Happy New Year Bloggers! Yes, tonight is new years Eve and tonight we say goodbye to the year of 2010! A lot has happened this year. Some good and some bad. Now is the time of year that we continue to look forward and keep moving on! You gotta keep going! Keep looking forward to that next day, and always keep friends and family close to your hart!
We have a lot to talk about in this post bloggers! First lets go ahead and take a look at your forecast for later on tonight as we ring in the new year.
Tonight you can expect rain with a few thunder rumbles not out of the question. Between what rain we see tonight through Early Saturday morning I'm expecting between .25" and .50" inches grand total possible. Lows tonight will be around 35* degrees as the ball drops! Also expect winds between 15 and 20 mph with gusts to 25 near 28 mph possible at times!
now I'm not looking for rain all day on New Years Day. Some light rain early then becoming mostly cloudy in the morning hours followed by partly cloudy skies that afternoon / evening. It should make for a good start to the new year!
Now I have put together a little something to take a look back at some past storms we pulled together through in this year 2010. No this is not every storm! However just a quick look back. It's been a rough year but somehow we got by! And I thank God for that! God Bless you all. Have an awesome New Year! I'll be ringing it in at the bowling alley tonight with family! I See you all soon.
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April 5th 2010.
Thunderstorms developed along a warm front across Central Indiana during the afternoon of April 5, 2010. These storms brought large hail and damaging winds to parts of the southern half of Central Indiana into the early evening.
Most of the severe weather that occurred was large hail. Below are some hail stones that fell near Paragon in Morgan county.
June 12, 2010 Severe Storms
A line of severe storms marched across Central Indiana on June 12, bringing a tornado, damaging winds, and heavy rain.
Above is a surface map from 8:00 PM EDT June 12.
The tornado occurred in Morgan County, touching down at 8:26 PM and lifting at 8:33 PM EDT. The tornado was on the ground for 5.8 miles, had a width of 75 yards, and was rated an EF-0. Below are some images related to the tornado. Click any image for a larger version.
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| Tornado Track | Closer view of Tornado Track |
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| Radar Image at time of Touchdown | Storm Relative Velocity Image at Touchdown |
After the storms passed, some witnessed a double rainbow. Below is a picture of the rainbow in Miami County
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June 14, 2010 Severe Storms
A line of severe storms moved across Central Indiana on June 14, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain.
The line of storms produced winds near 75 mph in some locations. An ominous looking shelf cloud preceded the strong wind as well.
Above is a radar image of the storms at about 8:00 PM EDT. 
Above is a picture of the shelf cloud as it moved in.
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Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
October 26, 2010
A record-breaking low pressure system over Minnesota pushed a strong cold front through the lower Midwest on October 26, 2010. The associated cold front aided in the development in a line of strong thunderstorms known as a squall line that stretched from northern Wisconsin through Illinois into Missouri during the early morning hours of the 26th. This line of thunderstorms pushed through the Northern Indiana office's county warning area during the morning and early afternoon hours.
The squall line produced widespread wind damage across the Midwest with wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph with some locations recording gusts up to 75 mph! In addition to the strong winds, some of the storms produced tornadoes in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The image below shows the storm reports as relayed to the Storm Prediction Center from the day.
NWS IWX has confirmed 13 tornadoes in their county warning area (CWA) in northern Indiana and northwestern Ohio.
Below is the radar loop of the entire event as the storms moved across the forecast area. In the image below the radar loop, numerous couplets were seen at multiple times along this line. Every couplet circled was possible of producing a tornado and many of these couplets did produce tornadoes at one time or another in several different counties. At this instance or shortly after, both the Kosciusko County EF0 and extreme northwest Huntington County EF1 touched down.
You can see Lafayette, usually averages around 6.3" inches of snowfall in the month of December. We have seen twice that amount! Coming in with a big 12.7" Inches! WOW we haven't seen that in a long time. To go along with these snowfall numbers we have also see temperatures around at least 18 degrees below average at times this month! One for the record books? ;) If not it's pretty close! Believe it or not we will go from the 12.7" inches of snow this month to possible record setting highs to start the new year along with some low land flooding possible! Check out what I'm talking about below.
You can see we have an average high for this time of year around 34* and 33* degrees. We will be around at least 17* degrees above average come this weekend before cooling back down near normal by next Saturday. We have a BIG warm up coming as you can see above. For at least two or three days. With these warmer temperatures comes rainfall as well! So with rainfall and melting snow we will have to watch for some low land flooding possible over the next few days starting Wednesday night into Thursday. Here's a look at where the Wabash river currently stands at Lafayette.
Now flood stage is at 11 ft, which currently we are not expecting to see. However it is expected to peak at around 5.1 ft so some low land flooding is not out of the question. We will have to continue to watch this as we head closer! So when can we expect our first round of rain this week? Lets go to your quick cast below and find out.
We were like to little kids having a great time! Though this storm gave us a hard time in the begging forecast - wise! It turned out to be a winter wonderland!
Once Christmas day rolled around my grandma got me a new video camera that also takes still pictures. She out did herself! And I thanked her a huge amount! She didn't have to get me such a gift. So I went out to snap some pictures of the Christmas lights before it was all over. Just take a look at the icicles in front of the lights! Just amazing!
So how much snow did we see around the WLFI viewing area? Well here's how things looked in the Lafayette, area on Christmas eve. 
((Image Is Looking At Wednesday 7:am EST))
This is a "Precipitation Type" model. This is looking around 4:00am EST Tuesday morning. You can see the change over from all snow to freezing rain isn't far off. I'm expecting the change to be between 4:am and 6:am EST Tuesday morning. Right now I believe that a 1" to 2" Inch range fits most of the WLFI viewing area. With less then a tenth inch of ice accumulation expected. Still things will be slick and you should always allow extra time!
You can see I have extreme northern Indiana in the 1" to 2" Inch range followed by the 1" to 3" Inch range. Much of the WLFI viewing area including Lafayette, is looking for that 2" to 4" Inch range at this time! I'm trying not to jump the gun this time lol ;) Then once you go more south, South of Indianapolis where they will see slightly warmer temperatures I have lower amounts around 1" to 2" Inches possible. This is how the amounts look at this time however I will continue to keep a close watch on this and I will have another update tomorrow (Wednesday) evening as needed.
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