Watch/Warning/Advisory Map For Central Indiana
Warnings and Advisories continue through Saturday morning.
AUDIO forecast, from the Smiley Morning Show this morning on WZPL: Paul Poteet Weather On WZPL
UPDATE: Latest from the Weather Service Blog:
8:00 PM…Storm total snowfall reports over the last hour and a half: NW Indianapolis – 5 inches, Williamsport -2.6 inches, Mccordsville – 5.8 inches, Fishers – 5 inches, Muncie – 5.5 inches, Scipio – 2 inches, New Castle – 5 inches.
7:45 PM…Pictures that shows the snow accumulation at NWS Indianapolis.
at 7:20 PM
at 4:45 PM
6:45 PM…4.4 inches average snow on the ground at NWS Indianapolis. Official 6 hour snowfall measurement was 3.2 inches on the snowboards.
4:15 PM…3.5 inches reported on the northeast and northwest sides of Indianapolis by a spotter and broadcast media.
3:45 PM…2.6 inches measured at NWS Indianapolis
3:40 PM…A spotter near Alexandria reports 5 inches of snow along with reduced visibilites due to blowing snow.
3:21 PM…A spotter from Daleville reports 4 inches of snow.
3:16 PM…A spotter near Brownsburg reports 2.8 inches of snow so far.
3:15 PM…A new picture that shows the snow accumulation at NWS Indianapolis.
1:47 PM…0.8 inches of snow fell in an hour at the NWS office…for a total so far of 1.5 inches.
1:10 PM…Reports of 1.5-2 inches in the Muncie area have been received.
1:00 PM…Snow is accumulating at the NWS office. Below is a picture from outside our office. Compare it to an hour before (picture on the right)
12:55 PM…Official NWS Observation recorded 0.7 inches of snowfall so far at Indianapolis.
12:10 PM…Recent snow reports include: Westfield – 0.8 inches. Alexandria - 2 inches. Lafayette - 1 inch.
12:00 PM…Below are a couple of shots from outside our office. Snow is still falling, and the parking lot is starting to ice up.
10:54 AM…A spotter in Alexandria (Madison County) reports 0.8 inches of snow, and that snow is covering the roads.
10:20 AM…Change over to snow has occurred near Spencer in Owen County.
10:10 AM…Change over has occurred in southwest Morgan County to all snow.
10:05 AM…Spotters report 0.10 inch snow near the Muncie Airport.
9:58 AM…Spotters in Terre Haute now reporting snow and sleet. Snow at NWS Indianapolis beginning to stick to grassy areas.
9:51 AM…Spotters in Lawernce and Brooklyn report large snowflakes falling. North Vernon reports sleet. Evaporational cooling seems to be cooling the atmosphere across Central Indiana. Change over to all snow is underway.
9:23 AM…Bloomington ASOS now reporting snow. Below a picture from NWS Indianapolis. The temperature in our backyard is 33.5 F.
8:52 AM…Snow has started to fall at NWS Indianapolis!
8:51 AM…A spotter in Hendricks county reports precipitation has started to fall in the form of snow.
8:25 AM…Precipitation continues across the southern half of Central Indiana. Drier air to the north is keeping the precipitation at bay there. Most of the precipitation is in the form of rain at the moment due to a layer of warm air aloft. However, within the last hour reports of snow mixing in with the rain have been received from near Paragon in Morgan county.
Light rain or sleet or snow will spread northeast. South of I-70 will see a mix of rain and snow Friday morning before changing to all snow in the afternoon.
In the middle, including the Indianapolis Metro, there could be a mix of rain, freezing rain, and/or snow in the morning.
North of the I-70 corridor the change to snow will occur during the mid morning hours Friday.
The heaviest snows will occur during the Friday afternoon commute into Friday night, tapering to light snow by daybreak Saturday.
Final snow totals over the area could range from 3-6 inches west of the Indy Metro, and 4-8 from Indy eastward.
. * MAIN IMPACT: UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME ICY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY EVENING WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS.
