Category: 7-Day Outlook
Highlights:
- One more summer-like day
- Fall-like weekend
- Dry weather continues
Cooler Air Inbound…We have one more sultry day to get through as highs near record territory Tuesday with partly cloudy conditions prevailing. A frontal boundary will slip through the state Wednesday, but moisture will be limited with the frontal passage. If you pick up a quick shower Wednesday count yourself lucky. Most will remain rain-free. Cooler air will then settle into the state as we head into the weekend. If you have plans to head out to the pumpkin patch or apple orchard, ideal autumn weather will greet you!
Looking ahead, a new warming trend will develop next week and there’s no significant rainfall in sight, unfortunately.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.00″ – 0.10″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/09/25/dry-pattern-continues-cooling-off-for-the-weekend/
Highlights:
- Summer-like heat continues
- Dry times prevail
- Much cooler air looms
A Little Something For Everyone…If you’re a fan of summer, this forecast has it! If you’re a fan of fall, this forecast has that, too! Summer-like heat will dominate through the short-term with only a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm today. Most will remain dry and that dry theme will carry us into the new work week ahead. Unseasonably hot (upper 80s to near 90 is downright hot) conditions will also continue as we open up the new week.
That said, a long advertised cold front will push towards the region by midweek and this will provide enough lift to create widely scattered thunderstorms Wednesday into Thursday morning. Significant and widespread rains aren’t, unfortunately, anticipated. The bigger deal will be the much cooler air that will spill into the region Thursday and set the stage for an unseasonably cool open to October.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.10″ – 0.25″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/09/21/summer-continues-into-next-week-before-cool-changes-take-over/
Highlights:
- Scattered t-storms
- Dry weather returns
- True summer-like feel
Unseasonably Warm Weather Continues…Similar to the past 24 hours, scattered showers and thunderstorms will dot the central Indiana landscape through midweek. As has been the case, there will continue to be “haves and have nots” over the next couple of days. Some neighborhoods will get lucky with localized slow moving downpours while others miss out entirely. All in all, it’s a very summer-like regime- both from a temperature/ humidity standpoint, as well as a precipitation perspective.
As we flip the page and head into the upcoming weekend, dry times will return. A big ole upper level ridge will balloon over the mid west and eastern portion of the country and this will serve to lead to a continuation of summer-like warmth- certainly well above average. It sure won’t feel like fall as we officially welcome in the new season Friday.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.25″ – 0.50″ (locally heavier totals)
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/09/18/scattered-storms-summer-like-feel/
Highlights:
- Warmth builds
- Storms chances (finally) return
- Rinse and repeat
Summer Isn’t Finished Yet…We may be inching ever so much closer to the official start of autumn (next Friday), but don’t tell Mother Nature that. After an unusually cool close to August and open to September, we’re set to make up for lost time over the next couple of weeks. Heat will build and expand across the Mid West this weekend and that will set the tone for the upcoming forecast period.
Weather conditions should remain dry to kick off the weekend (great day for the Whitestown Brewfest, by the way), but moisture will return for the second half of the weekend. Combine the increasing moisture with enough lift and widely scattered thunderstorms will fire Sunday. Overall coverage won’t be particularly impressive, but will be a harbinger of things to come as the new week unfolds. A couple of surface fronts will push up against the strong ridge in place as we progress through the work week. While these will “wash out” over the Ohio Valley, they’ll be sufficient enough to provide scattered-to-numerous showers and thunderstorms next week. Our parched soils will take anything they can get!
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″ – 1.00″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/09/15/still-some-summer-left-in-the-tank/
Highlights:
- Showers and breezy conditions thanks to what’s left of Irma
- Sunshine returns
- Warmth builds
Irma’s Remnants…What’s left of Irma will begin to impact the state today. As promised, this won’t be a big deal, locally. We’ll notice scattered to numerous showers lifting north through the day, continuing Wednesday. Greatest overall rainfall coverage across central parts of the state should occur tonight into Wednesday. We’ll also note east and northeast winds gusting over 20 MPH at times. All in all, not a big weather event in the least for our region and our thoughts and prayers remain with our neighbors to our south beginning clean up/ rebuilding efforts.
High pressure will return as we wrap up the work week and move into the weekend. Additionally, a southerly air flow will help pump unseasonably warm conditions northward to encompass the Ohio Valley and Mid West. Our next weather maker will be a cold front that will make a run at the region Monday. Early indications are this front will “wash out” as it nears the region with only a few showers/ embedded thunder expected.
Looking ahead, much more active times loom as we progress through late September and open October…
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.25″ – 0.50″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/09/12/irmas-remnants-limp-into-the-region-warming-up-this-weekend/
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September 11, 2017
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Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/09/11/video-hurricane-irma-and-warmer-times-loom/
Highlights:
- Plentiful sunshine
- Unseasonably cool
- Watching Irma
High Pressure Dominates…There’s no reason to get “wordy” with the short-term forecast, as high pressure will dominate our region. This will result in plentiful sunshine, low humidity, and unseasonably cool, refreshing temperatures. Find time to spend the weekend outside!
All eyes will most certainly be on dangerous Hurricane Irma as she begins to impact the Florida peninsula as early as Saturday. Our thoughts and prayers are with all in Irma’s path, including interior portions of the southeast that will also deal with hurricane conditions late in the weekend into early next week. Here on the home front, we still only expect minimal impacts from Irma. We’ll notice an increasingly gusty easterly breeze late Monday into Tuesday. Additionally, showers are possible (especially across the southern half of the state) Tuesday.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.10″ – 0.25″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/09/08/chamber-of-commerce-weather/
Highlights:
- Unseasonably cool weather continues
- All eyes on Irma
- Impacts TBD, locally
Unseasonably Cool; Irma Dominates Headlines…Upper level energy did, indeed, spark a couple of showers (even some small hail was reported in stronger showers) Wednesday evening. Here at IndyWx.com HQ, we picked up a quick half inch of much needed rainfall! While a couple of showers are possible once again this afternoon, these will be primarily confined to northern portions of the state. Otherwise, the balance of the upcoming forecast period is easy through the weekend: dry with reinforcing cool air arriving over the weekend.
Hurricane Irma will continue to dominate the headlines and will require our focus, locally, for potential impacts early next week. While we’ve built rain into our forecast Tuesday into Wednesday, it’s crucial to note this is an incredibly tough forecast and will require a great deal of fine tuning as we move forward. With that said, a blend of latest data and upper air analysis does suggest portions of the region (particularly eastern areas of the state) do stand a chance to get in on the action of Irma’s remnants Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning. Otherwise, breezy easterly winds are expected for the entire region beginning Monday evening. Stay tuned as we continue to analyze things. Thoughts and prayers are certainly with residents and family along the Southeast coast from southern FL to the Carolinas, including the southern Appalachian region. Speaking of, it should be noted Irma’s impacts will stretch well inland. Irma is forecast to remain a major hurricane wherever she comes ashore (window of opportunity for landfall up from the southern tip of FL all the way up to the Carolina coastline) and her forward speed into the southern Appalachians will combine with the rugged terrain and high elevations to create significant problems inland given the most up-to-date forecast track.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″ – 1.00″ (highly dependent on where Irma’s remnants track)
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/09/06/all-eyes-on-irma/
Highlights:
- Widely scattered storms this afternoon
- Well below average temperatures
- Overall dry pattern continues
Jackets Required…Hoosiers are waking up to temperatures all the way down into the middle and upper 40s away from the city this morning (sure is hard to beat this crisp fall air). Sunshine will greet us out the door, but we’ll notice increasing cloudiness this afternoon and widely scattered thundershowers will follow. Most will stay dry, but enough upper level energy will interact with the cool air aloft to generate “pop corn” variety thundershowers this afternoon and evening. Additionally, highs in the mid 60s today and Thursday will be more like mid-October than early-September.
There’s no reason to waste a lot of pixels on the rest of the forecast period. Dry weather will dominate. Reinforcing cool air will arrive by the weekend and that cooler than average feel will remain throughout the forecast period. We’ll notice a gusty easterly wind at times late in the weekend and early next week as the pressure gradient tightens a bit between an area of high pressure to our northeast and Irma moving north into the Southeast.
Tropics: Irma continues to dominate the headlines, and rightfully so. This morning we have (2) additional storms: Jose and Katia. Jose is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane tonight, but should remain a “fish storm.” Katia will meander around the Bay of Campeche over the next few days and doesn’t pose a threat to the US.
Irma remains a category 5 beast this morning and overnight data continues to paint an ominous picture for the southeastern coast. Folks from the southern FL peninsula all the way up the coast to include the Carolinas need to remain abreast of the latest developments on Irma in the days ahead. Tropical storm conditions are expected to begin as early as Friday evening for southern Florida. Eventually, more of the southeast can expect impacts from Irma late weekend and next week, including interior areas such as the southern Appalachians…
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.00″ – 0.10″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/09/06/mid-october-weather/
Highlights:
- Increasing sunshine
- Scattered showers Wednesday
- Cooler than average
More Like October Than September…A cold front moved through the region last night. As expected, there were “haves and have nots” with the frontal passage, including some rainfall totals over 2″ (especially north and east of the city) while other neighborhoods barely picked up a tenth of an inch.
Northwest winds are blowing now and ushering in much cooler temperatures that will be with us through the forecast period. In fact, temperatures will turn so cool it’ll feel more like October (especially Wednesday and Thursday) than September. Additionally, upper level energy will help create scattered showers Wednesday (not a big deal).
Dry conditions will return as we wrap up the work week and head into early next week. Reinforcing cool air will arrive this weekend and we’ll also note a gusty easterly wind at times, thanks to the circulation between a high off to our northeast and Irma pushing north across the southeast region.
Tropics: Speaking of Irma, she continues to strengthen this morning and very near category 5 status. Preparations should be underway across the Florida peninsula now. We still have time to watch things unfold, but it’s looking increasingly likely that southern Florida will begin to feel tropical storm force winds as early as Friday, followed by a potential landfalling major hurricane over the weekend.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.00″ – 0.10″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/09/05/feeling-like-fall/
