What the heck is going on in Evansville Indiana? UFO's?
Radar returns are showing a small intense storm but there are no storm reports coming in from that area. There are no storms forecast for that area so what could it be? I say UFO's!
What are Chaff Events?
Chaff is composed of small, aluminum-coated, silica core strands and is known for its highly reflective properties in the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum [United States Air Force (USAF) 1997].
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Metallic aluminum objects in the atmosphere? Yep! UFO's! What accounts for moving this fast?
What are Chaff Events?
Chaff is composed of small, aluminum-coated, silica core strands and is known for its highly reflective properties in the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum [United States Air Force (USAF) 1997].
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Metallic aluminum objects in the atmosphere? Yep! UFO's! What accounts for moving this fast?
Update for 12/7/2018
High temperatures in the mid to upper 30's and lows in the 20's until next Tuesday and all days will be sunny and dry. It going to be very boring in the weather department for a few days. I don't anything interesting until a week from today which is on Friday December 14th.
Huge ice crystals this morning!
There were some huge ice crystals on top of my this morning. They were the largest I've ever seen. This is amazing.
Rain /snow mix right now in Bloomington
Do heed warnings for slick spots. The temperature is 36 degrees right now but it will fall to 32 by 7:30pm and 19 degrees overnight and that means re-freezing on roads. From the NWS:
Special Weather Statement...UPDATED National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 236 PM EST Thu Dec 6 2018
...Slick Spots Possible on Roads and Overpasses... Light snow continues across much of central Indiana and will move through the area through the afternoon rush hour and into this evening. The snow could produce some slick spots on roads and overpasses. Motorists are encouraged to use caution on area roads into this evening.
Weekend snow is still uncertain at this point.
Once the storm comes on shore and we get it sampled then tomorrow's data should be spot on. The NWS in Louisville has posted this for now.
The seesaw pattern continues
Warm next week and then cold the following.
The mid December pattern is very interesting.
These guys again!
It looks like about once a year and usually during the winter that they take a decent amount of flak on twitter for posting where a snowstorm might occur and then when it doesn't happen people get mad. That storm has been trending father south with each new run. At one point the storm disappeared. We won't know anything for certain until late Wednesday or early Thursday morning.
The sun is shining in Bloomington.
@2:30pm. This is bad news. Sunlight in between systems provides more fuel for stronger storms later this evening. Stay tuned.
Watch for a line of storms this evening.
Be alert between the hours of 2:00pm and 8:00pm. A line of storms will try to pop up in Illinois and push into Indiana. There are indications that it might not make it here but it's worth noting. There will also be some small pop up showers here in Indiana as well.
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