It likely won’t be big time snow event some were calling for in western Kentucky this weekend, but transportation officials have been preparing for any wintry precipitation that may fall on area roadways.
The forecast trend has been for the highest snowfall accumulation amounts Saturday night and Sunday to be farther south and the National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a Winter Storm Watch for all of middle Tennessee from 6 p.m. Saturday until 6 p.m. Sunday.
The National Weather Service in Paducah says counties along the Kentucky-Tennessee border—including Christian, Todd and Trigg—could see a couple inches of snow and possibly a little more or less depending on the exact track of the storm system.
Keith Todd with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says crews have already begun treating interstates, parkways and other major highways with a brine solution that will be activated when the snow begins to fall.
The salt hinders the precipitation from freezing to the pavement and makes it easier to plow once the trucks are activated.
It’s possible the precipitation could begin as plain old rain if temperatures are warm enough at the onset and that could wash the brine away before the snow arrives.
Stay tuned to the WHOP family of stations for the latest on this developing winter storm system.