Major winter storm anticipated
Earlier this afternoon, the forecast for the winter storm expected to move into our area tonight from the southwest indicated a significant chance for a period of sleet or freezing rain tomorrow morning. Consequently, the forecasted snowfall from the storm was "5 to 15 inches". Quite a spread!
The latest guidance is that we will get all snow.
NWS Forecast for: Fort Wayne IN
Issued by: National Weather Service Northern Indiana
Last Update: 3:08 pm EST Jan 31, 2008
This Afternoon: A 10 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 26. Calm wind.
Tonight: Periods of snow with areas of blowing snow, mainly after midnight. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 23. Breezy, with a east wind between 15 and 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 5 to 9 inches possible.
Friday: Periods of snow with areas of blowing snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 30. North wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.
This is a lot better: 9 to 17 inches! However, as we all know, they tend to overestimate the snowfall that will fall at my house (i.e. they tend to not take into account that I live here).
The hourly forecast for water equivalent and snowfall is show below. The total snowfall according to that graphic is 13.3 inches.
