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Good Tuesday morning! The first phase of this system brought some mixed wintry precipitation across south central and east-central Indiana this morning. This has not caused much of an issue due to the warm pavement, and thankfully the Indy metro was spared from the activity. Now we target the snow portion of this system which will actually be a decent hit for eastern Indiana, where several inches appear likely! For some of those areas it will easily the biggest snow of the season. There will be a sharp western cut-off to the snows. More in the video and discussion below!
Here is how things look to shape up on radar over the next 30 hours. We catch a bit of a lull this morning into early afternoon. Late afternoon into early evening, rain and wet snow will pick up across southern Indiana initially, then build across eastern Indiana late evening and continue through the morning hours Wednesday. Snow should quickly taper off tomorrow afternoon.
Temperatures will be coolest in southern and eastern Indiana today in the middle to upper 30s, lower 40s north and west. Temperatures late tonight fall into the 20s across eastern and southeast Indiana, which will allow for that snow to accumulate on pavement overnight into the morning hours Wednesday.
Here is our latest thinking on snow amounts. Richmond to near Muncie look to be the jackpot with 3-6″. 2-4″ from Madison, Seymour, Columbus to Shelbyville. Notice the SHARP western cut-off to these snows. This cut-off sets up very close to the Indy metro and across the middle portion of the state. Indy metro can range from nothing on the west end to 1-2″ on the east side of Marion county. We will be fine-tuning this forecast for any small shifts, as that can make a big difference. Main timing of these accumulations occurs from 9pm tonight to 10am Wednesday.
Once we get past tomorrow, overall we should be in good shape through Friday with mainly dry conditions, but temperatures will remain well below normal. Our next system arrives this weekend, and with this could come more wintry implications, mainly the northern half of the state. Still several days out so much can change.
