KIND's afternoon AFD reflects that uncertainty. A 1 degree flux in temp either way, especially along I70, could men the difference between 3 inches and 6 inches or more Really riding the line.
Lol love it. Horizontal Avalanche...
Multiple days of freezing drizzle has resulted in "Teflon Snow"
outside. Ok, that`s not an official term, but that thin smooth crust
should really allow the fluffy snow to drift ideally.
It's a bit of an outlier with those totals but I've got to give it a tip of the hat because of it's performance last week. Heck the 18Z HRRR is dropping a foot on Bloomington lol.
You may not have "kissed" something but those 850's are giving you a big fat one. on that run lol. Speaking of which that initial narrow band right along I70, is that a bit of an 850 Fgen band? I seem to remember one of the AFD's mentioning that last night.
Lol. Should me re-named Helms Deep Hwy. I've been worried about these 850's all week. I don't have the advantage of any phasing over here just to your west, it's all gonna be defo or go home over here. Hopefully I can squeeze 6 out of this maybe another 8 before I get rained on next week. Definitely think better totals as it moves East. May have to put up with some slop in the beginning . Of course last weekend the models slashed totals right up to the event and we basically got what they were spitting out 72 hours prior.
Was looking at the SPC severe outlooks and they've been a little inconsistent down south too Maybe it has something to do with +/- moisture robbing from convection not being handled well?
Yeah I've been worried about those 850's for a few days now. With a weaker ridge and the surface low amping up on the models the last 5 days it puts Central In/I70 back where we usually are with these things. The nose of that low level jet is right on my doorstep as modeled right now. I69 and points east look better to cash in on any phasing. We're gonna miss out on the bulk of any Fgen snows. Things are still a bit up in the air though. This little Pied Piper wave cut about 3 or 4 inches off the existing snowpack so hopefully we all can get a good 6 inch topper to clean it up. Then we gotta worry about a real potential rainer before the ice box sets in next week.
The nose gets right up there for a bit but moves on east fairly rapidly I think points right along I70 in central IN maybe a little north could see some mixing on the onset but hopefully that's it. We're used to that anyway lol.