Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East; Severe Storm Threat in the Gulf States Sunday

A significant winter storm is underway, bringing widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Extremely cold air will follow, prolonging dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts into next week. Severe thunderstorms may produce damaging gusts and tornadoes across the eastern Gulf Coast states Sunday morning and afternoon. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Big Sandy Regional Airport (KSJS)

Lat: 37.75°NLon: 82.64°WElev: 1220ft.

Unknown Precip

20°F

-7°C

Humidity	81%
Wind Speed	NE 6 mph
Barometer	30.13 in
Dewpoint	15°F (-9°C)
Visibility	2.50 mi
Wind Chill	12°F (-11°C)
Last update	25 Jan 12:15 am EST

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Extended Forecast for

West Prestonsburg KY

Extreme Cold Watch January 26, 06:00pm until January 27, 12:00pm

Winter Storm Warning January 25, 12:36am until January 26, 07:00am

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Extreme Cold Watch

Winter Storm Warning

Winter Storm Warning January 25, 12:36am until January 26, 07:00am
NOW until 7:00am Mon
Winter Storm Warning
Overnight
Low: 20 °F⇑
Wintry Mix
and Patchy
Fog
Sunday
High: 37 °F
Rain/Freezing
Rain and
Patchy Fog
then Rain and
Patchy Fog
Sunday Night
Low: 14 °F
Wintry Mix
and Patchy
Fog then Snow
and Patchy
Fog
Monday
High: 22 °F
Chance Snow
Monday Night
Low: 1 °F
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday
High: 29 °F
Sunny
Tuesday Night
Low: 14 °F
Chance
Flurries
Wednesday
High: 27 °F
Mostly Cloudy
then Slight
Chance Snow

Detailed Forecast

Overnight

Snow and sleet before 2am, then freezing rain, possibly mixed with snow between 2am and 3am, then freezing rain after 3am. Patchy fog. Temperature rising to around 27 by 5am. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Sunday

Freezing rain before 11am, then rain or freezing rain between 11am and noon, then rain after noon. Patchy fog. High near 37. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.2 to 0.4 of an inch possible.

Sunday Night

Rain, snow, and freezing rain, becoming all snow after 11pm. Patchy fog before 2am. Low around 14. West northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Monday

A chance of snow before 3pm, then a chance of flurries after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 1. Light southwest wind.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 29.

Tuesday Night

A chance of flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14.

Wednesday

A 20 percent chance of snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27.

Wednesday Night

A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7.

Thursday

A chance of flurries before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 21.