Snow Did Arrive - A Little More Coming

Well, I admit I had little faith in the wrap around snow materializing. The hopes and dreams of snow lovers were crushed as far as I was concerned. The NWS seems to be back peddling last night too. Well, surprise... We received was looks to be a1 to 2" of the white stuff and another 1-2" are coming this afternoon and evening. Winds are modest but should pick up today blowing the snow around into some drifts.

The forecast was not a complete bust. For our area, we busted on temperatures before the snow. At 10 AM yesterday the NWS zone forecast for Kokomo said we would remain steady in the low 30's before falling late in the day. Instead we climbed into the low 40's before a slow decline in temperatures. However before the NWS realized the temperatures were going to be significantly higher, they had already went with the Snow Advisory across their area. (Then of course we all got hyped for the snow.)

I mentioned last night but we did received 1/4" of rain that would have produced 3" of snow or so for us. Combine that with the 1-2" we did received and the snow forecast would not have busted. Just a little further north were they were not as warm and had a little more time to cool before the precipitation began to fall, they did received their snow. Early totals of 6 to 12" before lake effect snow fired up have been reported across northern Indiana.

The far northeastern edge of the state into Ohio did bust however on snow. However we were all warned that the snow band would be narrow and a small shift in the track of the low, about 70 miles in this case, would make a huge difference. Sometimes we just don't want to acknowledge those tiny but important details.

For today expect another 1-2" this afternoon through the overnight. Significant lake effect snow is occurring and will continue for the South Bend area over to Ft Wayne. Winds will pick up making visibility poor with blowing and drifting. Also watch for colder temperature to follow before the weekend warm up. (The warming trend will deserve a whole discussion in itself.)