Winter Storm watches go up for Lakes/OV/Midwest! Wed event!

[Guest]

They are now flying from IA into IL, S.WI, central/northern.IN, MI, N.OH.

Heaviest snows looks to fall along and north of i80 from Des Moines east to nw.OH. This includes Quad Cites area, Chicago, Battle Creek, MI, Detroit, MI. Some places could see over a foot of snow by the time it all Quits Thursday.

South of i80 to around i70 is in for a worse nightmare with a potentially historic icing event on the way from southern IA, Northern MO, east into Central IL, Central IN, and northern OH. 1inch plus of ice could be had in some of these areas.

[Brent]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
450 AM CST MON JAN 3 2005

...POTENTIAL SNOW STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA BY MIDWEEK...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL EJECT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND ACROSS MISSOURI AND THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY LATE
WEDNESDAY. WITH COLD AIR SEEPING INTO THE AREA...THIS SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE MAINLY SNOW STARTING TUESDAY NIGHT...AND POSSIBLY LASTING
WELL INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING. THE SNOW WILL VARY IN
INTENSITY THROUGH THIS LONG DURATION..BUT LATEST THINKING
SUGGESTS THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN
AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUS A WINTER STORM
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-
040000-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLINTON IA-
DELAWARE IA-DUBUQUE IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-
JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MERCER IL-
MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-
WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEDO...ANAMOSA...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
CEDAR RAPIDS...CLINTON...DUBUQUE...FREEPORT...GALENA...HENNEPIN...
INDEPENDENCE...IOWA CITY...KEWANEE...MANCHESTER...MAQUOKETA...
MARENGO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...MOUNT CARROLL...MUSCATINE...
PRINCETON...SIGOURNEY...STERLING-ROCK FALLS...TIPTON...VINTON...
WAPELLO...WASHINGTON

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING TO LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL OVERSPREAD THE
AREA TUESDAY NIGHT...AND LAST OFF AND ON ALL THE WAY INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AMOUNTS WELL IN EXCESS OF
SIX INCHES POSSIBLE BY THE TIME IT ENDS LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE
STORM IS STILL IN ITS DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES...THUS THE AREAS THAT
MAY RECEIVE THE MOST SNOW ARE STILL SOMEWHAT YET TO BE DETERMINED.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCTS FOR MORE DETAILS AS THEY BECOME
AVAILABLE.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
210 PM CST MON JAN 3 2005

...MAJOR WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
TODAY...WILL SLOWLY DROP SOUTH...NEARING THE OHIO RIVER TUESDAY. A
STORM SYSTEM WILL RIDE ALONG THE FRONT...SPREADING PRECIPITATION INTO
THE AREA LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. COLD AIR IN PLACE TO THE NORTH OF
THIS FRONT WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. IF THE
PRESENT FORECASTED TRACK OF THE STORM HOLDS TRUE...AREAS ALONG AND
NORTH OF A GALESBURG TO LACON LINE COULD SEE RAIN...CHANGING TO
FREEZING RAIN EARLY TUESDAY EVENING...CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATE
EVENING...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. LOCATIONS NORTH OF A
RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE WOULD SEE RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING
RAIN TUESDAY EVENING...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE...THEN CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY. FURTHER
SOUTH...ALONG AND NORTH OF A JACKSONVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE...RAIN OR
FREEZING RAIN WOULD CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW WEDNESDAY.
THERE STILL IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM AND
ANY DEVIATION IN THE TRACK...WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON
PRECIPITATION TYPE.

ILZ029-031-036>038-040-041-041200-
FULTON-MASON-MCLEAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...HAVANA AND PEORIA
210 PM CST MON JAN 3 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN IL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH.

FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY
EVENING...THEN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...AND
EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE.

THERE STILL IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM AND
ANY DEVIATION IN THE TRACK...WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON
PRECIPITATION TYPE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL
MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
301 PM EST MON JAN 3 2005

.A FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST
ALONG THIS FRONT AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE A STRONG
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE NORTHERN
PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW A SHALLOW LAYER
OF COLD AIR TO FILTER INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AS PRECIPITATION
BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A WINTRY
MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.

INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-040339-
BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-HILLSDALE MI-
LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN-
WILLIAMS OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...ARCHBOLD...BENTON HARBOR...
BENTON HEIGHTS...BRYAN...BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP...
ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN...GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...
GULIVOIRE PARK...HILLSDALE...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY...
MISHAWAKA...MONTPELIER...NAPPANEE...NILES...SIMONTON LAKE...
SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...SWANTON...THREE RIVERS...
TRAIL CREEK...WAUSEON AND WESTVILLE
301 PM EST MON JAN 3 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH A LITTLE SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN AT THE ONSET TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 6 OR
MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.

THIS STORM IS STILL OVER 36 HOURS AWAY. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE
EXPECTED STORM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ON
PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
OTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
324 PM EST MON JAN 3 2005

.WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

.LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TUESDAY
NIGHT AND MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY ON
WEDNESDAY. A STRONG INFLOW FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL SUPPLY
ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO THE STORM. AT THIS POINT THE TRACK OF THE STORM
LOOKS FAVORABLE FOR GIVING THE SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA HEAVY SNOW.
SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

MIZ064>067-071>074-040430-
ALLEGAN-BARRY-CALHOUN-EATON-INGHAM-JACKSON-KALAMAZOO-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATTLE CREEK...CHARLOTTE...HASTINGS...
HOLLAND...JACKSON...KALAMAZOO...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN
324 PM EST MON JAN 3 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH.

LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND MOVE
NORTHEAST TOWARD THE LOWER GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY. WHILE THE EXACT
TRACK OF THE STORM IS NOT FOR CERTAIN YET...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. AT THIS POINT IN TIME...THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS APPEAR TO
FAVOR THE I-94 CORRIDOR FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO JACKSON.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
A HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THERE
IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS
THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

[PurdueWx80]

They are now flying from IA into IL, S.WI, central/northern.IN, MI, N.OH.

Heaviest snows looks to fall along and north of i80 from Des Moines east to nw.OH. This includes Quad Cites area, Chicago, Battle Creek, MI, Detroit, MI. Some places could see over a foot of snow by the time it all Quits Thursday.

South of i80 to around i70 is in for a worse nightmare with a potentially historic icing event on the way from southern IA, Northern MO, east into Central IL, Central IN, and northern OH. 1inch plus of ice could be had in some of these areas.

Great overview, I'm headed out to the grocery momentarily to pick up a few necessities assuming we will have no power on Wednesday or Thursday. The amount of liquid precip forecast is scary, on the order of 1-1.5" here in Lafayette, so as you can imagine, that would cause all sorts of damage to trees and power lines. I'll have my camera ready for this storm too (pics from OV Christmas-week storm coming very soon).

[Guest]

They are now flying from IA into IL, S.WI, central/northern.IN, MI, N.OH.

Heaviest snows looks to fall along and north of i80 from Des Moines east to nw.OH. This includes Quad Cites area, Chicago, Battle Creek, MI, Detroit, MI. Some places could see over a foot of snow by the time it all Quits Thursday.

South of i80 to around i70 is in for a worse nightmare with a potentially historic icing event on the way from southern IA, Northern MO, east into Central IL, Central IN, and northern OH. 1inch plus of ice could be had in some of these areas.

Great overview, I'm headed out to the grocery momentarily to pick up a few necessities assuming we will have no power on Wednesday or Thursday. The amount of liquid precip forecast is scary, on the order of 1-1.5" here in Lafayette, so as you can imagine, that would cause all sorts of damage to trees and power lines. I'll have my camera ready for this storm too (pics from OV Christmas-week storm coming very soon).

Thanks. Good idea about making a run to the store. Im about to go do the same thing.

I do look forward to seeing them pics. I'll try and get some up this way as well.

[Brent]

NWS Chicago just issued a Winter Storm Watch... from the AFD:

THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL AGAIN BE KICKING OUT FROM THE SRN PLAINS AND
POKING INTO THE MID MS VLY TUESDAY NGT. OVERRUNNING GULF MSTR AGAIN
WILL POUR NWD AND PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF PCPN STARTING THAT NIGHT
AND LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FAR SRN PTNS OF THE CWA WILL SEE
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AGAIN WITH ENUF QPF THRU WEDNESDAY TO
WARRANT ANOTHER WINTER STORM WATCH. THE SLEET WILL MIX WITH SNOW
FURTHER NORTH TO I-80 BUT DROP ALL SNOW NORTH OF THERE. THIS EVENT
SHUD LAST THRU WEDNESDAY NGT AND PROBLY BY THE TIME ITS OVER THERE
CUD BE AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES FAR NORTH...TAPERING TO 6 INCHES DOWN TO
I-80...THEN QUICKLY TAPERING TO A FEW INCHES IN THE AREAS WHERE THE
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FELL TWO PERIODS BEFORE. A REAL MESS.

Yuck.

[Brent]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
350 PM CST MON JAN 3 2005

.ANOTHER WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TUESDAY EVENING. MOST
AREAS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL WITH SOUTHERN COUNTIES SEE A GOOD ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING
RAIN FOLLOWED BY SNOWFALL.

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-040337-
BENTON-BOONE-COOK-DE KALB-DUPAGE-FORD-GRUNDY-IROQUOIS-JASPER-KANE-
KENDALL-LA SALLE-LAKE-LEE-LIVINGSTON-MCHENRY-NEWTON-OGLE-WILL-
WINNEBAGO-
350 PM CST MON JAN 3 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING TO LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH.

HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS ALONG AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 80 WITH SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED SOUTH.
THIS SHOULD BEGIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TO SNOW SHOWERS BY
THURSDAY MORNING.

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. CHECK SUPPLIES
OF FOOD AND FUEL. CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST BEFORE MAKING TRAVEL
PLANS.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
SLEET. CHECK SUPPLIES OF FOOD AND FUEL. CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST
BEFORE MAKING TRAVEL PLANS.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD. CHECK PRESCRIPTIONS TO
ENSURE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF MEDICINE THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE
STORM. CHECK FURNACES AND FUEL LEVELS...AND IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...
MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS WINTERIZED AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.

[CaptinCrunch]

Winter Storm Warning
Winter Storm Watch
Ice Storm Warning

[ohiostorm]

Nothing issued from the Pittsburgh NWS as far as Winter WX. Hopefully it doesnt get this far south. But we will still have to contend with lots of rain which we cant handle.

[IndianaWxOnline]

Just thought I would let everyone know, I have a new map out, mainly for Northern Indiana. Just go to my site, http://www.indianaweatheronline.com, scroll down and click on the Northern part of the Indiana map.

[Miss Mary]

Wx band radio updates for the Cincinnati/Tri-state area (N Kentucky, SE Indiana, SW Ohio) call for ice above I-70 (Columbus, OH). So down here it's predicted to just be rain, as of right now.

I think I'll stock up just in case. But this may not be our storm. To those in the path of this potential ice storm - prepare. Snow is one thing, ice is quite another.

Mary

[Gord_on_snow]

I'm a little concerned.

I've just spent 2 weeks in the UK (i missed the xmas week storm) and am returning to Columbus, Ohio tomorrow. I see all forecasts and models have just rain for Columbus...but i'm a little bit concerned that this might just get in the way of me travelling back. It should be ok shouldn't it?

I'm changing flights in North Carolina by the way so there is no concerns there.

[Guest]

The biggest problem for Columbus perhaps will be very heavy rainfall. Most of the icing and such should stay to the north and nw of there. A little cant be ruled out epecially in the northern burbs like Delaware county etc but even there it should be mainly heavy rain.

Once you get near Cleveland that will be a whole different ball game. Big time icing problems there.

Looking more and more like a foot+ of snow for here! 12 - 18 inches and then another inch or 2 perhaps with some lake effect after the storm passes. This could be my biggest snow event sence the winter of 96!