Highlights:
- Spring-like air continues
- Severe t-storm potential Friday PM
- Much colder weekend
- Another round of strong-severe storms next week?
Buckle Up For A Wild Ride…Morning fog (some very dense, especially north of the city) will burn off and give way to increasing sunshine today, along with unseasonably warm temperatures. In fact, we’ll be near-record territory (Indy’s record high today is 70° and we forecast to tie that record this afternoon). We’ll remain near record territory over the next couple of days, but our attention will, unfortunately, have to shift from the record warmth to strong-severe thunderstorm potential.
Most of Thursday will be dry, but a few scattered showers will likely dot the central IN landscape by the evening hours. Similar to Thursday, most of the day Friday will also be dry. It’s not until we head into Friday evening and night that we’re concerned for thunderstorms tracking through the state. A few of these storms will likely reach severe levels. Large hail and damaging winds are of greatest concern with the severe thunderstorms that develop. The cold front will sweep the state Friday night and a midnight high Saturday morning in the upper 40s will crash (most of the daytime will feature temperatures in the 30s with wind chills in the 20s) and wind-whipped snow flurries can be expected.
A weak weather system is still expected late Sunday and could feature a light rain and snow mix (not a big deal). What will be a bigger deal is a much stronger storm system rolling through the Mid West early next week. Unfortunately, another round of strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible Tuesday…
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: Trace
- Rainfall: 1.00″ – 1.50″