(KFVS) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says some highway crews are planning to pre-treat roads in anticipation of winter precipitation Tuesday afternoon and night.

The National Weather Service has placed portions of Western Kentucky under a Winter Weather Advisory until 2 a.m. on Wednesday. An area of wintry mix that is expected to hit northwest Tennessee could move northward to impact a number of Kentucky counties. The forecast includes a chance of sleet, freezing rain, and/or snow south of a line from about Mayfield to near Owensboro.

Temperatures have risen to near 30 degrees allowing the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Christian County Highway Crew to pre-treat highways in the southern half of the county.

According to KYTC, Lyon County and Trigg County are primarily focusing their pre-treating efforts primarily on bridges and overpasses. Other counties will be considering pre-treating if temperatures and other weather conditions allow.

(KFVS) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says due to rain in the forecast ahead of the snow, highway crews will not be pre-treating in advance of the approaching winter storm.

According to KYTC, rain washes away the benefits of salt brine ahead of a snow event. They say crews will have to spread salt as the storm develops and snow starts to accumulate.

Based on the present forecast, KYTC District 1 Snow and Ice Team is continuing to monitor ongoing weather developments. They say they expect supervisors to start patrolling as snow approaches the area about 7 p.m., Tuesday night. They would anticipate crews to start reporting as needed around 9 p.m. on Tuesday as the snow develops. KYTC says they anticipate crews being fully operational with snow and ice efforts in our westernmost counties by about midnight, Tuesday.

KYTC says highway crews are prepared to operate around the clock as long as necessary to clear roadways during and after the storm.

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Kentucky State Police and Paducah Police Department will team up for heavy saturation patrols on I-24, inside McCracken County on Wednesday, November 21 and Friday, November 23.

This special detail is part of a new enforcement campaign by the Kentucky State Police, entitled “Operation R.A.I.D.” (Remove Aggressive, Impaired and Distracted Drivers from Kentucky Roadways). Police say this campaign is running for six months and will end on Tuesday, April 30.

This time of year is typically when more travelers take to the roadways due to the holiday seasons. With this in mind, there are greater chances of encountering persons exhibiting these types of driving behaviors. This high visibility campaign will focus enforcement efforts toward aggressive, impaired and distracted driving behavior, in order to save lives by reducing the number of fatal and incapacitating crashes, across the Commonwealth.