Quick Cast Update...

We did see snow outside in the Indiana area yesterday however we didn't see much! In my last blog post we were looking for less then an inch of snowfall. However this time around we picked up near that with 1.3" inches here in the Lafayette, area. The thing with this snowfall was it fall as an extremely light snow. If you picked it up and tossed it into the air to looked like dust! This is why it added up to 1.3" inches. Had this fell as a heavier snow we may have only recorded around a half inch or less. It all come down to how heavy the snow pack is.

Now let's go ahead and take a look at the temperature outlook map below.
You can see above that yesterday's high was around 27.5° degrees. However the average temperature for this time of year is between 40° and 44° degrees °F. With that said this means we have been around a good 17° degrees below average! That's a big difference. So now the question is "When will we see temperatures get back to near average?" Well, I have gone through some more MOS, data as well as some 850mb temperature plots and I'm seeing the average temperatures try and move back into the forecast by late week into next week! When temperature could hit near 40° degrees! That will feel like a heat wave after seeing temperatures in the 20s for the past few days. If anything this gives you something to look forward to! ;)
Now as for what we have to expect today this map above says it all. We will continue to watch those snow showers move off to the east slowly but surly. While the rest of us see some mostly to partly cloudy skies over the area. I think we have a good chance at seeing some peaks of sun on both Today and Friday! Temperatures will be in the low 30s today with lows tonight in the low 20s around 21° degrees. Here's your quick cast below.

Quick Cast.......................................

Today we will look for some mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies over the viewing area. Highs will be in the low 30s around 34° degrees with lows falling into the low 20s around 21° degrees. Winds will be light between 5 and 10 mph with a few gusts near 15 mph possible.

Friday we will look for much of the same with more mostly to partly cloudy skies over the viewing area. Again highs will be in the lower 30s around 33° degrees with lows in the low 20s around 21° degrees. Winds will be slightly higher between 5 and 10 mph with a few gusts to 15 - 20 mph possible.
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As I said above come next week we will start to see more average like high temperatures try and move into the area. However the lows still look to be running a few degrees below average. Average lows for this time of year run around 26° to 27° degrees °F. So for tonight and tomorrow's low temperatures we will be running around 4° to 5° degrees below average. Which is really not to bad!

With Spring not being far off we can all keep hope for nice mild "NOT HOT" temperatures to be on the way! ;) lol.

I'll check back soon.