Winter Storm 11/29-11/30

Winter Storm warnings are getting posted now for much of the area. Wrote up a detail discussion on a blog a few days ago. Amounts may need to be adjusted a bit, but overall on target with what is happening: http://www.storm-scope.com/?p=257

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1205 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2011

INZ026-027-033-034-OHZ002-004-015-300115-
/O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0004.111129T1900Z-111130T0600Z/
WELLS-ADAMS-BLACKFORD-JAY-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-PAULDING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE
1205 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
EST WEDNESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* RAIN WILL BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET AND THEN RAPIDLY SWITCH TO
SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER
HOUR POSSIBLE. THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS
PRODUCING LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL RATES. BY EARLY EVENING 3 TO
6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH
HIGHEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 69.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING FOR TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...

* SNOW WILL INITIALLY MELT ON WARM ROADS...BUT WILL RAPIDLY BEGIN
TO STICK AND ACCUMULATE AS TEMPERATURES FALL...CAUSING SLIPPERY
CONDITIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* HEAVY WET SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING MAY LEAD TO
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...MIXED
WITH SLEET...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.