More Winter Weather on the Way – Winter Weather Advisory in Effect for Friday Afternoon thru Saturday Morning

A winter weather advisory is in effect from 9 a.m. Friday to noon on Saturday for the listening area. The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a winter weather advisory for snow and freezing rain which is in effect from 9 a.m. Friday to noon on Saturday.

Friday afternoon the freezing rain/sleet is expected to expand northeast across Southern Illinois and southwest Indiana. Friday night precipitation is expected to change over to snow mainly along and north of the 1-64 corridor with freezing rain and sleet over the remainder of the advisory area. Saturday morning snow may linger over southeast Illinois and southwest Indiana before ending. Snow accumulations generally along and north of the I-64 corridor should top out in the 2-4 inch range with ice accumulations elsewhere in the advisory area of 1/10 inch or less.