NOW THRU DECEMBER SEVENTH IS BEING OBSERVED AS “WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK” IN KENTUCKY…..AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS
IT SHOULD SERVED AS A REMINDER THAT YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR ALL TYPES OF HAZARDS SUCH AS WINTER STORMS, SNOW SQUALLS, ICE STORMS,
HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING, HIGH WINDS AND EVERN SEVERE WEATGER,,,,,,
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS THAT THE WEATHER SERVICES ISSUES WHEN WINTRY WEATHER IS IN THE FORECAST…..
IN ADDITION…..AND NEW FOR THIS WINTER…..THE WEATHER SERVICEIS SIMPLIFYING ITS COLD WEATHER PRODUCTS……
THE “EXTREME COLD WATCH/WARNING AND WIND CHILL WATCH/WARNING HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED TO “EXTREME COLD WATCH/WARNING…..THIS IS WHEN
THE TEMPERATURE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINUS-10 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR COLDER IN SOUTHERN KENTUCKY…. AND MINUS-15 IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH…..
AND THE “WIND CHILL ADVISORY” HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE “COLD WEATHER ADVISORY”…..IT WILL BE USED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO
REACH “ZERO” IN SOUTHERN KENTUCKY…..AND FIVE-BELOW IN THE REST OF THE COMMONWEALTH…..
