Friday, February 7, 2014

More snow forecast for tonight

Today's sun glistening off of ice-covered
trees can be a very beautiful part of winter,
as is shown in the image above of Fohs
Hall. Send us your favorite photos from
the winter at thepress@the-press.com.
A year ago today, the high temperatures topped 66 degrees in Crittenden County, according to the Kentucky Mesonet weather and climate data station near Repton. Today's high, however, is forecast at 22 degrees...and more snow is predicted for tonight.

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a winter weather advisory for snow which is in effect from 6 p.m. this evening to 6 a.m. Saturday. This advisory includes locations along and south of a line from Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Paducah to Owensboro.

From one to two inches of dry powdery snow is expected.

Most of the snow will fall between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. in fare western Kentucky and the southern tip of Illinois and between midnight and 6 a.m. in the Pennyrile Region of western Kentucky.

Roads will become snow covered and slippery.

Cold temperatures around 20 degrees tonight will reduce the effectiveness of some melting agents such as rock salt.