Happy First Snow!!

Road Report!

Above is how the main roads are looking as of 10:45am to 11:00am EST. You can see there pretty well cleaned off however still some minor slush in areas so do be careful if you have to head out!

Below is how some of the side roads are looking as of 10:30am to 11:00am EST. Still slushy and snowy in areas. And VERY SLICK!! Please be careful and drive safely! ;)

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Above is the radar image taken at 8:07am EST this morning. You can see the snow is now starting to push off to the east of Tippecanoe, county and heading to the eastern part of the state. But not until it dropped a nice first snow of the season in the Lafayette, and around areas! I have been up since around 5:00am and finally got on the computer to post about the amazing clipper we have seen! We was not expecting to see this much snow from this clipper. So how much did we see? I'll get to that in just a minute! :) first lets find out why we seen this much snow in the first place!

We was expecting to see the Alberta clipper move in from our north west as Alberta clippers do. Only we was expecting to see the southern part of the system to be in the form of a mixture! However this part of the system ended up moving in right over the viewing area and changed over to all snow as our temperatures were only around 29 to 30 degrees! There for it became a heavy snow band that just let lose on us.

Now let's take a look at how much snow I recorded here in the Lafayette, area below.Lafayette, picked up (Almost) two inches! WOW! Not bad for a clipper or our first snow! I'm sure we picked up around two inches in areas. And yes, side roads are covered with all this snowfall. You will need to allow extra time to get where you need to go that's for sure. You can see how some side roads look below in this picture.This is what you need to be on the look out for today through out your area. I'm sure trucks will have roads clear as well as nature by this afternoon sometime. But until then be safe and drive slow. If you are ready for the snow and know how to be safe and careful then you can sit back and enjoy it like seen in these pictures I snapped below.

Who doesn't like the fresh snow on the pine trees? I mean come on! :) And the Christmas lights are just amazing at night with freshly fallen snow!One thing that I just love about morning snow is the calm beauty of it! When I was out taking pictures around 7:30am I walked out and it is so calm it's like you could hear every snowflake hit the ground! I looked down the street and you could see nothing but millions of snowflakes falling and the light glow of Christmas lights in the distance. And what made it even better was I could smell everyones fireplaces going! And when your up that early the would view just has a beautiful blue winter glow. I did my best to show the blue in these pictures below.
Now go be safe and drive slow bloggers. Enjoy the beauty of our FIRST SNOW! Have a great day and Merry Christmas!

I'll check back soon with your Christmas forecast..........

Our First Snow Of The Season. The First Inch Of Snow Recorded In Lafayette!

THE WLFI VIEWING AREA IS SEEING THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON!!!!

That's right I have been up most of the night and I just recorded one inch of snow in Lafayette! With more on the way! Just look at this radar image taken at 6:40am this morning. You can see this dark blue band of snow that just developed over our area. I tell you this was not expected this time around! Lafayette, has already picked up 1.00" inch and it's still coming down heavy! With this band I would not be shocked to see another half inch or more in areas. This may be early before Christmas, but I'll take it! It's not bad for our first snow!

Becky, keep up the GREAT work sending in your reports! Everyone I want picture! :) You can send your pictures to me at storm18mini@aol.com . Also be sure to post your snowfall totals in your comment if you can. Take it slow on roads this morning as things are slick and snow covered!

I want to tell you all that this clipper we are currently seeing is the one we expected the least snow amount from! This band just developed out of no were! But let me tell you I'm cool with it! :)

HAPPY FIRST SNOW BLOGGERS! I'll be back with pictures later on!

Stay tuned.....

Could It Be Our Forth Green Christmas In A Row?

We are watching another Alberta clipper moving into the area this morning. Not looking for much in the way of snowfall amounts maybe another half inch or less. This is becoming the pattern we are use to here in Indiana lately. No big snows just lots of light Alberta clippers. Remember to keep safe on the roads as I have said many times this past week. As we head into Wednesday we will see a mixture of precipitation. Yes, a little bit of rain and snow. Also we will see winds starting to pick up for the holidays. Wednesday night we will see winds picking up between 10 and 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph and slightly higher as we head into Christmas Eve and Christmas...

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Now the Christmas forecast. Ugh let's just say I'm getting use to no snow in Indiana by now! :( It is looking like we will see this system really trying to take shape on Wednesday / Tomorrow. Then we will see nothing but rain on Christmas Eve. We could pick up around a half inch of rain on Christmas Eve. We won't change over to some snow until Christmas Day. Let me break this down for you all below.Oak what your looking at above is the current weather model for December 25th. This is Christmas morning around 6:00am EST. You can see where all the snow will be. The low pressure system needs to move down a little to the south for us to have a better chance at snow. If the 540 line which is the first red line in IL, would move south of us then all the precipitation you see above would fall in the form of snow here in Indiana, And we could be looking at around 3" to 5" inches of snow! However that's not the case as usual... Now I'm going to add a little to this same map above to help show you all what we are missing out on and what we will most likely see for Christmas. Snow lovers please don't hate me! I want snow just as bad as you. Maybe MORE! ;)You can see that same snow band I showed you all in the first map will give way to around 7" to 10" inches or more to our north and west. Lafayette, on the other hand will start out with rain on Christmas Eve, followed by the mixture you see above. Then after most of the storms energy is passed us we will then see the BIG cool down move into our area allowing snow in the WLFI viewing area on the back side. The 7" to 10" inch areas you see above will also have VERY windy weather to go along with it! We could be talking blizzard conditions! UUUUUGGGGHHHHHHH I hate forecasting us missing out on snow! (This Is Torture) I really PRAY this changes and gives us more snowfall! :(

We will see some gusty winds as well around Christmas Eve, and Christmas, with gusts to near 40 mph possible.

So this means we will start out with rain on Christmas Eve. By the night of Christmas Eve, into Christmas, morning we will see the rain start to change over to a mixture and then all snow for Christmas. Now how much snow will we see on the ground? Well, at this time it's not looking like much at all. We may as well just have another Alberta clipper move through. Maybe an inch if were lucky! We need at least an inch for it to be called a white Christmas...

Now this is one forecast I PRAY I'M WRONG ON!! For now all we can do is two things! Keep watching this system closely as it can still change! (IF) our temperatures cool down sooner then what models show then we still have a chance!

And the other thing to do is continue on Wishing, Hoping, And praying!

Chance for a white Christmas is around 35% at this time.......... This would be the forth year in a row without snow on Christmas. I'm starting to get use to it I guess. It seems every year we get less and less snowfall. We need another La-Nina jet stream if we want another good snow!

Don't give up hope! I will continue to search for snow until Christmas comes! It's not over til the First Flake Flies!!! ;)

I'll check back again soon..........

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF WINTER!!

Happy Winter bloggers!! It will be officially winter at 12:47pm EST this afternoon. Nature has had winter here the past few days with all the snow flurries and showers
however I'm ready for MORE SNOW! HEAVY SNOW! But will we see any soon? Not looking likely. :( :( :( We will see a few more scattered snow showers move in later on today / tonight from another Alberta clipper however I look for another half inch or less like what we seen last night. Lafayette picked up another Half inch. That brings our yearly snowfall total at this time to a low 1.27" inches. COME ON FATHER WINTER!!!! WE WANT SNOW!

Now I know Christmas is around four day away and everyone has been watching this developing system over Christmas eve, and Christmas. Will we see our first good white Christmas in three years? I have to tell you our temperatures look like they may cut it back big time. :( We will see precipitation that's for sure. We will see a little rain, mixture, and then a little snow on the back side. We may see mostly mixed precipitation. ((And another)) :( :( :( If we are to get lucky and all the precipitation falls as snow which at his time is not looking likely! We would have seen a major snow maker dropping a HUGE 5" to 7" +++ Inches. However not I'm not seeing that do to temperatures being above freezing at this time. :( Right now I still think we will see snow however not a big snow.

But remember it is still four days away and I'll continue to watch this closely. All we need is to stay around freezing to a few degrees below freezing and all this will change BIG TIME! So it's still to close to call. And I'm not going to give any expected amounts or my final call until I have to. And right now I still have time.

Stay tuned bloggers. I'll check back soon.....

White Christmas chance is still around a 40% to 50% chance. It's just to close to call at this time! KEEP PRAYING!

God please bring us a White Christmas this year filled with Family and Joy!

MERRY CHRISTmas! :)

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!! Snow Showers Through Out Much Of The Day!

Above is the look of things outside right now! You can see how the snow is sticking to the trees rather easy! Well, that's what we can expect with this heavy wet snow fall. Our temperatures have been right around freezing to maybe one degree over which is making this more of a wet snow. So any snow that may be on the roads will make things slick in spots. So please drive safe. I know roads are not to bad right now however still be safe!

Lafayette has picked up over a quarter inch around 0.30" inches. Not much but it's still coming down. Earlier I was calling for the heaviest snow to fall around the Indy area and then in eastern IN, if you look in my last post. Well, this is still where I expect the most snow accumulation to be today. Take a look at this radar image taken around 11:20AM EST below.You can see snow still over takes the state on Indiana which is JUST FINE WITH ME! :) However if you look around that yellow areas I put on this image you can see the heaviest area of snow at this time. Yes, right around Kokomo, heading into Marion, Indiana. This and areas around is where we can expect to see between that 1" and 3" inches of snow.

Now we will be watching snowflakes fall through out much of today however I think most of us will end up with around a half inch possible. I don't see anyone picking up much more then that at this time. Now I must say it is very beautiful looking out my window as I type to you all with the nice low sound of Bing Crosby in the background! :)

Stay safe bloggers and enjoy the snow. We may see a little clipper move into the area Sunday / tomorrow night however I look for very little snow accumulation.

I'll check back soon..........