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Louisville, Kentucky – Kentucky heads into the Feb 5–9 period under a sustained stretch of below-normal temperatures and limited precipitation, keeping the threat for widespread snow or rain relatively low while cold air remains firmly entrenched across the Ohio Valley. While winter conditions continue, the primary concern this week will be the persistence of the cold rather than major storm systems.
According to the National Weather Service and NOAA outlooks, colder-than-average air remains locked in across the Midwest and eastern U.S., stretching from the Great Lakes through the Ohio Valley and down the I-95 corridor into the Southeast and Florida. Precipitation chances remain limited for areas south of northern Illinois and west of the Pacific Northwest near Eugene, Oregon, placing much of Kentucky in a colder but quieter weather pattern…