Thursday, December 18, 2008

Thursday/Late Afternoon

WEATHER CODE: YELLOW ***Rain and thunderstorms tonight***



A powerful storm system will move out of the Plain States tonight, producing a variety of weather across the Midwest. Areas across Central and North Central Indiana may have an issue with ice during the onset of precipitation. Winter weather advisories continue for the Indianapolis area and areas that are adjacent to Indianapolis. Areas north of Indianapolis may recieve a quarter inch of ice before the change over to rain, so ice storm warnings have been posted north of Indianapolis. If you live in Central or North Central Indiana, please be careful tonight and if you are traveling up that way, take your time! For us, it's all rain and we may even see a few thunderstorms after midnight. No severe weather is expected, but very dangerous lightning can accompany any thunderstorm, so please stay away from tall tress, powerlines etc...

Weekend still looks like a rain to snow event, with very little accumulation, but as always, I will keep an eye on it.

CHRISTMAS STORM UPDATE: We have two very powerful arctic fronts moving through the region the next 4 days. One today and the other (more powerful) on Monday, which will hopefully keep the cold air locked in. The only thing we will have to keep a eye on is the track of the storm system. A more northerly track would mean more rain and a more southerly track would mean more snow. Their is still a few models that are cutting this storm through the Great Lakes with another snowstorm for them and rain storm for us. Others are pulling for the colder solution with more snow for us. As you can tell, their is alot of disagreement in computer models right now, and we won't have a plausible solution until later this weekend. Even though models don't look good for snow today...don't get dissapointed! The models will do their usual flip flops the next several days. I am dreaming of a white Christmas and hopefully the Lord has the same plan in mind! Have a great rest of the day!

I will have more tonight as the newest model runs come in for the weekend and the Christmas storm! STAY TUNED!

More later...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Pat..looks like an all rain event for the 24th and 25th. What a disappointment. Also, I dont think the models are going to come back. They havent all year and didnt do it any last year either.

NEXT

Patrick Sumner said...

Dustin...Models will so do their usual flip flops the next several days, but it will have to be a BIG flip flop for us to get snow. Don't give up yet though...PS

Anonymous said...

Thanks. I just dont see anymore "flops" to the south and east. It looks as though things are trending more towards a severe weather event than a heavy snow event. I'll take severe wx. Just as exciting...but I know everyone wants a white xmas.