Storm Talk!

Well, this has been a HUGE Line of storms that's for sure! But first off I just want to say THANK YOU to all my bloggers for the big welcome back! :) Sorry for all the lack of updates but I have been busy lately trying to focus more on my running with 5K's coming up soon. However you can rest easy knowing that even if I don't update everyday I will try my best to be here on days like today! If the weather calls then I'll have the updates posted right here on JIWB.

Now take a look at this national radar image taken at 9:34pm EST tonight.

You can see this huge line of storms that part the states into two halfs. Also you can see the main severe stuff really stayed to the southwest of the WLFI viewing area as forecasted. Finally a system went as expected lol :) Now the WLFI viewing area did see some gusty winds at times, Along with some Pea Sized hail in areas and LOTS of heavy rainfall! I recorded .60" inches of rainfall here in Lafayette. Now the good news is we only had one storm report in Indiana with these storms and it was in southern Indiana.

HAIL REPORT

SIZE 1,00"
CLAY CITY, CLAY IN

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I'm very glad to say that this was the only severe storm report in Indiana (At this time). I had been watching the data all day to see just how unstable we would get before the storms really moved in, And the good news is we didn't see much if any sunlight earlier this afternoon. So this really kept things pretty much in check. Our Lifted Index did fall to around -1 which is slightly unstable but not to bad. Things really can get messy when it fall between -3 and lower! Also our CAPE values and EHI stayed rather good as well. EHI only made it to around 1 which isn't bad. You usually want it around 1 to 2 for severe weather development. Now had we see sunny skies earlier this afternoon then we would have been tracking much more dangerous weather then what we have already seen tonight. So be thankful as always! Areas to our Southwest seen some tornado warnings put into effect but I have not seen any tornadoes reported which is good new.

So as for now you can see in this radar image below that things are pretty much passed most of the WLFI viewing area at this time. Radar Image Taken At 9:34pm EST...

Some counties will still be seeing rainfall into the over night hours but things should start to look better as we start our day tomorrow. So for tonight just some scattered showers / thundershowers. All tornado watches and severe thunderstorm warnings have been allowed to expire in the WLFI viewing area.

Now as for tomorrow I think we will keep some sun in the forecast possible. However as this cold front that fired up these storms moves through it will cool us off pretty good as I only look for highs tomorrow to be in the low to middle 50s. However by Friday we will be back in the low 60s with 70s returning by this weekend! We will be back to the dry and warm weather in no time. :) So thanks again and I will be back next weather event!

You Can Count On It! ;)