Monday, December 29, 2008

Wabash River Ready to Crest & A Nice Rest from Delirious December Pattern


Here is what it looks like from where you live. I snapped this picture on the way back from working out. You see the new waterfront property along Highway 231 from lowland flooding along the Wabash River. The good news is the river will crest just below 18 feet this afternoon at 17.7 feet or 6.7 feet above flood stage. The critical flood stage on the Wabash is 18 feet so we have dodged extensive flooding by the hair of our chinny chin chin. Good news also at Covington on the Wabash today with only minor flooding expected. The news is not so good in Illinois where they melted down a big snowpack so be careful of more significant flooding if you are traveling west or in that direction.

The blue skies are back today and they couldn't come soon enough. Our delirious December weather is finally giving us a rest but how long will it last? This is what I am working on for the newscast along with your travel weather. We do have a couple fronts I am tracking but I do not see anything like we saw last week and we may not see another week like it for quite some time. I know most people are more than okay with this.

While you are waiting for the shows here is our weather blog question of the day: When was the last time we went from wind chills of -25 to 68 degrees in the same week?(a whopping 93 degree temperature difference!)


This is a good question. Believe it or not we did this before the historic floods hit the northern parts of our area from Remington to Monticello and Monon the first week of 2008. We had wind chills of -20 to -30 and by the end of the same week a record high of 69 degrees which went down as the second warmest day ever in January. Luckily this time around we only had about an inch of rain with no big snowpack. In January 5 to10 inches of rain fell to our north with a good 6 inch snowpack. In the northern Wabash watershed there was up to 20 inches of snow. This all melted in addition to a season's worth of rain in only 10 hours. This is why there was not a 100 year flood...but the worst flooding ever recorded during January.

The good news is this time around we will not see a repeat. So it is a good thing that we missed out on all the snow and we had a beautiful and drier than normal autumn. We can certainly count our blessings. Get out and enjoy the beautiful afternoon and I will see you soon!


10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sometime in 2007-2008? LOL, but it was the other way around temps were high then went low...remember the rain I think was in Jan..the temps were high then went way below freezing.

Anonymous said...

oh I guess I should have finished reading all! You anwered the question for us:-(

Anonymous said...

Hey I'M back!!!!! :)

Things did not work out as hoped! But all is good!

We had a nice day out their today! Nice to see the Blue skies and smell the fresh air!!!!!

Current temperature is at 42.4* degrees and my high today was 50.9* degrees WOW!

Hope you all had a good day as well!

Justin in Lafayette

Anonymous said...

Justin, at least your computer is up and running:) Yes it was a wonderful day..even had the window opened a bit to let in the fresh air...Love this....how long will it last? time will tell!

Teri

Anonymous said...

Thats right Teri!

And We have another mild day tomorrow with highs around 47* Degrees near 50*. Then a slight cool down again!

What an up and down ride we have seen!

Justin in Lafayette

Anonymous said...

I know Justin, this is great! good shopping wx, my daughter received money for Xmas that is buring a hole in her pocket:)
Were you getting new phone jacks put in phone so you can have more than one computer running at the same time?
if so You can get a wireless router that works great, that Is what I have.

Teri

Anonymous said...

Ya the router is what we was working with!

It should be a good day tomorrow to fire up the grill while you can!!!!! Not something we get to do that much in December!

Other then a little wind it is looking great!

Justin

Anonymous said...

I love wireless router! I can take my computer to my neighbors and show them wx radars:) I bought mine, did not get from the phone co.

And yes tomorrow would be a great day to fire up the grill...burgers and hot dogs sound good to me:)

Sounds like a great start to the New Year! I remember last year, New years was day snowy and cold...
Teri

Anonymous said...

07:13 AM EST Sun-Dec-28
The Weather Service has issued a WIND ADVISORY
Indiana counties
BARTHOLOMEW, BOONE, BROWN, CARROLL, CLAY, CLINTON, DAVIESS, DECATUR, DELAWARE, FOUNTAIN, GREENE, HAMILTON, HANCOCK, HENDRICKS, HENRY, HOWARD, JACKSON, JENNINGS, JOHNSON, KNOX, LAWRENCE, MADISON, MARION, MARTIN, MONROE, MONTGOMERY, MORGAN, OWEN, PARKE, PUTNAM, RANDOLPH, RUSH, SHELBY, SULLIVAN, TIPPECANOE, TIPTON, VERMILLION, VIGO, WARREN

Anonymous said...

IGNORE THAT!! i was trying to copy a weather fact...oopps!!!!