I JUST READ THIS ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE! I HOPE THEY ARE SO WRONG! THE ICE STORM WAS IN 09 NOT 08 SO MAYBE THERE IS A LITTLE WRONGNESS TO THIS! PLEASE GOD LET EVERYONE BE SAFE, BE WITH EVERYONE ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, AND OUR OLDER PEOPLE!! BE SAFE EVERYONE! IF YOU WASNT IN THE 09 ICE STORM OR SOMETHING SIMULAR YOU DONT HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THIS WEATHER!! AND FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS TAKE IT FROM ME YOU BETTER START YOUR PREPARATIONS NOW! NO PHONES, NO POWER, NO HEAT, NO ANYTHING!! GOOD LUCK TO ALL! inShare December 4, 2013: Update... Two winter storms developing... This email is valid for Thursday, December 5th through Monday, December 9th This forecast covers parts of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, southeast Missouri, western Kentucky, and northwest Tennessee. For more frequent updates visit the Beau Dodson Weather Facebook page. Confidence in this forecast: High confidence. Remember that potential does not always make reality. Winter storms are notoriously tricky to forecast. Expect a wide range of weather conditions across our region. Some areas will remain rain longer than other areas. Some areas will change to snow sooner than other areas. Subject: Rain will develop over southern Illinois and western Kentucky on Thursday. This rain will continue into Thursday afternoon. Colder air will arrive on Thursday afternoon and evening. Rain will change to freezing rain. Freezing rain will eventually change to sleet and end as snow late on Friday. I am very concerned about a band of heavy freezing rain. Freezing rain accumulations on power lines and trees could range from 0.50-1.00 with the potential for heavier amounts. This storm has the potential to be similar to the 2008 ice storm. If you remember that event it produced a band of 0.50-1.00 of freezing rain over parts of far southern Illinois and western Kentucky. I am not confident on the exact placement of the heaviest band of freezing rain. I am thinking somewhere near the Ohio River eastward into western Kentucky/northwest Tennessee. The difference of 30-40 miles could mean the difference between a damaging ice storm and a whole lot of sleet. Forecasters may not have a handle on the exact placement of the snow/sleet/freezing rain/rain line until Thursday. The sooner your freezing rain changes to sleet the better off you will be. If the freezing rain continues then damage chances will increase. This is a dangerous winter storm. The areas that experience the heaviest freezing rain will almost certainly experience some tree and power line damage. Short term power outages are likely in some of our counties. Areas further west/northwest will change to sleet and snow sooner. Areas from Poplar Bluff, MO to Cape Girardeau, MO to Carbondale, IL to Carmi, Illinois will experience more sleet and snow than freezing rain. A band of 4-8 of snow will be possible over parts of southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. This would be the area that changes to snow sooner. Locally heavier amounts are not out of the question. Remember that freezing rain is rain that freezes on contact with surfaces. Freezing rain is what can bring down tree limbs and power lines. Sleet is a small pellet of ice that bounce when it hits the ground. Sleet does not cause damage to trees or power lines. A second winter storm will move into the area on Saturday night and Sunday. This winter storm will produce additional accumulations of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. There is a chance that temperatures will rise enough over parts of west Tennessee and west Kentucky on Sunday afternoon to change the precipitation to all rain. This is still an unknown. Additional accumulations of freezing rain are likely on Sunday over portions of our area. Bitterly cold air will arrive after these storms. Expect lows next week to dip into the single digits.. Travel will become hazardous from Thursday afternoon/evening into Monday. Now is the time to make preparations for this winter storm. Monitor the latest updates from the National Weather Service and local meteorologists. ICall to action: Make preparations for the possibility of short term power outages. Consider changing travel plans if you are leaving on Thursday night or Friday. Sunday will bring a second winter storm to the region. #vr4smallbiz
Posted on: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 17:51:44 +0000
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