Absolute Vorticity

fyrfyter wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:30 pm

snowbo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:20 pm Local television reporting that there are already 100 closures and delays for tomorrow.

WCPO has 156, including some companies canceling 3rd shift employees.

I work as long as I have power lol

43 / 41 here 0.65" rain Current conditions: Light rain

46 here 0.33 in the bucket

tron777 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:31 pm

fyrfyter wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:30 pm

snowbo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:20 pm Local television reporting that there are already 100 closures and delays for tomorrow.

WCPO has 156, including some companies canceling 3rd shift employees.

I work as long as I have power lol

Our shift already discussed the possibility of sliding home, early tomorrow morning…

21Z RAP - Pinch me, I'm dreaming! Come on man!

EGADS....

40.9 in Oxford down 3 from noon. Just hit .95” of rain. Looking forward to the transition

Rumpke sent a text to the woodpile. . . Get your garbage out early. Routes are starting early.

I am freaking PUMPED!

My 6pm obs: 0.72" of rain 43 / 41

Per radar anyway... IND is mixing, and wave 2 has OKC in a snow storm right now. It's a race against the cold air and Wave 2 coming up from the SW for us tomorrow.

IND update:

.Mesoscale Update...
Issued at 543 PM EST Wed Feb 2 2022

Baroclinic zone continues to drift south this evening, currently
stretching from near Terre Haute northeast through Indy Metro to
Muncie, where temperatures continue to fall with the robust
northerly flow ushering in sinking cold air to the surface. The area
of 850mb frontogenetical forcing continues to be parked across
Northeast Missouri stretching northeast through Illinois into
Indiana. Last few hours this zone of FGEN hasnt moved much, and
current hi-res guidance continues to favor this stubborn movement
through this evening.

Precipitation footprint continues to be expansive across Central
Indiana, associated with the aforementioned FGEN zone is an area of
800-750 EPV lifting north along southern periphery, which will ride
along the isentropic surfaces and continue to create the unstable
layer. This should continue the precipitation footprint overnight,
but with thermal profiles steadily cooling expect the partially
melted hydrometeors stretched over the Avon/Brownsburg to switch
over to all dendritic form. Parcels will continue to be pushed
vertically through the dendritic growth zone and enhance the
snowfall rates through the evening hours from north to south.

This further complicates the evening commute home, likely causing a
longer commute for those that are encountering the sleet/snow
mixture. WIth the elevated instability causing the increased rates,
this should lead to some aggregation of dendrites from some marginal
warmth and further reduce visibilities. But expect with additional
loss of heat in the low-levels of atmosphere this will lead to drier
dendrites and thus begin to increase the SLR values.

tron777 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:57 pm A way better ice look for our area.


Iceicebaby.png

I’m sitting smack in the middle of that green 1.5 inches of ice. Yuck!

As of 6pm...

IND - 31 frz rain
Bloomington 33 rain
Evansville, 35 - mixed precip
Muncie - 34 mixed precip

Snowman wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:06 pm

tron777 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:57 pm A way better ice look for our area.


Iceicebaby.png

I’m sitting smack in the middle of that green 1.5 inches of ice. Yuck!

Yeah... I could see 1/2 to 3/4" of ice for you. Good luck!!!!

tron777 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:07 pm As of 6pm...

IND - 31 frz rain
Bloomington 33 rain
Evansville, 35 - mixed precip
Muncie - 34 mixed precip

I’m not more than 40 miles due East from Bloomington and I’ve been at 43° all day.

Woolyworm wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:43 pm Rumpke sent a text to the woodpile. . . Get your garbage out early. Routes are starting early.

Hey Wooly,

We use Rumpke also here in Darke Co. I rolled the cart to a corner of the driveway about 2 hours ago. Regular pickup day for my part of Greenville is Fri morning. Like you said though, routes are starting early.

Pepper wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 12:48 pm Been reading and reading so going to ask when do you all think the switch over from rain to freezing rain will take place? I am north west of you all in CVG land. Also my bosses daughter is at Purdue University and she had reported several inches of snow on the ground already.

Hey Pepper,

I watched TWC's Stephanie Abrams reporting this morning on a bridge over the Wabash River in West Lafayette.

MVWxObserver wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:19 pm

Woolyworm wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:43 pm Rumpke sent a text to the woodpile. . . Get your garbage out early. Routes are starting early.

Hey Wooly,

We use Rumpke also here in Darke Co. I rolled the cart to a corner of the driveway about 2 hours ago. Regular pickup day for my part of Greenville is Fri morning. Like you said though, routes are starting early.

Love it!

CB's New Call

Temp 41 with 1.13” rain

BookNerdCarp wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:28 pm CB's New Call

GAH! On the line AGAIN! Come on gimme GFS snow!!

I've been lurking but keeping quiet so as not to jinx this, but wowzers! I expect I'll be watching a double feature of Ice Station Zebra (a great Cold War flick starring Rock Hudson) and Where Eagles Dare starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood.

So far the only school district from here in Darke that's reported for closure tomorrow is Arcanum-Butler.

Currently 34 here in G'ville and progged for around 21 Thurs morning. Then topping out at 23 for Thurs afternoon.

From CB