Category: 7-Day Outlook

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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Feb 15

Incredible Pattern…

Screen Shot 2015-02-15 at 7.54.13 AMHope You Like Winter…Many central Indiana neighborhoods are awaking to temperatures this morning between zero and 4 degrees above.  It’s a frigid start to the day and sunshine won’t do anything to help us out as highs only manage to climb into the middle teens.

Clouds will increase this evening and tonight and snow will overspread the southern half of the state late tonight and Monday morning.  This is from the storm system we said that it was too early to write off last week and that a northern shift was certainly possible as we got closer.  Sure enough, the northward jog took place yesterday and puts places from Indianapolis and points south in play for accumulating snow Monday.  We’ll continue to look over the data today and tonight and have more specific numbers later tonight.

Yet ANOTHER surge of arctic air will slam in here by the middle of the week and snow showers/ gusty winds will precede the bitter blast.  In fact, this 3rd arctic surge looks to be the coldest yet.  Amazing stuff!

As we rumble towards next weekend, there’s yet another winter storm we’ll have to keep a watch on…

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.00″
  • 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: 2″ – 5″

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Feb 14

Sustained Frigid Pattern…

Screen Shot 2015-02-14 at 7.47.08 AMArctic Reinforcements…That will be theme of the upcoming 7-days as one arctic blast after another drops into the region.  Considering normal highs are in the upper 30s and lows are in the lower 20s, the majority of days this upcoming week will feature highs colder than our average low.  – Impressively cold both from the absolute temperature, but also the sustained nature.

Today’s arctic attack will be preceded by snow showers and squalls (dusting to less than 1″), strong and gusty winds up to 45 MPH, and dangerous wind chills by afternoon and evening to between 15 and 20 degrees below zero.

We continue to keep an eye on a southern winter storm early next week, but details remain far from etched in stone on the track of the system.  Nearly all guidance keeps snow south of our region, but we note the overall pattern is one that may promote a northward shift in the system over the next day or two.  Is a big snow in our future?  No, but we can’t completely remove the chance of light snow just yet Tuesday.

Yet another arctic blast will drop into town by the middle of the week and that may be the coldest yet…

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

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

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