WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING WLFI VIEWING AREA COUNTIES..........
Benton, Newton, Jasper.
This warning is in effect from 9:00pm tonight through 6:00am CST Friday.
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WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING WLFI VIEWING AREA COUNTIES..........
Tippecanoe, Warren, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery.
This watch is in effect from late tonight through Friday Morning.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING WLFI VIEWING AREA COUNTIES..........
White, Cass.
This advisory is in effect from 1:00am Thursday through 7:00am EST Friday.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Winter Storm Watches In The WLFI Viewing Area. Blizzard Warnings To Our West!
I have been right here in the weather mode all morning going through the latest weather data! Right now I still want to call for my 2" to 5" inches. With another 1" to 2" inches possible on Friday due to what will be on the back side of this system. This would make our snowfall total between Thursday and Friday between 3" and 6" inches possible. So 2" to 5" inches possible starting late late tonight after 1:00am or 2:00am EST and then the other possible inch or so on Friday. You can see this snow system really starting to develop to our west in this radar image below.
Image taken at 11:50am EST..........
There is some blizzard Warnings in the SD, areas, Now I don't see us getting a blizzard but still I had to let you know! ;) Still we will have to worry about some blowing and drifting snow! We are still under that winter storm watch from tonight until Friday morning. Yes, the WHOLE WLFI viewing area is under this watch! So please stay tuned to JIWB for more updates as this system continues to develop and moves closer to our great state.
So once again I want to break down what I'm calling for at this time. I look for snow showers to start after 1:00am or 2:00am EST tonight. Snow showers will go through out Thursday into Friday. Expected snowfall for Thursday looks between 2" and 5" inches possible. Then another inch or two can be expected on Friday. So the grand total between both Thursday and Friday is looking between 3" and 6" inches with a ((few local areas)) picking up a little closer to seven inches (possible). And remember that the 2" to 5" inch range is just a range. This does not mean we will see 5" inches. This just means any where between 2" and 5" inches. As well as the grand total of 3" to 6" inches with locally higher amounts near seven inches possible. I know many of you already know this however there are some that will bust my butt lol :) ;) Ha Ha.....
Stay tuned I'll check back again later on with another last look at this system before it comes across the state line!
Storm Threats Will Be:
Heavy snow during morning rush hour: As well as the daytime hours in the afternoon. Please drive careful while out!
Slick roads: Due to the cold temperatures we have been seeing snow will stick to the roads with out a problem.
Blowing and Drifting: Blowing and drifting snow will be a problem as this snow will fall as a light fluffy snow. Even 10 to 15 mph winds will blow this snow all over!
REMEMBER YOUR WINTER DRIVING SAFETY TIPS AND STAY SAFE!!!
Image taken at 11:50am EST..........
There is some blizzard Warnings in the SD, areas, Now I don't see us getting a blizzard but still I had to let you know! ;) Still we will have to worry about some blowing and drifting snow! We are still under that winter storm watch from tonight until Friday morning. Yes, the WHOLE WLFI viewing area is under this watch! So please stay tuned to JIWB for more updates as this system continues to develop and moves closer to our great state.
So once again I want to break down what I'm calling for at this time. I look for snow showers to start after 1:00am or 2:00am EST tonight. Snow showers will go through out Thursday into Friday. Expected snowfall for Thursday looks between 2" and 5" inches possible. Then another inch or two can be expected on Friday. So the grand total between both Thursday and Friday is looking between 3" and 6" inches with a ((few local areas)) picking up a little closer to seven inches (possible). And remember that the 2" to 5" inch range is just a range. This does not mean we will see 5" inches. This just means any where between 2" and 5" inches. As well as the grand total of 3" to 6" inches with locally higher amounts near seven inches possible. I know many of you already know this however there are some that will bust my butt lol :) ;) Ha Ha.....
Stay tuned I'll check back again later on with another last look at this system before it comes across the state line!
Storm Threats Will Be:
Heavy snow during morning rush hour: As well as the daytime hours in the afternoon. Please drive careful while out!
Slick roads: Due to the cold temperatures we have been seeing snow will stick to the roads with out a problem.
Blowing and Drifting: Blowing and drifting snow will be a problem as this snow will fall as a light fluffy snow. Even 10 to 15 mph winds will blow this snow all over!
REMEMBER YOUR WINTER DRIVING SAFETY TIPS AND STAY SAFE!!!
We Are About To Walk In A Winter Wonderland! :)
We have a lot of winter weather ahead of us that's for sure! We are talking about COLD temperatures and some SNOWY weather moving into the WLFI viewing area here real soon. Well, the temperatures have been here for a while however we could see them get a little cooler by Friday! Still for this whole week I DON'T see temperatures getting out of the 20s for highs. I'm putting a Hot Cocoa Advisory into effect now through the weekend! So stock up! :)Now on another note we do have a real time Winter Storm Watch into effect from Late tonight through Friday morning. And this is because of the low pressure system that is currently looking to dump some significant snowfall in our area. Here's the Winter Storm Watch below...
As you see above the main threats will be that this snow is going to be a light fluffy snow due to all these COLD temperatures were seeing. Lows dropping to almost single digits and highs in the teens. Our ground is totally frozen so every snowflake to fall will stick! This will make roads very slick at times and maybe for the morning rush hour, As well as the afternoon. During the Morning rush hour as well as the afternoon is when the heaviest band could try and push through.
Now earlier I didn't want to give away any snowfall amounts because this system can change for more or less quickly. And I'm still watching this system closely! I have gone ahead and posted an idea amount above. As you can see I have the 2" to 5" inch range. Now I'm currently looking for 2" to 5" inches however any minor changes in this system will change snowfall totals. I know some are calling for closer to seven inches! I can tell you why they could call for that high of an amount. We will be so cold that this is going to be a really light snow. And right now precipitation models are looking for around 0.25 inches of precipitation near 0.30" inches. Now in snow this would be around 2" to 4" inches depending on how moist and or heavy the snow is. In our case it's really light and fluffy. So if this system takes it's time moving across the area then snowfall totals will go UP from my 2" to 5" to a higher amount. This is what we need to continue to watch. And this is why I will have another update later on this evening. I will stick with 2" to 5" inches for now. And if we need to we can always add to that. Or drop it some. For now I think this is a good starting point! Now on top of what we get late Wednesday into Thursday we could pick up another inch or so on Friday due to what's left over on the back side.
Right now I'm looking for the heaviest bands to try and push through in the late morning hours and afternoon hours of Thursday as seen above. This map is looking around 1:00pm EST Thursday. The good news for snow lovers is that the weather models are agreeing that we will see a nice snowfall. With at the "least amount" of 1" to 3" inches. However I still want to keep the 2" to 5" inches in play for a while. I will continue to go through the latest weather data and I will check back again this evening once the latest models come in. This way we will have another update before the snow moves in late late tonight into early Thursday. Remember that this snow will be really light and fluffy so any wind will blow it around like crazy! The good news is I'm only seeing winds gusting to 15 mph or so at this time! I'll keep watch on that as well. Because 15 mph is still enough to blow this snow around!
Now go get some cocoa! :)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Developing Snow System By Late Wednesday Into Early Thursday!
Well, the home improvement is looking good at this time. We still have a lot of work to do however it sure is coming along! I'm just checking in with you all real quick because we have another snow system developing for closer to Wednesday night into early Thursday morning. This system will move in from our north west however the big question is where will the main snow band set up? and how much could we see?
Well, you can see in this map above where I'm currently thinking this band "may" set up. However also if you notice I have not put on any snowfall totals at this time! Well I will tell you why! This is because I use more then one weather models as everyone does. And one model is showing the system developing and moving in like the map above. However another has this main band breaking up into two bands by the time it gets to our area. This would set one band up to our north and one to our south. And would drop our snowfall totals a bit. So right now this is just to give you an idea as to what's coming and I will check back later on tonight after the newest weather models come in, Then I will let you all know some snowfall totals. ;)
Until then let's just stay warm because we will continue to stay in this COLD POLAR EXPTRESS pattern for a while! Later tonight we will see what the new models have to say..........
Well, you can see in this map above where I'm currently thinking this band "may" set up. However also if you notice I have not put on any snowfall totals at this time! Well I will tell you why! This is because I use more then one weather models as everyone does. And one model is showing the system developing and moving in like the map above. However another has this main band breaking up into two bands by the time it gets to our area. This would set one band up to our north and one to our south. And would drop our snowfall totals a bit. So right now this is just to give you an idea as to what's coming and I will check back later on tonight after the newest weather models come in, Then I will let you all know some snowfall totals. ;)
Until then let's just stay warm because we will continue to stay in this COLD POLAR EXPTRESS pattern for a while! Later tonight we will see what the new models have to say..........
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Starting The New Year With Lots Of Home Improvement's! And Nature Starts Us Off To A Great Start For 2010!!!
Happy New Year bloggers!
Sorry but this is going to be a short update! I'm getting to you late because we have started off our new year with lots of Home Improvement. Yes, we have been painting and redoing everything! And this is going to take a while. I still have more work I need to get done today so I had better get ready to go! But before I do I just wanted to pop in with a quick update getting you all ready for the COLD POLAR EXPRESS moving in today through out this whole week! Today we will see highs not reaching 20 degrees. That's right we won't get out of the teens! And lows will be even cooler! Lows will drop to around -2 degrees! We will look for winds to be blowing between 5 and 10 mph with gusts to 15 mph. This will make our daytime high feel around -2 degrees. And this will make our low feel around -17 degrees! With wind chills around -17 degrees this means we will need to be EXTRA careful when out and about! This means FROSTBITE in 30 Minutes or less!!!! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr So please remember to stay covered while outside! This is dangerous..... We will be seeing this cold weather for a while as the polar air looks to stick around for a few days!
And last but not least here are a few pictures from our New Years Party! LOL. We had a wonderful time playing the Wii and watching the Ball drop. Also all the confetti mess!! :) lol take a look below.
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!! :D
Sorry but this is going to be a short update! I'm getting to you late because we have started off our new year with lots of Home Improvement. Yes, we have been painting and redoing everything! And this is going to take a while. I still have more work I need to get done today so I had better get ready to go! But before I do I just wanted to pop in with a quick update getting you all ready for the COLD POLAR EXPRESS moving in today through out this whole week! Today we will see highs not reaching 20 degrees. That's right we won't get out of the teens! And lows will be even cooler! Lows will drop to around -2 degrees! We will look for winds to be blowing between 5 and 10 mph with gusts to 15 mph. This will make our daytime high feel around -2 degrees. And this will make our low feel around -17 degrees! With wind chills around -17 degrees this means we will need to be EXTRA careful when out and about! This means FROSTBITE in 30 Minutes or less!!!! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr So please remember to stay covered while outside! This is dangerous..... We will be seeing this cold weather for a while as the polar air looks to stick around for a few days!
And last but not least here are a few pictures from our New Years Party! LOL. We had a wonderful time playing the Wii and watching the Ball drop. Also all the confetti mess!! :) lol take a look below.
Image Above: My Sister and I after the Confetti...
Image Above: The BIG Mess LOL...
Image Above: The BIG Mess LOL...Image Above: And as always the one and only Dick Clark! You just can't have New Years with out Mr, Clark! :) He is still going strong and counting us into the New Year! He is one of a kind that's for sure!
And I have one more thing to show you all that really tells you that we are on the right track to a GREAT and HAPPY New Year! That's right we was looking for that Blue Moon and thought the clouds would keep us from seeing it. Well, I kept my forecast clear saying that we may see a few quick breaks in the clouds to see this beautiful moon and sure enough we DID!
Image Above: The Blue Moon was bright and BEAUTIFUL!! And this is great that we got a chance to see it. Had we not seen it on New Years Eve then we would have had to wait until 2028 before we would have another chance to see it again! So we are VERY lucky! You can see all the clouds in the bottom of the picture above!
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!! :D
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