Wintry Mix Expected Tue-Wed

TUESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE:

Only minor adjustments to the placement of ice accumulations are necessary for the evening and overnight forecast. A Winter Weather ADVISORY is in effect for much of Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and parts of TN and MO. An Ice Storm WARNING is in effect for a few counties in Southeast Missouri. Both alerts are on the map to the right.

MONDAY EVENING UPDATE:
Another round of wintry weather is expected in the form of rain, snow, and freezing rain starting later Tuesday and continue into early Wednesday.
Much like the first wintry system we experienced this year, much of the precipitation will be in the form of rain, freezing rain and sleet.

Starting early Tuesday evening, rain and sleet will overspread the area pretty quickly and possibly even switch over to all rain for an hour or two, especially south of the Ohio River. During the overnight hours we are expecting temperatures to hover around the freezing mark. Where temperatures drop below freezing, freezing rain (glaze) will become more likely.

The map shows the areas most likely to see this glazing take place overnight. Ice accumulations will range from 0.10" to 0.30" in the blue/purple shaded area. Ice impacts are shown in the bottom graphic below.
Freezing rain and sleet will continue for much of the overnight until daybreak. There may end up being a period of snow if moisture sticks around long enough as temperatures drop from NW to SE.
Areas along and south of the TN border and into the southern Bootheel of MO may even stay mainly in the rain/warmer sector until sunrise before briefly changing over to sleet or snow.

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