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January 31-February 2 Historic Winter Storm part 7


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I have a gut feeling that Indy has a disaster unfolding. Just starting to think that will be ground zero in terms of freezing rain. :(

There's a big population in harms way that's for sure. Hardest hit areas could take weeks to recover if not longer. I really fear what we could see out of there.

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mcd0055.gif MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0055 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0245 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 AREAS AFFECTED...E-CNTRL IL/CNTRL IND CONCERNING...WINTER MIXED PRECIPITATION VALID 312045Z - 010145Z MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF WINTER MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL SHIFT EWD ACROSS E CNTRL IL AND CNTRL IND THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN...WITH RATES OF 0.05 TO 0.10 INCH PER 3 HOURS...WILL BE A CONCERN ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. ACROSS NORTH CNTRL IND...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WITH RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR COULD OCCUR AFTER 22Z. A SHIELD OF PRECIPITATION OVER CNTRL IL CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE AND SHIFT EWD...WHILE SCATTERED PRECIPITATION IS DEVELOPING FARTHER WSW INTO E CNTRL MO. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY IS IN RESPONSE TO WAA/ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE IN THE 285-295 K LAYER ATOP A BROAD LOW/MID-LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY REGION. THE ASCENT IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON PER THE 19Z RUN OF THE RUC MODEL...AS A SWLY LOW-LEVEL JET MAX STRENGTHENS TO THE EAST OF AN 850-MB VORT CENTER. CONVERGENCE IN THE EXIT REGION OF THIS JET MAX WILL INTERACT WITH THE BAROCLINIC ZONE TO INCREASE FRONTOGENESIS ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA AND AUGMENT THE LOW-LEVEL ASCENT...ALLOWING PRECIPITATION TO BE MAINTAINED AND REGENERATE UPSTREAM. WITH WET-BULB ZERO TEMPERATURES AT THE SFC BELOW FREEZING...A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION TYPES IS EXPECTED. ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR...FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE TEMPERATURES WARMING TO 3-4C IN THE 850-880-MB LAYER...ALLOWING PRECIPITATION TO MELT AS IT FALLS THROUGH THE WARM NOSE BEFORE FREEZING AT THE SURFACE. FURTHER TO THE NORTH...TEMPERATURES IN THE WARM NOSE WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY COLD /AOB 3C/ TO ALLOW FOR SLEET...WITH SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS N CNTRL IN. THE 15Z SREF RUN INDICATES THAT SNOWFALL COULD BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY IN THIS REGION...AS FRONTOGENETIC FORCING POTENTIALLY SUPPORTS BANDED PRECIPITATION. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ..COHEN/ROGERS.. 01/31/2011 ATTN...WFO...ILN...IWX...IND...LOT...ILX...
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I'll take the under on full sleep the next two nights.

You know me wellthumbsupsmileyanim.gif

I am not going to sleep at all. I am going to watch this beast. I am a little nervous already just watching things unfold. This is likely going to be epic with massive socio-economic impacts and one which will be studied long after.

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There's a big population in harms way that's for sure. Hardest hit areas could take weeks to recover if not longer. I really fear what we could see out of there.

Agreed, Metro Louisville had the severe ice-storm in 2009 and many people were without power for days. And that was with 6 inches of snow and about an inch of ice. LMK only has 1.4 million in the Metro area, Indy has 2.3 million. Going to be interesting to see how long people will be without power.

Yes, and it could be much worse than the 09 event here. With the progged winds it might end up looking like a war zone.

Yeah, I agree. We had 2-3 inches of ice but did not have the wind. Plus temperatures after the storm are going to be freezing. Temps were back above freezing 2 days after the storm and near 60 4 or 5 days after, so yes the impact will be much worse with the winds and temperatures.

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