Category: 7-Day Outlook

Feb 23

Brutally Cold Week…

Screen Shot 2015-02-23 at 7.30.55 AMBundle Up…A series of arctic highs will build south and result in an absolutely frigid week across a large portion of the country, including here on the home front.  Several cold records will fall this week.

For the most part, we’re looking at a dry week, but a skinny band of light snow may blow through the area Tuesday afternoon/ evening- not a big deal.

Models are struggling on the details with our next storm system.  It’s possible we’ll have to add a wintry mix of rain and snow into your Sunday forecast, but prefer to wait another set of runs before doing so.  Timing and track remain big questions at this point- common from a Day 6+ event.  The GFS and European lean towards a milder, wetter event while the Canadian is colder and more suppressed.  Much more on this later.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: Dusting
  • 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.00″

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Feb 22

Bitterly Cold Week…

Screen Shot 2015-02-22 at 9.20.31 AMFrigid Times…If you haven’t done so already, we highly recommend cleaning up from yesterday’s snow storm as the bitterly cold conditions moving in this evening will turn any left over slush into concrete.

Most of today will feature dry conditions, but we’ll note scattered flurries and light snow this afternoon as arctic air pours into the region.  Winds will also increase and gust upwards of 20 MPH by evening.  The combination of wind and cold will lead to dangerous wind chill values of 15 to 25 degrees below zero tonight into Monday morning.

Reinforcing arctic air will build into the region with a burst of light snow Tuesday afternoon. This will only help to drive home the point of our title above- a bitterly cold week is upcoming.  Needless to say, we won’t just beat record lows this week, but absolutely smash them.

The next opportunity for a substantial winter event appears to be eyeing us during the upcoming weekend.  We’ll have more on this as time draws closer.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast

  • 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.00″
  • 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: Dusting to 1″

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Feb 21

Saturday Morning Update

Good snowy Saturday morning, friends! We’re getting reports of 3″-5″ of snow so far across central Indiana from “round 1” of our winter storm.  While heavy snow bursts remain on radar this morning (case in point from Whitestown down to the west side of Indianapolis), the widespread snow has come to a brief end.  Brief is the key word here as widespread snow will overspread most of the region late morning into early afternoon.  An additional 1″-2″ of snow will be a good bet from “round 2.”

Here’s a snap shot of what the radar may look like later this morning- centered on 11a.

hrrr_ref_indy_6As we push deeper into the afternoon, snow should slowly press south and east of our region.  It’ll be important to go ahead and begin the big dig as cold reloads tonight into Sunday and another record cold shot eyes the region early next week.

We’ll have more on your 7-day forecast later today, including another potential winter storm late in the period.  For now, enjoy the snow!

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Feb 19

Arctic Express Rolling Down The Tracks…

Screen Shot 2015-02-19 at 7.24.59 AMHeavy Cold Weather Gear Needed…It’s a frigid morning across central Indiana with all reporting sites well below zero.  Despite the sunshine today, we’ll only “warm” into the middle single digits- smashing the former record cold maximum of 12 degrees.  Amazing stuff!  Wind chills will remain below zero and downright dangerous.

Eyes shift to a wintry weather maker this weekend and overnight computer guidance has begun to catch onto a much more realistic suppressed, colder solution, as opposed to the warmer and more aggressive storm into the Ohio Valley.  We still have time to watch for additional changes, but for now we think light snow overspreads central Indiana Friday evening, before a bit heavier precipitation moves in late Friday night and Saturday morning.  The “2nd round” of precipitation will likely consist of most of the ice/snow accumulation, including mostly snow across north-central Indiana, a messy mix of sleet and freezing rain across the heart of central Indiana, and a cold rain downstate.  Caution though that this is still preliminary thinking and certainly subject to change.  An early guesstimate on central Indiana snowfall potential with this system would be for a light to borderline moderate event- 2″ to 4″ type deal.

The Arctic Express quickly gains momentum yet again Sunday night and will lead to another frigid week next week.   This pattern is getting to be unbelievable from both the sustained cold, but the extreme nature of the cold, as well.  Put this into perspective, only three days of the above forecast period feature high temperatures close to, or slightly warmer, than our average low.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: 2″ – 4″
  • 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.10″

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Feb 17

Record Cold Air Ready To Blow In…

Screen Shot 2015-02-17 at 7.06.29 AMHeavy Duty Cold Weather Gear Needed…If you didn’t think it was cold enough, Mother Nature will try and do better by the middle of the week as downright bitter, and dangerously, cold air blows into town.  Scattered snow showers will accompany the arctic blast as a couple of upper level disturbances rotate across the state between today and Wednesday.  Wind chills of 20 to 25 below zero can be expected Wednesday night into Thursday morning.  Additionally, we’ll run the chance of breaking our coldest high temperature on record for Feb. 19th- Thursday (currently 12 degrees).

After a bitter, but dry couple of days to close the work week, we eye the upcoming weekend for our next storm system.  For now we’ll forecast increasing cloudiness late Friday and a wintry mix overspreading the region Saturday.  We’ll become more detailed in regards to precipitation type, amounts, and timing over the next day, or two.  Fresh arctic air will flow in here to close the weekend.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: 1″ – 2″
  • 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: Trace

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