This evening’s radar shows our potent weather maker providing a plethora of weather elements to our west. Anything from heavy snow (numerous 12″ + reports coming in across IA) to thunderstorms across MO have made for an active Friday evening.
Thinking hasn’t changed much from the get go with this storm system, but we wanted to “freshen” things up a bit before bed.
Rain will overspread central IN through the morning hours before transitioning to snow from late morning into the early afternoon. This transition will occur in a northwest to southeast fashion as colder air wraps into the region.
Here’s a timeline (thanks to Weatherbell.com) of what the radar may look like as Saturday morning progresses into Saturday afternoon.
As rain transitions to snow, it’ll likely come down rather “fast and furious” for a time before ending. Despite what may be moderate to heavy snow for a time (especially along and north of the I-70 corridor- there’s the “magic” dividing line again :-)), warm surface temperatures will really limit what snow will actually accumulate. As things stand now, we still forecast a widespread 2″-4″ snowfall across the northern portions of the state, with 4″-6″ amounts in favored lake effect areas. Farther south to include central IN, a dusting to less than 1″ is a good bet before precipitation ends.
The growing concern Saturday night will be a stiff northwest wind driving MUCH colder air into the region. This will help power a brief lake effect event across NE areas of the state before shutting down quickly by the wee morning hours Sunday.
Any lingering moisture on area roadways will freeze up quickly tomorrow night. With a deep snowpack just to our north, the NW flow will keep things very cold around these parts into early next week. Note widespread teens Sunday morning across north-central IN and even this might not be cold enough. If we lay the expected snowfall down, don’t be surprised by some single digit temperatures (not counting wind chill values) across north-central IN Sunday morning. Highs Sunday will remain below freezing for most.
‘Tis the season! More in the AM, and happy snow dreams to all!
