The coming several days will result in a continuation of adding to an already expanding snow pack across central Indiana. (We think a 3-5″ band of snow falls for some central Indiana communities Saturday evening and we’ll post on this Friday). That “ups the ante” for a potentially second round of cold air that flirts with records as we begin to wrap up the month of January and head into February.
Here’s a look at the latest ensemble package out towards Days 8-10 (Jan 24th-26th time period) and we note a near text book pattern for a severe arctic outbreak across the eastern half of the country. We want to point out the high latitude blocking combined with a frigid cross-polar fetch. The GFS and European forecast models (amongst a slew of others) are in excellent agreement on the brutally cold pattern setting up shop, which only adds to our confidence level.
Okay, okay…the fancy maps above may look confusing to some (and rightfully so), so what does all of this mean to you? We think we’re looking at multiple nights that feature below zero low temperatures across central Indiana, and potentially in the double digit below zero range yet again. (Wind chills will be even colder). We’re looking at the type of cold pattern that could produce multiple days with high temperatures in the single digits to lower teens.
Yes, the winter of 2013-2014 just keeps on keepin’ on and truly shows no signs of letting up. Hunker down, friends!