With vacationers and college students anticipated to get up to some sleet and ice this morning, climate officers urged warning and persistence with any needed journey.
As of Monday evening, the Nationwide Climate Service anticipated a couple of half-inch of sleet to fall on Paducah, with a couple of tenth of an inch of ice, with the precipitation dissipating early within the morning.
“It solely takes a bit bit” to create harmful journey circumstances, meteorologist Mike York stated.
“The numbers themselves will not be very excessive, however the circumstances will probably be actually slippery,” York stated.
He warned vacationers, particularly early within the morning, to drive slowly and look ahead to ice.
Handled roads and near-freezing temperatures at midday ought to assist journey, York stated.
“Do not assume there isn’t a ice. Black ice is difficult to see. If it is beneath zero and you are not cautious, you can nonetheless slip or skid on the roads.”
“Go sluggish and watch out.”
York added that there’s a likelihood of one other spherical of winter precipitation this afternoon, however the chances are high larger additional south in Tennessee.
The remainder of the week is predicted to be dry, however hotter, reaching 40 levels on the weekend and nicely into the 50s subsequent week.
York stated the Local weather Prediction Heart expects the following 30 days to carry above-average temperatures, with little signal of an “arctic blast.”
However he stated anomalies within the sample can seem in brief bursts, just like the system that introduced snow and freezing temperatures with excessive winds throughout Christmas week.
“There’s actually no good signal for harsh winter climate.”