Update As Of 10:47AM

There have been five storm reports already today alone of Hail in MO, AL, and IL, One report came from the same cell that went through Fountain County and Tippecanoe County earlier, Here are a few of the reports posted below..........

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ROANOKE
WOODFORD IL,
NICKEL SIZED HAIL ABOUT 80 TO 90 PERCENT GROUND COVERAGE...DURATION OF HAIL ABOUT 5 MINUTES (ILX)

JAMAICA
VERMILION IL,
PUBLIC REPORT OF HAIL 1/2 MILE S OF JAMAICA...REPORTED VIA VERMILION CO EMA (ILX)
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Now after looking at the latest maps once again it looks as though we will be seeing this off and on pattern of Scattered to moderate thunderstorms. Severe again is not looking likely just some spring storms much like what we have been seeing off and on this morning. Rainfall amounts like I said before have gone up and we are now expecting rainfall between three quarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter possible. We have already picked up a half inch of that expected rain after the cell this morning went through.

I'M going to keep watching the reports and see if I cant find anymore for you. I will be here much of the day and checking back often..........

Update As Of 10:25AM

Lafayette picked up a quick Half inch of rain in that last quick moving system. We are still expecting rainfall today between three quarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter looking likely. Rain and thunder is in Fountain county again moving east north east heading our way. Still nothing has been severe. The only severe thunderstorm warning is in way south IL, just north west of Evansville IN,

I will go check out a few more weather models and be right back!
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Good Morning To Thunder

Scattered thunderstorms will be going through out this morning. There is a cell currently in Fountain county not severe but they still could pick up heavy rainfall flashing Lightning and still some possible Pea size hail. That cell has weakened which is great news and cloud tops are only around 300ft. Still we are looking for the severe weather to stay to our south this afternoon. Lifted Index is around -3 for our area and the EHI is showing me that the tornado chances are slim for our area and the better chance for them will be south in KY, to TN, areas.

Let's break this down.

Heavy rainfall as the latest model runs do have our expected amounts higher now between Three quarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter possible when all is said and done.

Lightning will be something to take note of. I have been watching these flashes all morning on the weather cam. Not cloud to ground which is good but still remember your lightning safety tips if you do go out!!

Few gusty winds in storm are also possible to 30 mph. And some pea size hail cannot be ruled out.

I will be checking in with you all through out the day with the latest as needed. I will be baby sitting the radar just to be safe! ;)

Storms Are On The Way So Don't Forget Your Umbrella!!

Yes, more storms are coming! Today we have a lot to track from heavy rainfall to thunderstorms and even severe weather to our south! Then tomorrow could we see snow once again? I will talk more about that here in just a minute but first lets talk about the blizzard weather warnings up around NE, and SD, Yes, it is a wild weather event and for all who are wanting spring weather here in Indiana you should like our forecast even more knowing we will not see any blizzards. Now me being a BIG snow lover I would not mind a blizzard lol but it is spring so lets start feeling like it! Areas around Sioux Falls SD, will be picking up snowfall around six inches overnight pushing seven inches! Not to forget winds gusting around 40 mph! No we will not even come close to six inches with our expected snowfall for Monday but how much could we see? Keep reading and I will get to it lol :) Before we talk about our snow lets see what we have to look forward to today!

Yes, the Thunderstorms. Now I have been real busy as you all already know trying to get things going with the computer and now everything is working great like new and I do want to give a quick THANKS to Teri for all her help! She really helped talk me through a lot and helped me get the MUCH NEEDED Virus Scan, I still say without her I would still be searching going NUTS lol! And a THANKS to Terry, Or as I call him Dad, For helping to take the time to restore this computer. Thanks again to both Teri and Terry lol for all your help and you know you two will be the first I call the next time something goes wrong (But let's hope nothing does anytime soon lol). But now I'M back and going strong. I have been baby sitting these weather models and still after the latest model runs I think we keep the worst and or strongest storms to our south. Right now anything severe is looking like it will stay from Indy, south. One thing we will watch again is the track of this system. If it shifts just a few miles north then our rainfall amounts could go up! Currently I have us between a Quarter inch to a Half inch possible and still both the GFS model and the European model are pretty close on agreeing where this Low will go. And as of now I think our forecasted amount of rain between .25" and .50" is a safe call at this time.

Now it has sure been a Battle of the seasons this year and we have more of that to come. Another COLD blast of air! Yes we will start out nice and mild today as the warm front pushes through our area only to be back down with a nightly low of 27* degrees on Monday night! Yes, I'M telling you all not to put up your winter coats just yet for we still have ups and downs to come and this above really shows it. After the cold front passes through our area on Monday we will see temperatures start to fall once again and also some of that rain will try to change over to some snow! Now I have been looking at all the maps like the 540 line and the QPF's and I still feel that the Lafayette area will sick with mostly snow showers and little to nothing will stick. Right now I'M going with a Dusting or Less. Kinda like what we seen just last week. Flakes but the ground was just to warm for it to add up to anything. But right now I think the COOLER air will be enough..........I know we just started April but after seeing so much rain the past few months I thought we would go ahead and take a look at where we are now and where are average precip is for the month of April. You can see on average we look for a monthly total around 3.9" inches or just under four inches. Our total up to this point and time is at .95" inches for the Lafayette, area and we are calling for another possible .25" to .50" inches today. Now I will keep making these maps through out this month each time we see rain just to see if we top out this month like the last few. This should be fun! Just a little something we can keep track of.

Now real quick lets put all this together on what today and the start of your work week will bring.

Today we may see a few scattered morning showers before noon along with some early morning gusty winds pushing 30 mph at times. Then the more heavy rains and a possible stray thunderstorm or two is more likely after 1:00pm this afternoon. Looking like the severe weather will stay from Indy south still with this being so close to home we will watch things closely and take things hour by hour. rainfall between .25" to .50" inches. Winds through out the day look between 15 and 20 mph with gusts to 27 mph possible. Rain will go through out much of the day.

Monday we will see some of the left over rains change over to some snow showers. Snowfall totals look like a Dusting or Less at this time. Winds will be slightly high again between 20 and 30 mph with gusts to 35 mph at times. (BREEZY) Highs will be in the middle 40s and lows in the upper 20s.

I will be checking in through out the day as needed.........For now I really need to catch up on some much needed sleep. I bet I only grabbed around four hours sleep last night do to PC problems and restoring all my data. Rest up Bloggers and I will see you here real soon. Have a great day and don't forget your umbrella....................

Back Better Then Ever Before And Ready To Blog It Up!!!!!

Hey BLOGGERS!!!!!!!!!! GOOD NEWS! Yes, the Computer is UP and RUNNING GREAT! I was up all night last night working on trying to get my radars and weather models put back in here and even my weather graphics and I finally got them in and as of now everything is up and running. I can now get into my blogger account once again with no problem so this means I will be posting more and will be able to do in storm updates once again..... :D Yes, I'M happy lol. This whole thing has been a mess and at least we got things up and going. What we had to do was restore the whole thing back to when it was made and or like new by wiping everything out like a system restore and had to start from scratch again. So I had lost all my weather map backgrounds my virus scanner and even my weather model and radar. So I had to download my radar my weather model and the first thing I put in was (The Virus Scanner) lol I was not going to take any more chances!

Now I do know we have some more wild Indiana weather coming by as soon as tomorrow our Sunday! We will have a bit of thunderstorms possible maybe some winds to deal with and some possible snow back by late late Sunday into Monday! I can't Wait to get started with blogging with you all again! Be sure to check back real soon for the latest on what we can expect for tomorrow! I do know that for today we can look for these Partly cloudy to Mostly Sunny skies to stick around with us for awhile. It will be a flat out NICE DAY!

Now I have got to go grab something a soda or something. I will have a weather update coming your way here later on tonight so be sure to check back real soon!

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK..........