Still working on this………..

More to come………

Going through pages & pages of weather records to put together the top snowstorms fortowns around the area.

Also, getting weather maps of the snowstorms to show you the track of each one.

It’s pretty amazing that there’s five teams left in our viewing area playing football.  Not sure when the last time that’s happened?  Be sure to watch us live at 6:00 Today (Friday) for out report from Gordon Straley Field.

Highs near 58 degrees will occur Saturday, Sunday & Monday.

It appears a coastal low will rapidly develop Friday & peak over the weekend with ALOT of heavy rain in the southern U.S.

The deep tropical connection this low may ingest will producing some flooding rain the South.

Like “Ida” it may suck up alot of moisture from the Gulf & scour it pretty clean of moisture.

Recovery of Gulf moisture would be in question IF THAT DOES HAPPEN.  That said, if the Gulf is scoured clean & unable to re-charge, then our rainfall totals of 1-2″ may be cut next week.

This may or may not happen & much more analysis will need to be done over the weekend to determine this.

Nonetheless, the coldest air of the season looks likely to arrive late next week………..most likely on Thanksgiving night & Black Friday.

It appears flurries & at least some snow showers will pivot in on Black Friday with gusty northwest winds.

This potent cold snap will last 2-3 days, before it retreats & temperatures of 48-54 return the week thereafter.

I will have a new entry after the newscast on the forecast through Thanksgiving with brand-new data………..

For those of you who keep records &/or want to know how November is shaping up, here are the records I take here at WLFI.

I have been taking weather records back home since 1993 & I enjoy taking them here at the station.

The daily highs, lows & precipitation can be seen on my almanac page in my weathercasts.  We will show it just before commercial if my producer & director have enough time in the show for it.

“Altocumulus undulatus asperatus”………………..that is the new “species” name proposed for a very interesting cloud type.

I have seen these several times before in Indiana in varying decrease of odd shape & undulating waves.

They are caused by turbulent, sharp changes in wind direction & speed at that cloud’s level.  This may dynamically-induced or induced by evaporative cooling by precipitation.

Also, I have found that they most often occur when the lower atmosphere is very dry, the mid-levels are slightly unstable & showers are precipitating from the clouds into the dry lower atmosphere.

This is what I saw when I woke up in my hotel room during my recent visit to Mobile, Alabama. I went to Mobile to do a story on Evonik, the company that is acquiring the Lilly Tippecanoe Laboratory. For someone from the Midwest, a ‘Hurricane Warning” was quite a wake up call.  But most of the locals told me not to worry. They were right, as the storm approached the Gulf Coast, Ida was downgraded to a tropical storm.

WALA videographer Vania Kuy

In Mobile, I had the opportunity to work with a videographer from our LIN sister station, WALA-TV. I enjoyed working with Vania Kuy. He got me around the city, as well as explained why we didn’t want to be on the ‘dirty’ side of a hurricane.  This is a shot of Vania getting video of Mobile Bay. Yes, it was raining. The storm was getting closer!

Evonik representatives really showed their southern hospitality. I met President Tom Bates, took a tour of the plant, and met several community leaders.  During the tour, I got to hold a sea urchin. The company uses them to monitor the quality of its discharge. I saw the barge Evonik uses to ship hydrogen peroxide. It’s called ‘the rainbow’s end.’

I really enjoyed meeting Mobile’s Mayor Sam Jones.  We had lunch with the mayor and some other people at the Exploreum. It’s a hands on science center that Evonik supports. If you have children and are ever in the area, I highly recommend it! http://www.exploreum.com/

Some people from the Tippecanoe Labs have asked about what kind of community involvement can we expect from Evonik in the Lafayette area. Mr. Bates said the company hopes to be a good community partner, as Lilly has been. He just isn’t sure if it will be at the level Lilly does.  Evonik supports other issues in the Mobile area, including the Opera and Symphony.

We also went to Hollinger’s Island Elementary School. It is a school Evonik supports. While the company gives grants to the school, it also has employees volunteer their time there.  Principal Shirley Thompson said some employees volunteer to read to children, while others help with minor building repairs.

Thanks to Tom Bates, Jonathan Evans and many others from Evonik for welcoming me to Mobile to learn more about the company. I also really appreciated all the help from the employees at WALA-TV (especially as the newsroom was dealing with breaking news from Tropical Storm Ida).  I hope you enjoy the reports tonight and tomorrow.

THIS IS AN ACTIVE PATTERN UNTIL THANKSGIVING WITH 3 WEATHER SYSTEMS FROM NOW-THEN (COUNTING THE CURRENT SYSTEM) WITH SOAKING RAIN.

THE TEMPERATURES LOOK RELATIVELY MILD UNTIL AROUND THANKSGIVING.

AT THAT POINT, A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FIRST SNOWFLAKES & THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON.

THE EXACT TIMING OF THE THANKSGIVING PERIOD SYSTEM, COLD & SNOWFLAKES IS STILL IN QUESTION, SO STAY TUNED…………

It will continue to be showery through Thursday.  However, the coverage of rain will continue to decrease with time.

All of that storminess & the huge blizzard in Alaska (which is affecting the Pacific Northwest now) pump mild temperatures into our area by Friday & Saturday.

The next system after the current one, will arrive next Monday & Tuesday after that mild stretch Friday & Saturday.

Robust Gulf connection will promote widespread rainfall across our area.

The Thanksgiving period system looks potent with the possibility of an outbreak of severe t’storms in the Southeast U.S.

The cold continues & will continue to build.

That expanding ridge may act as the bump needed to dislodge the frigid air south.

Chunk of cold is likely to arrive at or right after Thanksgiving.

As potent storm system departs, the coldest air of the season, strong northwest winds & the first snow showers & flurries of the season will pivot in.

Wednesday- Fountain Central Running Back Trent Spear feature story.  He missed last season with an injury and is playing at a level this season maybe he didn’t even think he could reach.

Thursday- 6:00 Preview of West Lafayette and Central Catholic.

11:00- Previews of Clinton Central and Rensselaer

Friday- 6:00 Live at Westside.

11:00 Frenzy