Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Upcoming Snows

Tonight’s Snow

The snow for tonight will be associated with a clipper system and accumulations will be one to two inches for our area. I have seen some forecasters calling for more but the NWS and television forecasters have not been mentioning anything other than light snow or an inch or less.

If more does fall, then it will be a nice surprise for everyone. Unlikely for any snow day on Wednesday but area school could see a 2 hour delay with the system. Snow will be ending near 5 to 7 AM and a delay would allow for better road conditions once plows had a chance to go over the roads.

Addition to Forecast: Just as I posted this, the NWS in Indianapolis decided to acknowledge the snow for tonight.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. AROUND
AN INCH IS EXPECTED FROM LAFAYETTE AND KOKOMO
SOUTH TO JUST NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM INDIANAPOLIS SOUTH TO
BLOOMINGTON...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN FROM
WEST TO EAST STARTING LATE THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUING OVERNIGHT.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO SLICK ROADS AND
OCCASIONAL VISIBILITY AROUND A QUARTER MILE.

Thursday Evening into Friday

There is still a lot of uncertainness associated with this storm system. Nobody is making a call on accumulations and mixing of rain/sleet/snow/ice is very possible for the southern portions of Indiana and Northern Kentucky. I do expect to be all snow here but the models are not moving the moisture north at this point.

If the better moisture stays south, then we might end up with 1-2 inches. If it trends north as has been the case all season long, then a 4-6 inch snowfall looks more likely. The system should leave the area by Friday being a slight warm up for the weekend.

Next week looks to be setting up for another system or two across the area with many questions so while March is near; winter wants to provide us with a few last hurrahs.

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