A significant winter storm could hit Kentucky this weekend, possibly bringing heavy snow and ice to parts of the state, including Fayette County.
The storm is expected to arrive the night of Friday, Jan. 23 and last through most of the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. A swath of heavy snow, which is defined as 6 inches or more of snowfall in 24 hours, and ice is expected in areas from the southern Plains across the mid-South.
The NWS said Central Kentucky could be favorably positioned for a period of moderate to heavy snow. Forecasters have yet to predict how much snowfall the region could get, but significant amounts of wintry precipitation are possible…