Wind….rain….possibly a thunderstorm or two…and ice over the next few day

First of all, I apologize for being so late with this.  I try to have this posted by 6:00 a.m. every morning.

I don’t think it is any surprise to anyone, but we are under a wind advisory until 6:00 p.m. tonight.  There has been spotty power outages across the county this morning as well as limbs blocking lanes of traffic on a few roadways.

Highs today will be in the 60’s as well as the rest of the week, as freezing rain will come in the forecast for Thursday night into Friday.

Below is the latest model posted by KFVS-12 meteorologist Brian Alworth about the ice potential:

Here are the products issued by the NWS in Paducah that are in effect for Franklin County.

...VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY...

…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING… * TIMING…GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS…SOUTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. *

IMPACTS…POWER OUTAGES DUE TO LIMBS AND TREES FALLING ON POWER LINES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES, ESPECIALLY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ALSO, LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL GET BLOWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER FOR LONGER THAN ONE HOUR, OR WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 MPH FOR ANY DURATION.

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST INDIANA, WESTERN KENTUCKY, AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

. .DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 40 TO 45 MPH FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT THURSDAY.

FREEZING RAIN AND A GLAZE OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI…SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING.

HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST…THOUGH THE EVENT WILL BE SPREAD OUT OVER SEVERAL DAYS. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS…ALONG WITH RISES IN SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

For updates about the unsettled weather conditions we are facing check franklincounty-news.com for continuous updates and possible cancellations throughout the week.

Here is a link to the seven day forecast for Franklin County.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?map.x=176&map.y=89&site=pah&zmx=1&zmy=1#.WHT3xdQrJxA