After a prolonged period of below freezing temperatures and winter storms, western Kentucky is expected to fall into a period of warmer and wetter than average weather for a couple weeks.
During the weekly weather conference call Monday, Christine Wielgos with the National Weather Service in Paducah said current forecasts are for the region to be relatively warm with greater than average rainfall through at least March 7.
The ground is already turning to mud with the melting of the snow pack and Hydrologist Mary Lamm says she’s hoping to see a few days of drying before any heavy rain to mitigate the possibility of flooding in the region.
There are signs there could be substantial rainfall in western Kentucky Saturday night through Monday night, though a lot could change between now and then.
Next week is Kentucky’s Severe Weather Awareness week and tornado drill and while Wielgos says there’s no way to predict what type of severe weather season we’ll have this year—there will almost certainly be times when tornados and severe thunderstorms are a threat and it will be important for families to have a plan of action.
Kentucky’s tornado drill is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, March 3 at 9:07 a.m. when listeners to WHOP will hear the Emergency Alert System tones and information on what you should do in the event of an actual tornado.