Category: Weather

…that the NWS is trying to set up a special area for EM (at least the little local guys) for the IEMchat… neat… (be even neater if they could set up something for it to be accessed through the KSP’s KYWINS network… endless possibilities there…

i had found the thing (the public version, anyway) thanks to a comment left at another blog… from the quick taste i had gotten that night, i love it.

i haven’t done anything since, because my computer died!

DENSE FOG TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY…
.FOG WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME DENSE BY EARLY THIS
EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING…DROPPING FROM UNDER 3 MILES THIS AFTERNOON TO AND UNDER
ONE HALF MILE BY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY.
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ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…PAOLI…SALEM…SCOTTSBURG…MADISON…
JASPER…MARENGO…TELL CITY…CORYDON…NEW ALBANY…
JEFFERSONVILLE…HAWESVILLE…HARDINSBURG…BRANDENBURG…
BEAVER DAM…LEITCHFIELD…ELIZABETHTOWN…FORT KNOX…
MOUNT WASHINGTON…SHEPHERDSVILLE…LOUISVILLE…LA GRANGE…
BEDFORD…NEW CASTLE…SHELBYVILLE…FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…
CYNTHIANA…TAYLORSVILLE…LAWRENCEBURG…VERSAILLES…
LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…BARDSTOWN…SPRINGFIELD…
HARRODSBURG…NICHOLASVILLE…WINCHESTER…HODGENVILLE…
LEBANON…DANVILLE…LANCASTER…RICHMOND…MORGANTOWN…
BROWNSVILLE…MUNFORDVILLE…GREENSBURG…CAMPBELLSVILLE…
LIBERTY…STANFORD…RUSSELLVILLE…BOWLING GREEN…FRANKLIN…
SCOTTSVILLE…GLASGOW…TOMPKINSVILLE…EDMONTON…COLUMBIA…
JAMESTOWN…BURKESVILLE…ALBANY
111 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2008 /1211 PM CST FRI FEB 22 2008/
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/
SATURDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/
SATURDAY.
FOG WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY…WITH WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG DEVELOPING BY EARLY THIS
EVENING. FOG IS LIKELY TO BE MOST DENSE IN AREAS WHERE ICE COVERS
TREES AND GRASSY AREAS. VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE AND LESS
WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS LARGE AREAS…WITH MANY LOCATIONS SEEING
AREAS OF ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY OR LESS. DENSE FOG IS
EXPECTED TO BE AT ITS WORST FROM EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH MID
MORNING SATURDAY.
IN ADDITION…FOG MAY COMBINE WITH WET ROAD SURFACES AND FREEZING
TEMPERATURES TO CAUSE SOME LIGHT ICING ON ROADWAYS…AND
ESPECIALLY OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW ADDITIONAL TRAVEL TIME AND SLOW DOWN IN
AREAS WHERE FOG EXISTS. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS…AND ALLOW EXTRA
ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER CARS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

I just found something neat a little while ago… A way for anyone to chat with the NWS and each other in order to keep abreast of weather situations. Pretty cool, huh?
Set-up was painless–I was online and in the local area’s room in no time.
I love how the iembot fed info on the conditions and alerts into the room. Cool thing about this is that it fed links to see the full topic, area of discussion, and/or radar graphic. Absolutely awesome!
I think I’ll set this up at the office the next time I go over there (maybe tomorrow morning). Just wonder why we hadn’t heard of this before… 
Well, time for bed… D’s giving me the evil eye… (and i’m tired anyway)

PAOLI…SALEM…SCOTTSBURG…MADISON…
JASPER…MARENGO…TELL CITY…CORYDON…NEW ALBANY…
JEFFERSONVILLE…HAWESVILLE…HARDINSBURG…BRANDENBURG…
BEAVER DAM…LEITCHFIELD…ELIZABETHTOWN…FORT KNOX…
MOUNT WASHINGTON…SHEPHERDSVILLE…LOUISVILLE…LA GRANGE…
BEDFORD…NEW CASTLE…SHELBYVILLE…FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…
CYNTHIANA…TAYLORSVILLE…LAWRENCEBURG…VERSAILLES…
LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…BARDSTOWN…SPRINGFIELD…
HARRODSBURG…NICHOLASVILLE…WINCHESTER…HODGENVILLE…
LEBANON…DANVILLE…LANCASTER…RICHMOND…MORGANTOWN…
BROWNSVILLE…MUNFORDVILLE…GREENSBURG…CAMPBELLSVILLE…
LIBERTY…STANFORD…RUSSELLVILLE…BOWLING GREEN…FRANKLIN…
SCOTTSVILLE…GLASGOW…TOMPKINSVILLE…EDMONTON…COLUMBIA…
JAMESTOWN…BURKESVILLE…ALBANY
1058 AM EST THU FEB 21 2008 /958 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008/
…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT…
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
CONTINUE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AS ROAD
SURFACES ICE OVER. TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
$$
RL
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

People are getting silly over at Chris Bailey’s Weather Blog:

It’s nice to see that there are a few who aren’t panicking over the situation…
In related news, WKYT’s SnoGo page is having issues with traffic and updates… I keep getting 401 errors…

FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT…
.A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE AREA BEGINNING
THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO MUCH OF THE AREA.
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ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…PAOLI…SALEM…SCOTTSBURG…MADISON…
JASPER…MARENGO…TELL CITY…CORYDON…NEW ALBANY…
JEFFERSONVILLE…HAWESVILLE…HARDINSBURG…BRANDENBURG…
BEAVER DAM…LEITCHFIELD…ELIZABETHTOWN…FORT KNOX…
MOUNT WASHINGTON…SHEPHERDSVILLE…LOUISVILLE…LA GRANGE…
BEDFORD…NEW CASTLE…SHELBYVILLE…FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…
CYNTHIANA…TAYLORSVILLE…LAWRENCEBURG…VERSAILLES…
LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…BARDSTOWN…SPRINGFIELD…
HARRODSBURG…NICHOLASVILLE…WINCHESTER…HODGENVILLE…
LEBANON…DANVILLE…LANCASTER…RICHMOND
822 AM EST THU FEB 21 2008 /722 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008/
…ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/
FRIDAY…
THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/
FRIDAY.
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
OFF AND ON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE SOME SLEET AND A
PERIOD OF SNOW INITIALLY…BUT THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE
SHOULD BE FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION COULD REACH ONE QUARTER
OF AN INCH IF NOT MORE…ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. EVEN
THOUGH MANY ROAD SURFACES MAY HAVE BEEN TREATED…DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.
THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO MAINLY LIGHT
RAIN FRIDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE IS
EXPECTED TO GLAZE EXPOSED SURFACES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES
AND POWER LINES ALREADY STRESSED FROM THE LAST ICE…SLEET AND
SNOW STORM COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES AND FALLING TREE
BRANCHES. REMEMBER…DO NOT APPROACH DOWNED POWER LINES. TRAVEL IS
NOT RECOMMENDED FROM LATE MORNING ON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

SNOW ADVISORY CANCELED…
…WINTER STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…
.A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE AREA ON
THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT
WINTER WEATHER TO THE AREA.
KYZ031>043-049-202345-
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OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-
HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-
BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-CLARK KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LA GRANGE…BEDFORD…NEW CASTLE…
SHELBYVILLE…FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…CYNTHIANA…TAYLORSVILLE…
LAWRENCEBURG…VERSAILLES…LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…
WINCHESTER
1037 AM EST WED FEB 20 2008
…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…
…SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS CANCELED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS INDICATE THAT MORE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START AS SLEET AND SNOW NORTH OF A LINE
FROM HARTFORD TO RICHMOND…WITH AREAS SOUTH OF THAT LINE SEEING
AN INITIAL MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. BY THURSDAY NIGHT…THE
SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF KENTUCKY.
SIGNIFICANT ICING AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE…
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM HARTFORD TO RICHMOND.
THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO THE
DEVELOPMENT AND TRACK OF THIS STORM. THEREFORE…MONITOR NOAA ALL
HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST ON THIS
WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE LATESTS WATCHES…WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES…VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY
WEDNESDAY…
.AN ALBERTA CLIPPER TYPE DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN
INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED JUST NORTH OF THE TRACK OF SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE…WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD JUST SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 64. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AND THE NORTHERN BLUEGRASS REGION BY LATE MORNING
WEDNESDAY.
INZ076>079-091-092-KYZ030>043-049-201000-
/O.EXT.KLMK.SN.Y.0004.080220T0600Z-080220T1700Z/
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-CLARK KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…PAOLI…SALEM…SCOTTSBURG…MADISON…
NEW ALBANY…JEFFERSONVILLE…LOUISVILLE…LA GRANGE…BEDFORD…
NEW CASTLE…SHELBYVILLE…FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…CYNTHIANA…
TAYLORSVILLE…LAWRENCEBURG…VERSAILLES…LEXINGTON…PARIS…
CARLISLE…WINCHESTER
913 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2008
…SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY…
THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 12 PM EST
WEDNESDAY.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
WILL GENERATE SNOW ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA…FAR NORTH-
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND THE NORTHERN BLUEGRASS REGION…INCLUDING
THE LOUISVILLE AND LEXINGTON METRO AREAS. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AROUND MIDNIGHT…THEN SPREAD
INTO THE NORTHERN BLUEGRASS REGION BETWEEN 6 AM AND 8 AM.
LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SALEM INDIANA…TO NEW
CASTLE AND PARIS KENTUCKY COULD SEE UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION BY LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN THE
ADVISORY AREA MAY SEE AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW.
MUCH OF THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE WEDNESDAY
MORNING COMMUTE. MOTORISTS TRAVELING TOMORROW MORNING SHOULD USE
EXTRA CAUTION. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS…WITH SNOW
FIRST DEVELOPING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LEAVE AMPLE TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATIONS.
$$
JSD
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Updated the EMA site… put a kwout from Ready.gov on the home page, in reference to what people should do to prepare themselves for what might end up becoming an ice storm in a couple of days…