Right now I think most of us could pick up around an inch when everything is over, however some areas could pick up closer to two inches in spots. I'm not ruling that out! But most should stay around an inch. We could have been talking about 1" to 3" inches had we seen all this moist air move in earlier yesterday morning when the bigger bands were trying to set up to our west. Yesterday morning we seen temperatures around 32 degrees with Dew points around 23 degrees. That was way to dry for snow to hit the ground. however once I checked my data again last night, We had temperatures around 33 degrees with dew points around 30 degrees. This is much better for snow lovers! If only we seen dew points around this mark yesterday morning! :)
Now lets take a look at tonight's Ball Drop Forecast below.....
That's right HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!! Well, as you can see I'm currently looking for mostly cloudy skies however I cannot rule out a few light scattered left over snow flurries around the WLFI viewing area. I don't see it accumulating to much at all however snow flurries will be possible. We sure will be cold enough as I look for temperatures to be around 21 degrees around the time the ball drops. Also we can look for winds to be rather light between 3 and 5 mph with a few gusts to 10 mph possible. Over all it's not looking like anything bad! I think we bring in the new year on a good note. And I say this for more this one reason! Yes, we will have another treat here on New Year's Eve. That's right we will have our first Blue Moon on New Year's Eve in almost 20 years! This is pretty amazing.
Don't expect the Moon to actually turn blue, though. "The 'Blue Moon' is a creature of folklore," It's the second full Moon in a calendar month."
Above: The full moon of Dec. 2, 2009, over Turan, Italy. Photographer Stefano De Rosa notes that the blue colors are cast by Christmas lights surrounding the pictured church.
"I remember the last time this happened," says professor Philip Hiscock of the Dept. of Folklore at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. "December 1990 ended with a Blue Moon, and many New Year's Eve parties were themed by the event. It was a lot of fun."
Most months have only one full Moon. The 29.5-day cadence of the lunar cycle matches up almost perfectly with the 28- to 31-day length of calendar months. Indeed, the word "month" comes from "Moon." Occasionally, however, the one-to-one correspondence breaks down when two full Moons squeeze into a single month. Dec. 2009 is such a month. The first full Moon appeared on Dec. 2nd; the second, a "Blue Moon," will come on Dec. 31st.
The modern astronomical Blue Moon occurs in some month every 2.5 years, on average. A Blue Moon falling precisely on Dec. 31st, however, is much more unusual. The last time it happened was in 1990, and the next time won't be until 2028.
So cue up that old Elvis record and "enjoy the extra moonlight on New Year's Eve," says Hiscock. "It only happens once in a Blue Moon."
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Now the question is "Will we be able to see the Blue Moon tonight?" Well, we do have some cloudy weather in the forecast as you seen in the top map above. However I won't totally rule out the possibility for a few quick sneak peak breaks in the clouds. So maybe wwe will get lucky and see the moon even if it's only for a few seconds lol :) So what I'm saying is just go out and try to see if you can see anything. You could get lucky and see a quick break in the clouds! If so then ENJOY! Because like it says above "It won't happen again until 2028" ;)
Happy New Year Bloggers. I'm going to enjoy the day with my family. I'll check back soon..........
I wish you all another wonderful year and all the years to come! GOD BLESS!
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This is what you need to be on the look out for today through out your area. I'm sure trucks will have roads clear as well as nature by this afternoon sometime. But until then be safe and drive slow. If you are ready for the snow and know how to be safe and careful then you can sit back and enjoy it like seen in these pictures I snapped below.
One thing that I just love about morning snow is the calm beauty of it! When I was out taking pictures around 7:30am I walked out and it is so calm it's like you could hear every snowflake hit the ground! I looked down the street and you could see nothing but millions of snowflakes falling and the light glow of Christmas lights in the distance. And what made it even better was I could smell everyones fireplaces going! And when your up that early the would view just has a beautiful blue winter glow. I did my best to show the blue in these pictures below.
Just look at this radar image taken at 6:40am this morning. You can see this dark blue band of snow that just developed over our area. I tell you this was not expected this time around! Lafayette, has already picked up 1.00" inch and it's still coming down heavy! With this band I would not be shocked to see another half inch or more in areas. This may be early before Christmas, but I'll take it! It's not bad for our first snow!
You can see that same snow band I showed you all in the first map will give way to around 7" to 10" inches or more to our north and west. Lafayette, on the other hand will start out with rain on Christmas Eve, followed by the mixture you see above. Then after most of the storms energy is passed us we will then see the BIG cool down move into our area allowing snow in the WLFI viewing area on the back side. The 7" to 10" inch areas you see above will also have VERY windy weather to go along with it! We could be talking blizzard conditions! UUUUUGGGGHHHHHHH I hate forecasting us missing out on snow! 
