1/27/09: 9am

4 inches so far in Borden, IN...

There have been some 5-6 inch reports in Beford and Seymour. NWS reports that E-Town/Bardstown have seen 1/2-1" of ice with power outages...

Looking ahead...the HPC indicates that there is a 70% chance for 4 inches of snow over southern Indiana for the next 24 hours, and a 40% chance of 8 inches of snow. South of I-64, there is a 70% chance of more than .25" of ADDITIONAL ice, with a 40% chance over Indiana.

NWS says southern Indiana will see an additional 3-6 inches, mostly tonight and Wednesday morning, with 1-3 inches in north central Kentucky...ice further south.

However, the temps will rise slightly today as we head into a lull in the wintry precip. Late this afternoon, however, another area of precip will arrive. I believe this will be an ice storm with 1/2" ice amounts for north central Kentucky and the counties in Indiana bordering the Ohio River. Further south, even higher ice amounts could occur. Over the rest of southern Indiana, it will be snow/sleet.

After midnight, change over to snow is expected in southern Indiana/north central Kentucky. We should see about 6 hours of snow, which will bring additional accumulations.

Here's the amount rundown...

• Southern Indiana: 3-5 inches already...3-5" more expected, with .25" ice likely before the return of snow tonight. Total Accumulations: 6-10" snow/sleet, .25" ice
• North central Kentucky: 1-3 inches already...2-3" more expected, with .5" ice likely before the return of snow. Total Accumulations: 3-6" snow/sleet, with .5" ice likely before the return of snow.
• For north central Kentucky south of the Bluegrass Parkway (E-town/Bardstown): .5-1" of ice already...additional .75-1" ice later today. Limited snow/sleet accumulations with 1.25-2" ice total. (crippling ice storm)

Will post again around 12:30pm-1pm...

Alex C.