Season snow totals update.... also, an update on the New Year's storm

After Friday night's snow here are the season snow totals around the region. At least Louisville is not in last place anymore.

KENTUCKY
Covington  7.1
Paducah  5.7
Lexington  3.3
Louisville  2.7
Jackson  2.7
Bowling Green  Trace

INDIANA
Bloomington  21.0
Indianapolis  14.2
Evansville   10.7
Fort Wayne  8.4
South Bend  6.0

OHIO
Columbus  13.2
Cleveland  13.1
Dayton  11.5
Cincinnati  7.1

OTHERS
Chicago  0.9
Memphis  0.9
St. Louis  0.7
Nashville  Trace

The next system is for Monday night. There are mixed signals as far as strength and how warm it may get with this system.

NWS Louisville says.... We plan on going with high PoPs Monday afternoon and evening across the forecast area. There are signals in the data that another frontogenetical band of precipitation may develop along and north of the Ohio River which could produce another round of significant snows. We plan on leaving the snow as the dominant precipitation type north of the river. In the northern part of Kentucky, will continue to mention a mix of rain/snow/freezing rain for now...but will try and refine the p-types as the event draws closer. In the south, pure rain still looks good from the previous forecast.

NWS Paducah....AS FAR AS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE CONCERNED WITH THE APPROACHING STORM...CURRENT INDICATIONS SHOW AREAS MOST LIKELY TO GET APPRECIABLE SNOWFALL GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROCKPORT INDIANA TO PERRYVILLE MISSOURI. AREAS SOUTH OF THAT LINE SHOULD SEE LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION.

NWS Indianapolis....GFS/SREF FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWS BOUNDARY LAYER REMAINS COLD ENOUGH FOR ALL SNOW FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA...TEMPERATURES MAY GET CLOSE ENOUGH FOR SOME RAIN TO MIX IN. HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS LOW THAT FAR OUT...SO JUST LEFT IT ALL AS SNOW FOR NOW. ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LOOK TO BE UP TO AROUND 2 INCHES.

AccuWeather has less than one inch of snow for Monday night.

The Weather Channel has a chance of snow showers for Monday night.

Comments

[Kelly Armstrong]

It's interesting that the big winner so far is Bloomington and the big losers are the snow belt cities like South Bend, Fort Wayne and Cleveland. Poor Chicago, they just can't get in on any snow.

[Smartimarti66]

Please continue with your excellent weather blogs! If you do stop posting them for WAVE, please start your own weather page. You have a HUGE following and lots of respect from the community! I look forward to your blogs every day and hope you will not stop posting them=(

[JohnBelski]

Thanks Liz.... I have not decided if I will continue the blog that I had before on blogspot.

[Kelly Armstrong]

I hope that you'll continue as you obviously still have the passion but I can also see the appeal of retirement. Whatever you decide we'll all be happy for you. Wave is in good hands but you are still a legend in this area.

...Kelly....thanks for your kind comments, and also to everyone else for the kind words....JB

[Uli]

John,

PLEASE stay here. I promise to return after the Holidays to Louisville.

I missed you after you left WAVE3 and was glad to read your blog. I enjoy every day you are on TV for somebody else. You are the only one I believe.

[ I could tell a lot of funny stories how right you have been ]

Happy New Year and all the best to you and your family. Thank you for all

Uli

[ right now West Palm Beach FL ]

[Supermike72]

Hey JB... I don't know where it was announced you would not be blogging here any longer? I must've missed something. Either way, I hope you continue to blog elsewhere if you can no longer do so here. I don't often comment, but I do read it daily and always appreciate your good-natured and informative approach to the weather. I missed reading it when you stopped previously, and was very glad to see you back. So it's disappointing to hear you are leaving again? Hope to find you online... please keep us posted!

Mike

[Robbie]

John, I'm very sad to see you end your blog. I can remember watching you on TV as a seventh grader during winter of December 1989 when we had a massive arctic outbreak. Since then, you've been my first and best source for snow and cold. I always felt as long as you had hope for snow, I could have hope for snow.

I certainly hope you continue to blog on the weather. If nothing else, just do so during the winter months. I know you had a Facebook page, but that seems to have been taken down. I hope you'll continue with the blogspot page. I really do hope this isn't the end. There are too many people who enjoy your thoughts.

[Mark Schneider]

John, I second what everyone else has said. We all hope you continue to blog elsewhere. I know during severe weather and snow events, I will come to your blog for the latest information before going anywhere else. Besides, weather and forecasting is in your blood! You need an outlet for it!

...Mark...thanks for all of your comments and input.... I am taking a break....not sure for how long....we will see....Happy New Year....JB

[David Smith]

John,
I look forward to reading your blog daily. I hate that you have decided not to continue. I find you insight to the weather and long range forcast make for great reading. I am hoping that you will continue the blog some other place. Please let us know. You will be missed.