The new year is coming in with the potential for a major winter storm for the Evansville area. It’s too early for anyone to have a real accurate track on the storm and how much impact it will have, but it isn’t too early to prepare for the possible impact.
Depending on the track the storm takes, our area could be in for a winter mix with accumulations of ice and the possibility of power outages and very slick conditions or we could get significant snow. The science of weather forecasting has a low reliability until about two days before the weather event hits.
The long-range predictions will vary (sometimes significantly) from different meteorologists. For example, on Wednesday (1/1), the standard weather app on the iPhone predicted up to a foot of snow for Sunday, but 44WEVV Meteorologist Jonathan Weaver told the City-County Observer that we should expect 2-4 inches of snow.
Now is the time to develop your plan for dealing with cold, icy, and snowy conditions with the possibility of power outages. We’ll keep you updated.
