(Sidewalks) Rain On Ice Is Dangerous!

It is just down right SOGGY outside right now. The rain has been coming down all day and heavy at times. Mainly the past two hours! Lafayette, has already picked up .30" inches with more still to come. We have stayed well above the freezing mark today and just like expected in my older post, the 540 line has lifted north so the whole viewing area or really the whole state on Indiana is seeing nothing but rain as we continue to be on the warm side of this system. This system has started shifting more North East rather then East north east like earlier! So some of the training has stopped in our southern counties.

Take a look at this Regional radar image below.

You can see this huge system and where the freeze line is. And that's not in Indiana lol. You see where all the snow is setting up. This is where they could see 4" to 6" inches! While we stick with close to an inch of rain! The radar is showing that most of us have picked up under a half inch of rain up to this point and time. However we will continue to add to those totals through out the night. As you can see above we still have a lot of precipitation to get though! The good news is some of our southern counties such as Montgomery, and Fountain, counties are about to see a little break in the rain! As this system continues to lift north east we will see the rain stop if only for a little while. Take a look.Just don't be fooled because like I said above we do still have a lot more to come!

Still not looking for any flooding on the area rivers as the rain has not been coming down to heavy and or fast. But the ground is having a hard time soaking it up! When you walk and hear the soggy squish under your feet then you know it's WET! Just look at these pictures telling the story nicely outside as I type... Soggy slick sidewalks and lots of puddling water around the area. When this water sit on top of what little ice that's left on the walkways it can become dangerous! So please take you time walking and stay safe.....

We will look for this rain to continue through out tonight into tomorrow before tapering off Monday night. We can expect another quarter inch to a half inch on top of what has already come down.

Stay safe bloggers and be sure to post your rainfall totals. I will try and have more rainfall totals posted for you all by tomorrow afternoon or so! Thanks for reading. I'll check back as needed.