Category: 7-Day Outlook
Slick Travel This Morning; More Light Snow This Evening…Rain changed to snow in and around Indianapolis between 5-6 Sunday evening. The changeover occurred earlier just north and northeast of the city where anywhere from a quarter inch of snow fell to as much as 3 inches in and around the Muncie area. The big problem last night and this morning is the combination of moisture freezing on the roadways, light snow, and strong and gusty winds. Area roadways have been reported slick with numerous accidents. Take it slow this morning.
Most of today will be quiet and dry, but light snow will build into the state later this evening into tonight. We target areas along and west of I-65 for the greatest opportunity of accumulating a dusting to half an inch of snow tonight. Sunshine returns Tuesday before a mid week system brings light rain Wednesday night into Thursday. Light rain will diminish as light snow Thursday.
Colder air will be with us as we wrap up the work week before our next storm system impacts the Hoosier state over Super Bowl weekend. We forecast increasing clouds Saturday with snow developing Saturday night into Sunday.
Upcoming Precipitation Forecast:
- 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.10″ – 0.25″
- 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: 2″ – 4″
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High Bust Potential Today…Clippers are always tough to forecast, but particularly so today. This is a vigorous system and while temperatures will only be marginally cold, the concern here is that precipitation rates may help cool the entire column of air a bit quicker this afternoon than modeling currently suggests. If (big if) that’s the case, then snowfall amounts below would have to be increased. As it is now, we feel about as confident as we can be right now that the “slimmed” down numbers below will suffice. As has been the case with a couple of other events this winter, it’ll be a nowcast scenario this afternoon. Winds will also become quite gusty out of the east and northeast this afternoon into tonight.
Colder, drier air builds in late tonight and Monday before a weak weather system scoots through and delivers light snow showers Tuesday. A wintry mix is possible Thursday and then we’ll eye late next weekend for the next snow opportunity.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: 2″ – 4″
- 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.50″
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Busy Times In The Forecast Office…Let’s get to the easy part of this forecast package and that’s today. Look for lots of sunshine along with seasonably mild temperatures after a cold and frosty start.
Things get fun tomorrow as a clipper low dives southeast and tracks in a favorable position for accumulating snow- especially from the city and points north (snowfall forecast below). A mixture of rain and snow will overspread central Indiana Sunday morning and transition to all snow through the late morning into the early afternoon. This will be a heavy, wet snow (perfect for snowball fights or making a snowman). The other aspect to this storm system will be an increasing east and northeast wind Sunday evening into Monday morning. Snow will diminish Sunday night, but the “damage” will likely be done by that point, leaving a mark on your Monday morning commute.
Another (weaker) weather maker may deliver scattered snow showers Tuesday.
Briefly milder air will move in here Thursday with a mixture of rain, snow, and sleet (depending on where you’re viewing us through the state), but the bigger story will be MUCH colder air set to pour into the region to close January and open February. Some forecast models suggest a winter storm will precede the bitterly cold air around Super Bowl Sunday…. Stay tuned.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: 2″ – 5″
- 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.10″ – 0.25″
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Colder, But Nothing Too Out Of The Ordinary…A colder theme will be with us as we put a wrap on the work week. That said, temperatures will actually be much closer to where they should be for this time of the year. A quiet weather pattern will continue until we watch a clipper system for the second half of the weekend. As of now, the accumulating snow looks to stay north of our immediate region, but we’ll keep a close eye on it. Officially, we’ll call for increasingly cloudy skies Saturday night into Sunday morning with scattered rain showers Sunday afternoon changing to snow showers Sunday night before ending. If traveling north, prepare for several inches of snow across northern portions of the state into the Great Lakes region. Stay tuned as this system is still a few days off and changes can take place moving forward. Colder air follows for early next week.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Outlook:
- 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.10″ – 0.20″
- 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: Dusting
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Scattered light rain and snow showers will dot the central Indiana landscape this afternoon and evening as colder air moves into the region.
Thursday and Friday will be colder than what we’ve been used to the past few days, but nothing out of the ordinary and actually more seasonal.
We’re still eyeing a late weekend clipper system, but the precise track will determine who sees “several” inches of snow, versus little to nothing. Feast or famine, we’ll call it! Overnight computer model guidance would place the heavier snow totals across northern portions of the state, but we still have a ways to go before anything is set in stone.
Back later this evening with a complete 7-day update!
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Slick Travel This Morning; More Light Snow This Evening…Rain changed to snow in and around Indianapolis between 5-6 Sunday evening. The changeover occurred earlier just north and northeast of the city where anywhere from a quarter inch of snow fell to as much as 3 inches in and around the Muncie area. The big problem last night and this morning is the combination of moisture freezing on the roadways, light snow, and strong and gusty winds. Area roadways have been reported slick with numerous accidents. Take it slow this morning.
