I. Indianapolis officially register 0.68″ in the rain gauge Monday, however, there were many neighborhoods that reported over 1″ of rain. A snapshot of radar estimates below show between 1″ and 1.5″ of rain from places such as Crawfordsville up through Frankfort and towards Fort Wayne, along with areas in and around Connersville and Richmond. After a dry stretch, this rain sure was welcome!
II. Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms will remain in the forecast today- especially across southeast portions of the state. From Indianapolis and points north, we’ll begin to really notice the drier air that will take hold later this evening.
III. An extended stretch of dry, pleasant late summer weather is expected for the rest of the week and into the weekend, thanks to high pressure.
IV. The tropics will begin to turn more active over the upcoming 10 days. I think it’s the “follower” that we’ll need to pay close attention to as we get to the weekend and on into next week. Given the steering current, should this system develop, we’d likely be talking about a tropical storm sitting off the eastern FL or southeast coast early to middle next week.
V. Our August Outlook was posted last night and features an overall cooler than average month, locally. After a quiet week this week, a series of cold fronts will begin to impact our neck of the woods next week. Each front will deliver showers and embedded thunder along with unseasonably cool, pleasant air by early-August standards. More on the specifics here once we get closer!