Monday, December 15, 2008

First Winter Weather Advisory Of The Season

IndianaWeatherOnline.com Winter Weather Alert
Issued by: Brandon Redmond on December 15th, 2008 at 2:00 AM

Our first real dose of winter weather will affect most of the state this morning and into the early afternoon as a "hyped" up cold front plows across Indiana and into Ohio.

Temperatures have been dropping well over 40 degrees once the front has passed across areas to our west and with that sudden temperature drop also came wintry weather.

As the front crosses Indiana and Ohio today heavy rain will change to freezing rain, sleet and snow. The period of freezing rain will most likely be short lived but with heavy precipitation rates, some quick ice accumulations will be possible. Once the front slides farther to the East the freezing rain will change to sleet and snow with up to an inch of snow/sleet accumulation.

The other problem we will face is what is called a flash freeze. With temperatures dropping well below freezing, the moisture leftover but the nights heavy rain on area roadways will rapidly freeze and this combined with the winter precipitation falling will create horrific road conditions across the area.

So needless to say, hopefully you enjoyed the warm weather yesterday because it will quickly be replaced by winter once again today.

P.S. We are also watching at least two more systems which could bring winter weather to the Ohio Valley later this week!

Brandon Redmond
www.IndianaWeatherOnline.com
Whitewater Broadcasting

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