Lake Effect Snow

The people of Laporte County are seeing significant LES (lake effect snow) which will end tomorrow giving them 16+ inches. Rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour have been falling over the county. A large band is reaching down to just west of Howard County and could possible provide some light snow and flurries overnight keeping roads and walkways very slick.

Combine the slick roads with some drifting and cold temperatures and you have the makings for a two hour delay for area county schools.

The quick and very heavy bust of snow was caused by a strong upper level low. Early last week that disturbance was forecast to merge in with the low which came out of the Gulf of Mexico and make our superstorm. As you know, it didn't happen and there was a lot of disappointment from the snow lovers.

The good news is while we should see a nice warm up over the starting Friday and lasting into the next week, it won't last forever and we should see some stormy weather in the second half of February.

I am hopeful we will see a really good snow storm yet this winter. While we did have a good snow last week, it still feels like we got cheated with the best snow going south. Today was another example of snow going south. Of course earlier this winter we saw snow to our north and west. There just has to be one storm to track across Howard County before this winter is said and done. There has to be...