Snow

Snow began falling late Monday morning in Jessamine County after rain Sunday night. The county is under a winter weather advisory along with Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Marion, Mercer, Nicholas, Scott and Woodford counties. A slushy accumulation of 1 to 2 inches of snow is expected through Monday evening, according to the National Weather Service. While above-freezing temperatures this afternoon will likely keep the roadways warm, colder air moving into the region in the evening could quickly freeze wet roadways, according to the advisory.

It’s not even winter yet — at least not officially — but brutal Arctic air will hover over Kentucky for some time to come with freezing rain forecast for portions of the state. As the current cold air mass moves into the Appalachians, a new cold air system will move into south-central Kentucky and produce some light snow starting Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. The system will continue moving north through the day on Wednesday.

Winter surely is a tease this year. I've been waiting since before Christmas for her arrival, anticipating the lovely hush that comes over the earth under a blanket of snow. Some of my friends accuse me of being a polar bear. I like it cold, bundled up under sweaters, blankets, and a knit hat with a pom-pom on top. There's nothing quite as comforting as sitting beside a real wood fire sipping hot chocolate, especially if there are little marshmallows in it. All I've had thus far is a series of dashed hopes.

Winchester Public Works employee Jerry Taulbee loads a city truck with salt, top photo, early Thursday morning to melt snow that covered city streets. Lee White, bottom photo, inspects the salt spreading equipment on his truck before leaving the lot. The snowfall covered city streets for a short time before melting.

(Sun photos by James Mann) A section of black fence along the road frames four horses Tuesday morning in a snow-covered pasture near Pretty Run Road. The one-inch snowfall created some beautiful scenes in Clark County before melting away by early afternoon. Peter Phelps, 5, left, and Wade Carrington, 6, found the trip back up the hill at College Park difficult while trying to drag their sled Tuesday morning. They eventually had to get help from Peter's mother, Shannon Phelps, to make it up the hill.

STANFORD - Federal road crews will be salting roads in Lincoln County and nine other area counties in preparation for snow forecasted for this afternoon and tomorrow. Drivers should watch out for pre-treating crews and slow down near them, according to a news release from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Road condition reports for major routes are available by calling 511 or visiting www.511.ky.gov.

The National Weather Service offices in Louisville and Jackson have issued winter weather advisories. Predictions are that anywhere from a half-inch to 2 inches of snow could fall tonight and early Friday morning, the weather service said. The advisory for Central Kentucky is in effect until 2 a.m. EST Friday. The heaviest snow could fall in the area between Interstates 65 and 75. That area could receive 1-2 inches of snow. The interstate highway corridors could see intense snow squalls, NWS said.

Temperatures fell as well as snowflakes Thursday night, leaving Clark County residents battling the cold and snow-covered roads Friday. Clark County Schools were closed today. Clark County road crews were out since 11:30 p.m. Thursday working to keep the roads clear, but heavy winds slowed those efforts, Road Supervisor Kevin Wilson said. “It took us eight hours to get through the first round,” he said this morning. “We're going to get started on the second round. This sun shining will help tremendously.” The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has highway crews patrolling and spot treating roadways throughout central Kentucky.

More than 100 people ran for their supper, or at least their Thanksgiving turkey, at the annual Turkey Trot on Saturday. Event co-coordinator Gina Lang estimated that race participation increased by about 40 percent this year, and raised an estimated $14,000 for Clark County Community Services. “Really, on one of the coldest days of the year so far, we’re pleased,” Lang said. Overall winners in the men’s division were Matt Lally, first place; David Ward, second place; and Nathan Landreth, third place.

An early blooming redbud tree on Boone Avenue was covered with a layer of snow Monday morning. The snowfall didn't last long, with temperatures climbing into the low 40s. Warmer temperatures are expected for today and Wednesday.

Elizabeth Snow Kuske, 73, of Hustonville, passed away Wednesday, March 20.   Born Dec. 7, 1939, Elizabeth was the daughter of Daisy Snow Emerson of Stanford and the late Eddie Lee Snow. She had worked as a telephone operator in Hustonville and Danville and for The Advocate Messenger and The City of Danville. Elizabeth was an active member of Hustonville Baptist Church and was the widow of David Paul Kuske. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Alberta Snow; and a brother, Gilbert Snow.

My daughter Phoebe just called. She lives two hours north of us and, so far, they have waist-high deep snow accumulated overnight with that much more expected by tonight. She had just come in from rounding up their horses that had left their stalls and couldn't get back to them. She said their winter coats had ice hanging on them. Phoebe is happiest out of doors in the elements. It bothers her not one bit to trudge through waist-high wet snow and I admire her spirit. Sometimes I think she was born in the wrong era and would have been a great pioneer woman.

Temperatures fell as well as snowflakes Thursday night, leaving Clark County residents battling the cold and snow-covered roads Friday. Clark County Schools were closed today. Clark County road crews were out since 11:30 p.m. Thursday working to keep the roads clear, but heavy winds slowed those efforts, Road Supervisor Kevin Wilson said. “It took us eight hours to get through the first round,” he said this morning. “We're going to get started on the second round. This sun shining will help tremendously.” The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has highway crews patrolling and spot treating roadways throughout central Kentucky.

STANFORD - Federal road crews will be salting roads in Lincoln County and nine other area counties in preparation for snow forecasted for this afternoon and tomorrow. Drivers should watch out for pre-treating crews and slow down near them, according to a news release from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Road condition reports for major routes are available by calling 511 or visiting www.511.ky.gov.

The National Weather Service offices in Louisville and Jackson have issued winter weather advisories. Predictions are that anywhere from a half-inch to 2 inches of snow could fall tonight and early Friday morning, the weather service said. The advisory for Central Kentucky is in effect until 2 a.m. EST Friday. The heaviest snow could fall in the area between Interstates 65 and 75. That area could receive 1-2 inches of snow. The interstate highway corridors could see intense snow squalls, NWS said.

Despite winds reaching nearly 60 mph, very little damage was reported across Clark County Thursday night. According to the Kentucky Mesonet website, Clark County experienced the fourth highest wind gust at 56.3 mph Thursday. Pike County experienced the three highest gusts in the state. Clark also experienced sustained winds up to 37 miles an hour. Still, the county suffered little in terms of wind damage. The Clark County Roads Department was called out on a few downed trees on county road but nothing too significant, Clark County Emergency Management Director Gary Epperson said.

In the winter of 1944, the snow came. It came full-force, dropping two feet on the Ardennes region of Belgium. That was the winter Cova Duvall nearly lost his feet, when he wondered how much worse things could get. The snow was blinding, and heavy cloud cover made it nearly impossible to see. “It's amazing what men went through. You take fighting snow two-feet deep, the drop it down to 24 below zero, you couldn't hardly stand it,”¿Duvall said. Earlier that year, Duvall was just an 18-year-old farm kid in rural Edmonson County, in western Kentucky.

JUNCTION CITY - Two robbery attempts in Junction City resulted in the arrest Sunday of a Boyle County man. Joshua A. Snow, 26, of Spring Valley Road, was arrested Sunday night after he allegedly made two attempts to rob individuals in the Junction City area. He was charged with two counts of first-degree robbery. Junction City Police Chief Merl Baldwin said Snow had a gun and approached the first victim in the parking lot at the Dollar General store in Junction City. After the intended victim asked if he knew the would-be robber,  Snow got in red car and drove away, Baldwin said.

Law-enforcement officials again are cautioning elderly Kentuckians about financial scams, warning: “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” A similar disclaimer could also be applied to the continual inundation of rosy claims concerning the performance of our young people in Kentucky's public education system.  The Kentucky Department of Education wasted no time in praising a new Harvard University report claiming Kentucky students...

It's only the start of a long, hot summer of practices, but this is prime time for Matt Oster and Bailey Snow. It's a time they look forward to every year, because it's the one time of year when soccer practice is all about them. Oster, the veteran goalkeeper at Danville, and Snow, his counterpart at Boyle County, are in the goalkeepers' section of the Centre College Soccer Camp, and they said they wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now. “It's probably the best part of soccer season.