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ABUS30 KSDF 242057
SWSKY 

KENTUCKY WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
400 PM EST TUE DEC 24 2002

A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION FELL OVER KENTUCKY LAST NIGHT UNDER 
CLOUDY SKIES. IN THE NORTH...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WAS 
OBSERVED WHILE IN THE SOUTH ONLY RAIN WAS SEEN. THE MOST SNOW 
REPORTED ON THE GROUND WAS THREE INCHES JUST WEST OF LOUISVILLE. LOW 
TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 30S.

THIS AFTERNOON...THE MIX TURNED COMPLETELY OVER TO RAIN AND DRIZZLE
EXCEPT IN THE EXTREME NORTH WHERE FREEZING RAIN WAS NOTED. AFTERNOON 
TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE 30S.

THIS MESSY WINTER WEATHER WAS CAUSED BY A DEVELOPING STORM MOVING 
SOUTH OF KENTUCKY. AS THE STORM MOVES EAST TONIGHT...IT WILL BRING 
IN A BLAST OF COLD AIR.

LOOK FOR THE RAIN AND DRIZZLE TO CONTINUE TONIGHT BUT SLOWLY CHANGE 
BACK INTO SNOW LATE. SNOWFALL DEPTHS SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS 
ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH 
FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT.

THE STORM WILL INTENSIFY ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS 
ALONG THE EAST COAST. HOWEVER...OVER THE BLUEGRASS STATE ITS EFFECT 
WILL BE SMALL...AND MAINLY RESULT IN SOME SNOW SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY. 
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW 30S.
  
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