Special Weather statement issued for upcoming wintry weather

The main time period of concern for freezing rain is Saturday night into Sunday night. Light rain will gradually change over to light freezing rain Saturday night in southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, and northwest and far west Kentucky. Light freezing rain will continue into Sunday, although portions of southwest Indiana, southeast Illinois, west Kentucky and far southeast Missouri are expected to change over to rain for a few hours Sunday afternoon. Precipitation will gradually end from northwest to southeast late Sunday afternoon into Sunday night, and any areas of rain will change over to freezing rain before ending. Southern Illinois and areas northwest of a line from Cape Girardeau Missouri to Poplar Bluff may see a tenth to fifteen hundredths of an inch of ice, with the rest of the region receiving a glazing to around 0.05 hundredths of an inch. Depending on temperatures, these amounts will likely be adjusted as the event gets closer. (NWS Paducah)

…Light freezing rain expected at times this weekend…

Rain will spread north across the region tonight and continue into Saturday. The main time period of concern for freezing rain is Saturday night into Sunday night. Light rain will gradually change over to light freezing rain Saturday night in southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, and northwest and far west Kentucky.

Light freezing rain will continue into Sunday, although portions of southwest Indiana, southeast Illinois, west Kentucky and far southeast Missouri are expected to change over to rain for a few hours Sunday afternoon. Precipitation will gradually end from northwest to southeast late Sunday afternoon into Sunday night, and any areas of rain will change over to freezing rain before ending.

Southern Illinois and areas northwest of a line from CapeGirardeau Missouri to Poplar Bluff may see a tenth to fifteen hundredths of an inch of ice, with the rest of the region receiving a glazing to around 0.05 hundredths of an inch.  Depending on temperatures, these amounts will likely be adjusted as the event gets closer. Stay tuned for updated forecasts.