More of The Same

Good evening.  Yesterday's clipper system produced several inches of snow along and north of Indy.  South of there, it was a wimpy system.  In fact, much of southern Indiana ended up with hardly anything as far as accumulations.  Here is a look at the accumulations across the state.

The snowfall stats are just incredible for Indianapolis.  As of today (Jan 19) this is the 3rd snowiest January, and with more snow on the way, that may be pushed up to 2nd snowiest January by Tuesday.  Maybe this will turn out to be the snowiest January ever for Indy!  I think that is a possibility.  For more snow stats check out the link here: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ind&storyid=99759&source=0

The arctic air is taking a very, very short break before returning to the Ohio Valley tomorrow night.  In fact, temperatures tonight will be very mild.  Temperatures should hold in the lower 30's overnight, with a breezy southwest wind.  

Monday will feature increasing clouds as an arctic front approaches.  Highs across most of central and southern Indiana should be in the 30's.  A spot or two near the Ohio River could reach 40.  Temperatures in northern Indiana will be considerably colder since the front arrives there first.  Expect temperatures to fall sharply tomorrow evening and snow showers to develop across the state, mainly after midnight.  Expect widespread snow showers to continue through Tuesday.  Here is a look at the GFS during the Monday night-Tuesday time-frame.  You can see the widespread snow showers along with a decent piece of energy digging along the trough.  

I think this is set-up will bring 1-2" of dry, fluffy snow to a lot of places.  Areas near Lake Michigan will get significant accumulations, as the lake-effect will really kick up with those gusty north winds.  This will be bad timing for the Tuesday morning rush hour.  

For Tuesday through Thursday, bitter cold sets in.  Highs these days

will stay in the teens in many spots, and overnight lows could dip below zero for a couple nights, mainly for the areas with the deeper snow pack.  You will notice on these mornings that temperatures will be noticeably colder in northern Indiana with the presence of a deep snow pack.  

I will have more updates on my Facebook page through the week.  Thanks for checking the blog, take care.