First Snow Of The Season! Be Careful Of Slick Roads Tonight!!

Today was a GREAT day if you're a snow lover in Indiana!!! We started out as rain showers then quickly changed over to all snow in the viewing area. I have many pictures and video to share with you all. But first lets take a look at how the weather is doing currently.

Above is a radar image taken at 8:00pm EST. You can see that most of that snow is now pushing off to our northwest and out of the viewing area. a few scattered light snow flurries are possible off and on tonight however no more accumulation expected! Otherwise we will look for partly cloudy skies as the night goes on.

We will have a cold cold low tonight in the 20s! which means roads are going to be dangerous tonight! All this snow and rain that made for a slushy mess on the roads will try to freeze overnight. So if you can stay home and off the roads then please do so! If you have to go out please allow extra time and take it S-L-O-W!!! Be safe is key!

Here's a JIWB video of the snow below. Also showing this evenings local snowfall totals and tonight's outlook.

Here are some more pictures from around the area below.

These first two are from Teri, in Lafayette, Indiana.

Pictures from Teri, In Lafayette Indiana (Above & Below).

Below is a picture taken in Lafayette.

This picture below was taken out of Mellott, in Fountain county.

Below is a picture taken in Lafayette.

Below is a picture taken in the Lafayette area from Larissa, You can see Tryst, and Shiloh, out enjoying the snow this afternoon!

Again please remember to be safe on the roads tonight, or if you can please stay home! Sun will return by Wednesday as clearing skies move into the area and a high of 39* degrees. We will be COLD again Wednesday night with a low of 18* degrees!

Take care bloggers!

Almost White Out In Lafayette!

Well, the rain has changed over to all snow much sooner then what was expected! We are now looking for double the amount of snowfall that was expected yesterday! You can see this picture taken in the Lafayette area looking south the almost white out conditions!!! Just amazing!! It is very dangerous and slick outside. Roads are in bad shape! Please take it slow or stay off the roads! Lafayette has 1" inch of snowfall on the ground, However 2.2" inches in the grassy areas! We could see 4" inches in areas especially up north before all is said and done!! I will have video and pictures up later on tonight.

Stay Safe! God Bless!!

Blustery Cold, With Minor Snow Accumulations Possible!

Cold, Blustery, Wet, and even Snowy! We have a lot of weather to deal with over the next day or two. Lets get started.

Above is a look at those cold temperatures moving into the area. This map is looking at 1:am Tuesday / early Wednesday morning. We will fall to a low Tuesday night of 22* degrees! With that cold polar air and rain snow mix, things will feel icy cold!

We are still tracking that low pressure system to our south that will continue to move north north west keeping us cold and wet! This system could even give way to some light snow accumulations in the area as we head into Tuesday evening / night. Check it out below.

As we go through the day tomorrow we will be tracking rain showers across the area, We could very well see some snow mixing in at times. Little to no accumulation will be expected during the daytime hours. As for rainfall we could see another .50" inches to .75" inches. As we head into the evening hours we will start to see more snow mix in before changing over to all snow later on that night (Tuesday Night).

Above is a surface chart looking into 7:pm Tuesday evening. You can see that rain changing over to snow. We will also see winds gusting as high as 30Mph. So things will be Blustery cold! Expect a high of only 41* degrees. However it will feel much colder with the icy winds and wet rain / snow mix!

As for the current thinking on snowfall, Take a look below.

Currently I'm looking for a wide area of .25" to maybe an Inch seen in the pink areas. With 0.50" or less just to the East of that pink area. The heavier amounts look to be to our northwest this time around. Currently looking for 1" maybe 2" inches in the white areas. Overall nothing to heavy this time around. However we still need to take it slow as this would be a very wet slushy snow!

Cold Wet Tuesday Is On The Way!

How much snow will mix with the rain as we head into Tuesday? And could there be accumulation? Details later tonight.

Soggy Start To The Week! Blustery Winds Moves In!

That's right, I'm calling for a Hot Cocoa Advisory to be in effect from tonight through Early Wednesday morning, I'm forecasting Cold rain showers over the next couple days. Highs will be in the lower 40s with lows dipping into the middle 30s and even some 20s!! Not to forget wind gusts to 30 mph possible as we head into Tuesday! Brrrrrrr Is right! So do as posted and get that cocoa ready to go!

So whats the cause of this rain? Take a look.

Above is a look at the surface chart at 7:pm earlier this evening. You can see the rain over the state that has been effecting us over the past two days. This is because of that low pressure system to our south that will continue to track north north west over the next few days. Below is another surface chart looking into 7:pm Monday.

You can see we will be keeping those rain chances in the forecast as that pressure system move even more northwest. 

Above we're looking into 7:am Tuesday. That low pressure system will be just off to our west tracking northwest. Rain chances will still be in the forecast. However as we head into the overnight hours of Tuesday into Wednesday we could start to see some of this rain mix with some snow as well. Any mixed precipitation would be after 10:pm Tuesday. However no snow accumulation expected this time around. Just a wet soggy mess.

You can see models showing some of that snow trying to mix into the rain as we head into late Tuesday night below.

(See the blue mixed in the green).

Quick Cast.

Monday we will look for more mostly cloudy skies across the area with scattered rain showers as that low pressure continues to track near the area. Expect a high around 45* degrees with a low that night around 36* degrees. Winds will be between 10 and 15 mph with a few gusts to 20 mph possible.

Tuesday we will again look for mostly cloudy skies with some more scattered showers likely. Some of those rain showers could start to mix with some snow as we head into the overnight hours. No accumulation this time! Expect a high around 43* degrees and a low cold in the lower 20s! Around 23* degrees. Winds will be blustery between 10 and 20 mph gusting to 30 mph possible!

Rainfall between Monday - Tuesday between 0.50" inches and 1.25" inches possible.

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Our average high for this time of year is suppose to be around 50* degrees. We will be running a good 5* to 7* degrees below our average high this week into next! We will also be below our average low as well. Our average low for this time of year is around 32* degrees. We will see a few nights fall into the middle 20s this week!

Stay Warm! :) God Bless!