Could be worse, part 483: there’s a blizzard this morning in Denver! #Blizzard conditions at Denver Int'l Winds 38 mph gusting to 48Visbility: 1/4 mi pic.twitter.com/Ifgsv3xPuN — Greg Diamond (@gdimeweather) March 23, 2016 Can you pick out the storm center on this map via weatherbell.com? The dark lines contact areas of equal pressure, and color […]
January 25-27, 1978. If your parents were Hoosiers, and you’re about 37 years old…hmm…maybe you can blame it on The Blizzard. Still the most disruptive Indiana winter storm I’ve lived through. (Wouldn’t mind if it stays that way.) Click here for stories from the Blizzard, and here for an NWS review from Indy, and here […]
March 14, 1989 – High winds in Colorado and Wyoming gusted above 120 mph at Horsetooth Heights CO. High winds in the Central Plains sharply reduced visibilities in blowing dust as far east as Kansas City MO. Winds gusting to 72 mph at Hill City KS reduced the visibility to a city block in blowing […]
Morning snow will diminish by late morning. The biggest amounts will remain north and northeast of Indianapolis, with a couple of inches from Kokomo over to Muncie. Two inches was reported in Kokomo, and three inches in Yorktown, near Muncie. Winds will get gusty again by afternoon, up to 35 mph. Blowing snow could become […]
(Click here for My Huge Radar page.) RECAP OF SNOW: The heaviest snow this time landed on locations north of Indianapolis. I got several 5-6 reports via social media and email from Tipton and Madison Counties. The Indianapolis Airport total was 2.4 inches. The January total is now 23.3 inches. That is (wait for it) […]
After a foot of snow and the arrival of bitterly cold air, the City Of Indianapolis is issuing its first travel warning since the Blizzard Of ’78. Here’s the News Release: INDIANAPOLIS – Mayor Greg Ballard has upgraded the city’s travel emergency level to Red. This represents the highest level making it illegal for anyone […]
Near-blizzard conditions are possible tonight, and if you grew up around here (or were, perhaps, conceived around here) in the winters of the late 70s, the talk will eventually lead to The Storm. Click here for a collection of stories from my followers about where they were and what they were doing. Feel free to […]
I’m often asked online why one particular storm is a “Winter Storm Warning,” and one is an “Advisory” etc etc. Those terms are explained in the chart above from the National Weather Service Indianapolis office. (An excerpt is shown above – here’s the full size version.) Blizzard warnings are issued when the NWS expects sustained […]
