FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY | Chris Bailey tracks a major winter storm

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – A major winter storm is still on track to move into Kentucky Sunday and Monday. This will bring an ice storm, a snowstorm, and a combination of the two for much of the Bluegrass state.

A Winter Storm Warning is out for much of the state with an Ice Storm Warning for a part of western Kentucky. Southern Kentucky is under a Winter Weather Advisory.

I have no changes to my breakdown:

SUNDAY

• Snow, sleet and freezing rain work into western Kentucky before daybreak and this spreads eastward.
• A heavy band of heavy snow is likely to set up in an arc that lifts from southwest to northeast.
• That band has the potential to put down several inches of snow in a short amount of time. Pinpointing where this band develops is the key.
• Sleet and freezing rain take over across southern Kentucky and that slowly lifts farther to the north.
• The far south sees temps spike with rain taking over by late day.

SUNDAY NIGHT

• Significant icing is likely into a large swath of the area as freezing rain looks fairly widespread.
• Sleet and snow will be located to the north of this into far northern Kentucky.
• Far southern Kentucky stays mainly rain.
• Winds gust up to 30mph as the low spins eastward along the Kentucky/Tennessee border.

MONDAY

• The day starts with freezing rain and sleet across the with light snow elsewhere.
• Strong upper-level energy spins from west to east across Kentucky through the day.
• This spawns a large swath of moderate to heavy snow for much of central and eastern Kentucky.
• Several additional inches of snow will be possible from this.
• Winds will also be gusting to 30mph at times.

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