A few days in and 2025 is expected to get messy that weather wise.

Look for snow, ice and freezing rain Sunday and Monday throughout Kentucky and it could be more than just a nuisance.

Our Christy Dorton talked to an expert about what to expect and when.

John, this is going to be a tricky forecast because we're expecting a lot of different types of precipitation.

When are we going to see it and who's going to see what?

Yes, Sunday, Monday, Christy is a mess.

We start off as snow.

We transition to a brief period of sleet and then most of the state will see ice, freezing rain.

Sunday afternoon and Sunday night before or after midnight, we're going to go back to snow.

An end to snow by late morning on Monday.

So it's a bad Sunday afternoon.

Sunday night Monday.

Not so bad.

So you said ice.

I know a lot of people like to talk about the snow, but the ice could cause more problems and explain what impacts that could have.

Yes, absolutely.

So.

ICE is much worse because, you know, you driving, you don't have any way to stop.

So that is a really bad thing.

Sea of ice on top of snow and then snow at the end impacts ice.

You can't drive very well.

Ice leads to power outages.

Ice causes problems.

But hospitals don't like ice because people break bones and have to go walking to get their newspaper.

Don't go get it.

Go online and look at it.

It's just not worth it.

People break a lot of hips, arms and legs during ice.

Oh, yeah.

Especially if you have stairs leading out of your house.

Yes, that's.

That's good.

So packed up on the salt.

Okay, So let's talk a little bit about the snow.

Who's going to see what?

Snow wise.

The further north you go, the more snow you're going to see.

There's a huge area of snow on I-70 up in Ohio and Indiana.

But for Kentucky, I think the big area will be north.

Northern Kentucky, the folks up there and the Cincinnati area could see 6 to 10 inches of snow.

And so what can you be doing right now?

I'm telling you right now, get your ice melt your snow, melt your shovel.

Make sure you have a full tank of gas.

Make sure you have nonperishable supplies, a flashlight and batteries.

Today and tomorrow are great.

Get your supplies now.

Yes.

And maybe think about taking those Christmas decorations down now, because once this passes, whether we're seeing the snow or ice, you know, where depending on where you are in the state.

It's going to be brutally cold.

Talk about that for a minute.

Yeah, I'm really worried if we get power outages and then this.

It's not a question of if it comes, it's coming.

The cold arctic blast is coming.

It's very cold.

And we have snow and ice on the ground, Kristie.

It's going to be so much colder.

I think you will see zero two below zero numbers in places that get the most snow and ice next Tuesday, more especially Tuesday night, Wednesday morning, very cold.

Okay.

So we'll keep that in mind.

And hopefully power won't be a big issue.

But if it is, a lot of people will be running generators, you know, trying to stay warm.

And there are some things to warn about that, too.

And please don't please, please don't put your grill or your generator on in your house.

All you got is just a disaster with carbon monoxide.

Please don't do that.

There are things you can do.

You want to have a wood burning fireplace sign?

Get your word.

Get your would.

Ready.

Be prepared.

Don't do anything foolish where you're going to put yourself in harm's way.

And if you can stay home Sunday and watch football and stay home and play Monopoly and your kids stay home.

That's good advice.

So we're going to try to stay home.

We're going to prepare for power outages and have our kits ready in case the power does go out.

Thank you so much, Jon, for your time.

Christi.

And thank you, John and Christi.

Now, Lexington's Transylvania University is letting students return to campus early in order to beat the snow and ice transit lets students move back in after the winter break, starting today at noon that continue tomorrow.

Students can still move in on Sunday, but they're urged to be very car