n
Everyone sees light snow and snow showers from late this afternoon into tonight as the major winter storm pulls out of town. That’s when brutally cold air slams in here, leaving us in a life-threatening situation, especially for people who may be without power.<\/p>\n
Lows tonight into Monday look to drop toward and below zero…<\/p>\n
Temps likely stay in the single digits for highs on Monday with lows by Monday night and Tuesday morning potentially reaching -10 or lower in some areas…<\/p>\n Wind chills may push -20 to -25 at times. This animation shows the wind chills from Monday morning through Tuesday morning…<\/p>\n Lows can go below zero again Wednesday morning as a light snow maker drops in from the northwest. This is followed by another snow maker later in the week with another behind it as brutally cold air continues…<\/p>\n Low temps late in the week and next weekend may be even colder than what we have coming in over the next few days…<\/p>\n This is about as harsh of a week of winter weather as you will ever see around here.<\/p>\n I\u2019m on WKYT-TV this afternoon and evening. I\u2019ll also have updates on my Meteorologist Chris Bailey Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n Until then, here are your tracking tools for the day\u2026<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GFS-22.png\")
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