According to a Special Weather Statement from the National Weather Service out of Paducah, it will be bitterly cold at times tonight through Wednesday night as a frigid arctic airmass spreads across the area.
Lows tonight will be in the teens, with wind chill temperatures ranging from just below zero along Interstate 64 to around five above toward the Tennessee and Arkansas State lines by late tonight.
Highs Tuesday will range from the mid-20s to lower 30s. Tuesday evening, the true arctic front will move through, dropping wind chill temperatures into the 10 to 20 degrees below zero range across portions of southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, southwest Indiana and northwest Kentucky.
A Wind Chill Advisory has been issued for areas north of a Marble Hill Missouri, Vienna Illinois, Calhoun Kentucky line for late Tuesday night through midday Wednesday.
South into the rest of west Kentucky and southeast Missouri, wind chills during this time frame will be
zero to 10 below. The very cold weather will last into Wednesday night.
The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin as in as little as 30 minutes as well as hypothermia. Make sure to take the proper precautions and to wear a hat and gloves.
We will quickly break out of the cold, with much warmer conditions returning by the end of the week.
