Monday, January 26, 2009

Conference Call in a Few Minutes Will Yield More Answers

Alright...no it is not true...I am not in hiding, we still have snow on the way and it does look like our 3 to 6 inch band will come out closer to 3 inches for areas north of Lafayette near Monticello with heavier amounts for Lafayette, Frankfort, and Crawfordsville. I am waiting for more runs and a conference call. I would think a winter weather advisory will be issued for at least portions of our area late tonight through late tomorrow night and Wednesday morning. More snow will be possible on Thursday. I will be back.

36 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear that an update will be coming soon!!!

Chris in Tipton

Anonymous said...

I was wondering if you would post anything. Really hoping for the higher amounts though, I have toys to play with!!

Arctic Cat Fan

Anonymous said...

I'm with you ACF
Gotta brand new cat in the garage just waiting to go play!

Anonymous said...

Mike, I truly enjoy your enthusiasm for your work and your dedication as a weather man. We are blessed in Lafayette to have you. Mike in Brookston

Anonymous said...

Mike,

Can't wait to hear the latest. Hoping for up to 6", but being a snow lover, I'll take what I can get!

Anonymous said...

Still think Lafayette will end up with the highest snow totals like you said yesterday Mike? Close to 3 inches doesn't sound like thats gonna get it done?

Anonymous said...

That's it, I'm moving to Wisconsin, they always get snow up there. This winter has been horrible for snow, I hate it!!

Anonymous said...

I, for one, appreciate the heads up on possibilities of heavy snow for the sake of safety! For that, I can handle the letdown of not getting so much.

Anonymous said...

I'll start the chant, "SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!"

William said...

Hey Mike glad to see you. If we can't have a white winter maybe a stormy summer??? LOL

William said...

When do sectionals start? We always end up with some sort of big snow around that time.

Anonymous said...

yes...snow snow snow!
But if only it were up to us!
Thanks Mike for everything!

It is still only January...there is plenty of time for a sweet snowstorm.

Anonymous said...

another dud they should just say a chance of snow what ever we get we get.

Anonymous said...

One of the best snowstorms in my memory....not a blizzzard mind you....came Feb 27, 1984. 10" snow and good wind!! Kept this 7th grader home for a week!! That Feb 14, it was 70 and we were riding our bikes!!

YES.....plenty of time....

Chris in Tipton

Anonymous said...

weather.com showing most of IN 3-6 with central-southern IN 6-12 inches. looks like the system is starting to change some forecasts by moving northward.

Anonymous said...

The heads up on snow is great. But time after time of being wrong and it's going to be like the kid that cried wolf.

Anonymous said...

Hey Artic Cat boys, I gotta nice vintage yamaha that needs cleaning out, if we get some snow, come to south of lafayette and lets do some drift bustin.

Anonymous said...

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS A
COUPLE OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. ONE
DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA TONIGHT...AND A SECOND
ONE WILL BRING MORE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM NORTH
TO SOUTH IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE REFINED AS THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM BECOMES
BETTER DEFINED. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THIS
DEVELOPING SITUATION.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.


Winter Storm Watch no longer

Chris in Tipton

Anonymous said...

Hey there ACF, I've got some toys to play with too. The picture on Mike's Blog from December of 2007 is my wife riding my F1000. I'm feeling pretty good about larger amounts of snow on this latest track. It's been my experience that these storms tend to slow down and track north a bit farther than the models. A nice 4 inches on top of what we have will let us do a bit of ditch banging at least, and more would just make it better. Anyway, keep safe out there and wish us luck!

Ryan in Delphi
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qH8n9B92oes/R2hM1jSVQpI/AAAAAAAABQI/llJo88lsYoE/s1600-h/aadec17carrollcountysnowmobile.jpg

Anonymous said...

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW, oh where are you ?????????

Anonymous said...

Better try predicting dark!

Anonymous said...

Yeah there is a wide a variety of snow ranges in that blog 3-6, 6-8, and now a lousy 3 inches.

Kinda crazy!!!

Anonymous said...

Issued by The National Weather Service
Indianapolis, IN
3:25 pm EST, Mon., Jan. 26, 2009

... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS A COUPLE OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. ONE DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA TONIGHT... AND A SECOND ONE WILL BRING MORE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE REFINED AS THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM BECOMES BETTER DEFINED. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.


Also now a winter storm warning for south of us!!!

Anonymous said...

From weather.com

Winter Weather Advisory for Tippecanoe County, IN

... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS A COUPLE OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. ONE DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA TONIGHT... AND A SECOND ONE WILL BRING MORE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE REFINED AS THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM BECOMES BETTER DEFINED. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.

Anonymous said...

Darn! Where is our 3-6 inches??

Anonymous said...

Mike or Justin..how many miles does the system need to shift north to get us a good 3-6"? It looks like it is moving north. South of Indy will get the brunt of the storm. But still could push north & increase are numbers. Hopefully!

Cheers.

Anonymous said...

I could be alone here but I'M still going with the 3" to 6" range. If it move even 50 to 100 miles north it could add to our amounts. We just have to keep watching it.

Justin.

Anonymous said...

SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE REFINED AS THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM BECOMES
BETTER DEFINED. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THIS
DEVELOPING SITUATION.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

Anonymous said...

I have to say....I know that you didn't ask me....if the storm could shift 30-50 miles....we'd for sure be in a 6" potential. AS IT IS RIGHT NOW....2" is too conservative.....5" probably a good average for most in the advisory....

Chris in Tipton

Anonymous said...

Thanks Chris. I've been looking at different maps and those are the numbers I was hoping for. Does anyone have a good idea for when it will start. I thought I heard after 10 but can anyone be more specific?

Cheers

Anonymous said...

Agree with all on the northerly shift, but this sucker could just as easily drift back south. It will do what it wants.

Anonymous said...

I was hoping for a snowstorm like 17.5 inches we got in Feb of 2007 that was awesome. Come on storm track go NORTH

Anonymous said...

Chris, what do you think for up in carroll County. Accuweather said possible 2-5 with an additional inch tomorrow night. But the warning only said 3.8. I am all for the snow, cause now I am seeing the winter nasty grass in the yard from the prev. melt off
CarrollCoGirl

Anonymous said...

Hi all, I just got in from work, and was not surprised to see that a winter weather advisory had been issued!

My the blog has been busy..

Teri in Laf..

Anonymous said...

17 sounds good to me

Anonymous said...

The picture on TV 18 just showed it should start around 11 tonite. And the "bands" are showing more for our area. Maybe Mike was right......!