Category: 7-Day Outlook

Nice Timing; Looking Ahead To Next Week…

Updated 06.04.22 @ 7:08a

We sure are on a nice streak as of late with our weekend weather! If your plans don’t include outdoor activities this weekend, might I recommend a change in the schedule! Dry time will hold across central Indiana into the daytime Monday while we watch showers impact our friends to the north (a few showers will be likely Sunday for our far northern IN subscribers). Pleasant, refreshing air for this time of year will be an added bonus this weekend.

The next opportunity of rain, locally, will arrive Monday, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. Even this shouldn’t be a big deal though. At one time what will likely look like a formidable area of rain will likely diminish in rather quick fashion as it moves into the dry airmass in place across central IN.

This particular front will blow through Monday night and Tuesday morning. A northwesterly flow aloft will dominate next week. Mild temperatures will continue, especially by June standards. (We’ll have several days by the middle and latter part of next week in the 70s for highs and 50s for lows). The next chance of rain will arrive with a secondary cold front Wednesday.

Finally, the “caboose” in the series of systems next week will blow through Friday with another round of rain. It’s this system that appears to have the best chance of tapping into a higher moisture source so the early lean is that we’ll see the most widespread rain in the series to close the work week.

All total, rainfall amounts with the first 2 systems appear paltry at best (on average less than 0.25” from both). Early indications are heavier amounts of rain will fall with Friday’s system. We’ll bracket 0.50” and 1.5” of rain in the week ahead for the majority of central IN rain gauges.

In the meantime, continue to enjoy our pleasant early summer weather! We’ll keep an eye on the upcoming week’s trends and update accordingly moving forward.

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Going Back-To-Back; Still Looking To Dry Things Out This Weekend. Pattern Change On Deck Mid-Month?

Updated 05.03.22 @ 7:37a

Rain and embedded thunder is widespread across the state this morning.

Most of the morning round of rain and storms will end from southwest to northeast (may linger through a good chunk of the day across northern parts of the state) by late morning. Should we work any sort of sunshine into the mix, that will only further aid in destabilizing the local atmosphere for what will likely be a 2nd round of storms this afternoon into the early evening hours.

High resolution guidance shows this 2nd round of storms firing up around 2 to the 3 o’clock. A few of these could become strong to severe, especially from Indianapolis and points east.

Thankfully, things will quieten down quickly come evening. Most, if not all, of the storms should be to our east by 8p. That will then set the stage for a much more pleasant day Wednesday, complete with sunshine.

Enjoy it as our next storm system will arrive quickly Thursday. After a bit of sun to start our day, clouds will quickly increase and showers and thunderstorms will follow by afternoon. As low pressure traverses the Ohio Valley, unsettled weather will persist Friday.

A drier and cooler air mass will work in here for the weekend. By that time, additional rainfall amounts in excess of 2″ can be expected across many central IN communities.

Saturday will feature dry conditions and improving skies as we progress through the day, complete with a northeast breeze. Dry conditions should also remain in place for Mother’s Day.

Longing for a quieter, more pleasant pattern? You may be in luck as we rumble into mid-May. An upper level ridge is expected to expand across the region which will go a long way in helping provide a stretch of drier and significantly warmer weather. In fact, we should see a “taste” of summer towards the early and middle parts of next week. Hang in there, friends.

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Blocky Pattern Leads To Drier, Cooler Stretch; Looking Ahead To A Return Of Active Times…

Updated 04.26.22 @ 5:30a

Now that our cold front is to our east, it’s time to look ahead to the next weather maker. Headlines over the next 48 hours will come from patchy frost potential (or “widespread” if north of the city, itself).

Weak systems will try and push into the Ohio Valley over the next 72 hours but most, if not all, of these systems should run into a drier, more stable airmass, locally and a rather significant weakening of any sort of organized areas of rain.

There will be times of mostly cloudy conditions and light shower chances midweek but most, if not all, of any sort of “organized” rain chances will hold off until the weekend. What at times will look like appreciable rain heading in our direction will diminish in significant fashion as it pushes east into the region. The blocking pattern will breakdown and allow more organized rain and storm chances to enter the picture from the west this weekend.

Rain and storm chances should increase in earnest Saturday night into Sunday morning, including the potential of locally heavy downpours.

Another storm system awaits on deck for a Sunday evening and Monday morning arrival…

More on this and more in this evening’s client video update.

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VIDEO: Stunner Of A Sunday Dialed Up; Timing Out Rain And Storm Chances In The Week Ahead, And Looking At Another Shot Of Winter-Like Conditions Week 2…

Updated 04.09.22 @ 8:51a

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VIDEO: Potential Of A Higher Impact Winter Event Next Week…

Updated 01.28.22 @ 7a

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