Thursday, January 29, 2009

Our Superbowl storm has moved on now we get ready for another wild weather pattern to take place!

What a day!!!!! That is a good way to start this Blog post! What a day!

We had a lot of people in Tippecanoe County alone have a number of amounts! Not all the same. Some reported seeing 6.25" inches some reported seeing around 7.0" inches 5.1" inches and I have 5.0" inches. This was really a wild Superbowl system! Not to worry I have a lot of snowfall reports posted below so check it out for yourself!
You see how much the amounts change from just a few short miles! And we see Tipton coming in with by far the biggest number! NINE INCHES! WOW! That is a lot oh snow! lol.......... This was great for all snow lovers for they not only finally got there much wanted snowfall but got a chance to get out and enjoy it! If you had to shovel it was a killer! You need to take breaks and take you time that was for sure! Even with it being a fluffy snow it was heavy! I know this for I and my sister was out for a few good hours shoveling out some of our neighbors. And it took some time! But we helped others and had fun doing so! :D And we was not the only ones having fun for believe it or not the dogs where all having a great time as well as we see below Pickles Willie and my boy Dobby loved it! Well I can't say that for Willie is not a fan at all ;) But he did get out once or twice!!!!!
Road crews where out and doing there jobs and we can tell from the latest road reports as of 12:am this morning. Take a look.

DISTRICT/14 SP LAFAYETTEI-65 REMINGTON TO BROOKSTON DRYI-65 BROOKSTON TO LAFAYETTE DRYI-65 LAFAYETTE TO FRANKFORT DRYI-65 FRANKFORT TO THORNTOWN DRYI-74 ILLINOIS TO VEEDERSBURG DRYI-74 VEEDERSBURG TO CRAWFORDSVILLE DRYOTHER US AND STATE ROADS SNOW COVEREDSECONDARY ROADS SNOW COVERED********DISTRICT/13 SP LOWELLI-65 GARY TO CROWN POINT DRYI-65 CROWN POINT TO ROSELAWN-DEMOTTE DRYI-65 ROSELAWN-DEMOTTE TO REMINGTON DRYI-80 ILLINOIS TO LAKE STATION-PORTAGE DRYI-94 PORTAGE TO MICHIGAN CITY DRYI-94 MICHIGAN CITY TO MICHIGAN DRYOTHER US AND STATE ROADS DRYSECONDARY ROADS DRY********DISTRICT/16 SP PERUUS-31 COUNTIES- FULTON MIAMI WETUS-31 COUNTIES- HOWARD TIPTON WETUS-24 COUNTIES- CASS MIAMI WABASH WETOTHER US AND STATE ROADS BEGINNING TO CLEARSECONDARY ROADS SNOW COVERED****


One thing that I do want people to remember is the roads that have snow or melted snow or wet for that matter will freeze up and cause Black ice on roads which is really hard to see as you know! This is what I want people to know and be aware of! Again here is the link to check out the latest road reports as we go through the day!

ISP: Road Conditions Just click and go.

We can also see from the pictures my aunt sent in that we all had a lot of car cleaning to do! With some ice under the snow on windows but nothing to bad! She did not have a good measured amount but by looks she called for it around the 6.0" to 6.5" range for up around Monroe, and by looking at these pictures I would say that is a pretty good guess.

With all this fresh snow I also think we will need to be watching for blowing and drifting snow this morning and the rest of the day! As winds will be between 15 and 20 mph with gusts to near 25 and 28 mph at times. So when driving please take your time for the icy spots and the blowing snow! Just allow yourself extra time and you will be fine!
Now for today and the rest of the week!
Today we could very well see another band of snow flurries to a few snow showers move in by this afternoon as a small Alberta clipper will fall into our area. This is expected to go off and on through Friday. I'M currently looking for snowfall between One inch and an inch and a half. This is another reason why we will take it slow out there. Saturday is still looking like our small break before we start to get into another wild pattern and this is why. Sunday we will see another system peak our way where we are currently looking for a possible mix of rain and snow! However for now I will say mostly snow but a chance for mixed precipitation is still likely and cannot be ruled out. We will keep watching this as it gets closer and time it all out for you then! It is still around four day away and in Indiana a lot can change in that time!
And for later on next week I have been watching the long range models and maps and there is looking like more moisture to work with from the gulf and this could be another snow system! However this is still a number of days out so I'M not going to call anything for sure at this point and time. A lot can change! However I will keep you all posted on this chance of another possible system as we get closer.
I have to say I'M running on empty sleep wise so I need to get some sleep!
Thank you for the pictures and thanks to all who shared there snowfall amounts and thanks for reading! Have a great day
I'll catch up with you all later..........Oh before I forget! Thank you all for voting on my poll for the Superbowl! It looks like the most of you like the steelers for the win but we wont count anyone out! It is coming up and we will soon find out!

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