Updated 11.01.13 @ 10:53p
Zionsville, IN After a day filled with heavy rain and damaging winds, we closed the week out with chilly, but pleasant weather conditions. We’ll enjoy a chilly weekend ahead and we’re eyeing another significant storm system that promises to have a renewed threat of heavy rain, severe weather, and a big temperature drop next week.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy; Passing shower (0.05) 42/ 50
Reinforcing chilly air will blow into the state Saturday. This will be accompanied by mostly cloudy skies, blustery northwest winds, and the threat of a passing light shower or sprinkles. Grab the coat or jacket before heading out to get those Christmas lights put up or take care of those outdoor chores.
Sunday: Partly cloudy; 33/ 51
We’ll wrap up the weekend with dry and chilly weather. Plenty of sunshine will team up with cool, crisp fall air to present a beautiful close to the weekend.
Monday: Partly cloudy; 35/ 57
Partly cloudy skies and seasonable temperatures will greet folks on the way back to school and work.
Tuesday: Increasing clouds; developing nighttime showers (0.10) 48/ 60
We’ll eye our next storm system for a mid week arrival. Tuesday should start sunny, but mid and high level cloudiness will be on the increase followed by developing nighttime showers as warmer, more muggy, air moves over the top of the dry, chilly air in place initially.
Wednesday: Scattered daytime showers, increasing at night with thunderstorms (0.60) 54/ 62
A cold front will slide through the region Wednesday night and Thursday morning and this will be the focal point of more widespread showers and thunderstorms. We stress that it likely won’t rain all day Wednesday, but showers will be possible before the more widespread rain and thunderstorms Wednesday night into Thursday.
We’re monitoring this storm for a renewed threat of heavy rain and severe weather. At this distance, it’s far too early to be precise with the threat details, but we think widespread 1″+ rains are likely along with another enhanced straight-line wind event for at least portions of central Indiana during the Wednesday night/ Thursday time period. Each storm system is different and presents its own set of challenges, but this storm has a few similarities to that which we just dealt with.
We have time to watch things and we’ll update accordingly as we move forward. Stay tuned.
Thursday: AM Thunderstorms (0.50″) 42/ 55
We forecast thunderstorms to be likely Thursday morning, but as the cold front slides east of the region, the rain chance will end from west to east through the day. Temperatures will cool dramatically as we go through the afternoon and evening hours with falling temperatures after a midnight high.
Friday: Partly cloudy; 32/ 45
The big story as we wrap up next week will be the colder air. In fact, latest model data suggests we plunge into the 20s for lows by next Saturday morning.