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Atmospheric River Continues Areas of Heavy Rain and Snow for California This Weekend

An atmospheric river will continue to bring gusty winds, moderate to heavy rainfall, and potential flooding to southern California and the southern Great Basin through Sunday. Periods of heavy snow will continue as well above 7,000 feet over the Sierra Nevada mountains associated with this atmospheric river. Read More >

Cold high pressure at the surface slipped beneath warm moist air aloft on December 16, 2008, and caused signicant amounts of snow, sleet, and freezing rain to fall on southern Indiana and central Kentucky.  A band of snow dropped 2 to 4 inches of accumulation from Hartford through Elizabethtown to around Lexington.  Below are a few snapshots sent in by local weather watchers:

 

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky.  John Bradshaw
 Clarkson, Kentucky Clarkson, Kentucky.  Scotty Gore
 Clarkson, Kentucky  Clarkson, Kentucky.  Scotty Gore
 Hartford, kentucky Hartford, Kentucky.  Mike Poteet
 Lexington, Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky.  Tommy Bodnar
 Shepherdsville, Kentucky Shepherdsville, Kentucky.  Angelian Keith
Georgetown, Kentucky Georgetown, Kentucky.  Ron Malinowski, Jr.