Heavy Rain Ongoing

As you can see in the below radar image, heavy rain is currently occurring across the Midwest this Wednesday morning.  Here it is:

A quick check of the HPC's forecast reveals that we are still expecting a lot of rain for Midwest areas out of this one:

Stay tuned!

Lots of Rain for the Next Five Days, plus some Severe Weather!

Portions of the Midwest/Ohio Valley are going to be seeing a lot of rain in the next five days, mainly the result of the current rain storm spreading across the country.  Here is the expected rain total for the next five days:

We can see that the most rain should fall across Tennessee.  Here is the current radar loop:

We can also see a slight risk of severe thunderstorms across the Mississippi River Delta region.  More information can be found by clicking here, leading to the SPC website.  Stay tuned!

Update on the Current Storm

I am here to bring you up to date on our current storm.


PRECIPITATION

Here is the latest Quantitative Precipitation Forecast map, or QPF, from the HPC:

You'll notice that the totals are a little less than the predicted totals from this morning, but you have to consider the fact that some of the rain expected this morning fell during the day today.  We can see that the heaviest axis of precipitation is from Rockford all the way through Western Lower Michigan.

SNOWSTORM


Yep, I said it, this storm has potential to bring a snowstorm to Wisconsin.  I feel that I did a fairly good job in indicating where the heaviest snow/rain will fall in this map:

This is certainly going to be a fun storm for some folks.  I am not ruling out flakes for folks in Northern Illinois through Northern Indiana, it's just that we won't be seeing any significant accumulations from this, with only a few flurries at best.  I do foresee a small axis of 6+" snow in Northern Wisconsin.  Heck, the models are showing 10" of snow in here.  But I am not buying it.  The ground temperatures are too warm for something like this.

SUMMARY


This has potential to be a big storm, and one that could impact a lot of people, with results from 6" of snow to 3" of rain and thunderstorms.  So stay tuned.

Heavy Rain Likely across Midwest through Wednesday

A threat for very heavy rain has developed for areas across the Midwest.  To see the totals the experts are calling for look at this map:

We are expected to get nearly 2.5 inches of rain here in Northern Illinois.  The most rain will be in Southeast Wisconsin, where the expected high amount is nearly 3 inches.  Wow.  The GFS has backed off a little bit on the expected intensity, but still a lot of rain is expected.  Stay tuned.