Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crews have been pre-treating major roadways in advance of expected snowfall Thursday in western Kentucky.
The National Weather Service in Paducah says the region could see 1 to 3 inches of snow by the end of Thursday afternoon and that would create travel impacts.
The Transportation Cabinet has been applying brine to roadways, which dries to a fine powder coating of salt that sticks to the road surface and is available to be activated by falling snow in the early hours of a snow and ice event.
Pre-treating initially improves driving conditions, then makes it easier for crews to plow snow by keeping frozen precipitation from bonding to the driving surface.
Crews focus first on high-priority routes such as interstates and critical roadways, then heavily traveled state routes before turning to lower-volume routes.
Stay tuned to the WHOP Family of Stations for the latest on this developing winter weather system.