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What is the primary weather concern?

The primary concern will be bitterly cold temperatures Saturday night into Monday morning.

Temperatures will dip into the single digits and teens both Saturday and Sunday night.  Wind chill values will dip below zero from Saturday night into Monday morning.

Unhook your outdoor water hose.  Then, protect the exposed nozzle with something like this or other.

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Protect exposed pipes.

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Seven-day outlook graphic.

See the video for more details specific to your county.  This is a broad-brushed outlook for the entire region.

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Today  through Sunday

Good morning, everyone.

We are waking up to cool temperatures.

5 AM temperatures

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Once again, let’s check in on the cold air that is headed our way!

Yes, some locations in Canada are 50 below zero!  Wind chill values are in the -60s.  Incredibly cold.

This is the source region for our weekend cold snap.  Thankfully, it won’t be THAT cold here.  

Temperatures here will likely dip into the single digits this weekend (for most areas).  That is quite cold, given the lack of a significant snowpack.  Typically, that is the kind of cold we see with snow on the ground!

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We did have some snow overnight across portions of southeast Illinois and northwest Kentucky.  Some areas picked up a solid dusting of snow.  Portions of southwest Indiana received a bit more.

I sent out a special weather statement yesterday for the counties impacted.  Letting them know they might see some light accumulation.

You can see the snow moving away from our region on this 5:30 AM radar animation.

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Check out the winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories on this morning’s weather map.

This is the system moving away from our region.  That pink zone is a winter storm warning across portions of Indiana and Kentucky!

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You can also see the next system taking shape over the northern United States.  A long line of advisories into the Midwest.  That is the snow that will race southeast tonight and tomorrow.  This could clip my northern counties.

Any snow that falls in our region will be light.  A dusting or so, at most.  Most of the data weakens the band of snow as it moves east southeast into southern Illinois and western Kentucky.

No winter weather advisories in our local area.

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This will be a clipper-type system that will race southeast over the coming 24 to 36 hours.

You can see that band of snow weakening on this model animation.  This is for Saturday afternoon and evening.

I can’t rule out flurries, just about anywhere in the region on Saturday afternoon and night.  The chances are a bit higher, however, over southern Illinois and western Kentucky.  Again, any accumulation would be light.

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Temperatures will turn colder on Saturday afternoon and night.  They may even fall during the afternoon hours (esp over our northern counties).

Here is the temperature animation.  Watch the cold air arrive from north to south.

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Bitterly cold air will be with us from Saturday PM into Monday.

Sunday morning and Monday morning will be bitterly cold.

Sunday morning lows

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Monday morning lows

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Keep in mind, wind chill values will be even colder.

Here are two graphics from the Paducah, Kentucky, NWS

Wind chill values Saturday night/Sunday morning.   Brrr brrr brrr

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Double-click this image to enlarge it.  Here are some towns near your location (highs and lows)

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The good news is that by Wednesday and Thursday, temperatures will be warmer.  This cold snap won’t last long.

Wednesday highs

Thursday highs

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Let me show you the precipitation probabilities with our fast-moving clipper System (tomorrow’s system).

As mentioned above, we may have some snow showers on Saturday and Saturday night.  Mainly over our northern counties.

What is the % chance of precipitation?

This is the  official NOAA forecast.  I could see those snow showers extending a bit farther south and east, as well.  So, some adjustments are possible in this graphic.

I have chances around 30% across mainly southern Illinois and western Kentucky.  A thin band of snow showers as the front moves through.

Saturday 6 AM to Saturday 6 PM

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Saturday 6 PM to Sunday 6 AM

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.Average high temperatures for this time of the year are around 50 degrees.

Average low temperatures for this time of the year are around 32 degrees.

Average precipitation during this time period ranges from 1.00″ to 1.25″

Six to Ten Day Outlook.

Blue is below average.  Red is above average.  The no color zone represents equal chances.

Average highs for this time of the year are in the lower 60s.  Average lows for this time of the year are in the lower 40s.

Green is above average precipitation.  Yellow and brown favors below average precipitation.  Average precipitation for this time of the year is around one inch per week.

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Average high temperatures for this time of the year are around 49 degrees.

Average low temperatures for this time of the year are around 31 degrees.

Average precipitation during this time period ranges from 1.00″ to 1.25″
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Eight to Fourteen Day Outlook.

Blue is below average.  Red is above average.  The no color zone represents equal chances.

Green is above average precipitation.  Yellow and brown favors below average precipitation.  Average precipitation for this time of the year is around one inch per week.

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