Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.75″-1.50″ (locally heavier amounts)
Category: 7-Day Outlook
Jun 04
Video Update: Rainy, Stormy Saturday…
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Jun 02
Best Day Of The Week Arrives Friday…
Highlights:
- Beautiful Friday!
- Rain and thunder returns Saturday
- Cooler early next week
TGIF…The best weather day of the week has saved itself for Friday. Find a way to get outside and enjoy it! After a delay in the arrival of drier air, we’ll (finally) tap into lower dew points tonight into the day Friday, but it’ll be short-lived. Increasingly moist air will return as early as overnight Friday into Saturday. Drizzle and showers could accompany a warm front lifting north through the region during the wee morning hours Saturday. Additionally, thunderstorms are possible Saturday afternoon and evening as an upper trough surges southeast into the Ohio Valley.
The region will remain in a cooler, northwest flow pattern into early next week. With plenty of upper level energy around, showers are possible (scattered in nature) during the afternoon hours into Tuesday. Drier air will allow for partly cloudy skies to return to the forecast by mid week.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″-1.25″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2016/06/02/best-day-of-the-week-arrives-friday/
Jun 01
Drier Close To The Work Week; Unsettled, Cooler Weekend…
Highlights:
- Drier close to the work week
- Strong storm chance Saturday PM
- Unsettled and cooler early next week
Turning Cooler Over The Weekend…A cold front tapped into available moisture and resulted in locally heavy rain Wednesday afternoon and evening. In some spots, as much as 2″ of rain fell in a very short period of time. We’ll begin to dry things out to wrap up the work week, along with partly cloudy and less humid conditions.
An upper trough will dig into the Ohio Valley Saturday and could help spark strong to potentially severe thunderstorms for portions of the region Saturday afternoon and evening. We’ll keep a close eye on things over the next day or two.
We’ll turn significantly cooler over the weekend into early next week. With plenty of upper level energy around the region, we’ll have to mention the chance of a scattered shower into early next week. Dry conditions return by the middle of next week.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″-0.75″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2016/06/01/drier-close-to-the-work-week-unsettled-cooler-weekend/
May 31
Local Downpours Wednesday…
Highlights:
- Scattered Midweek Storms
- Cooler and unsettled this weekend
- Cooler than average open to next week
Haves And Have Nots…A cold front will move through the region Wednesday evening and result in scattered showers and thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon and evening hours. While there will be some localized heavy downpours, not everyone can expect heavy rain tomorrow. We’ll note a wind shift and drier air Thursday.
As we progress into the upcoming weekend, a trough will begin to carve itself out over the region. Not only will this provide a cooler air mass, but multiple upper level disturbances will track through the region, helping keep things rather unsettled at times this weekend into early next week. While we’re not talking about heavy rain, there will be rainy periods at times as these pieces of upper level energy move through.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″-1.00″ (locally heavier totals)
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May 31
Tuesday AM Video Weather Brief In 90 Seconds…
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May 30
Beautiful Memorial Day Weather…
Highlights:
- Sunny, warm Memorial Day
- Scattered storms mid week
- Cooler late in the forecast period
Sunscreen and Sunglasses needed…High pressure will supply plenty of sunshine for Memorial Day. While it’ll be warm, it’ll be a little less humid than the past few days. All-in-all, it’ll be a great day to be outdoors. Enjoy it!
A cold front will move closer to the region come midweek and tap into available Gulf moisture to create a good chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms Wednesday PM into Thursday.
Come late week, modeling differs on the precise details. For now, we’re leaning towards a cooler, unsettled look. Fine tuning will be required as we move forward.
7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.25″-0.75″
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May 28
Better Chance Of Afternoon/ Evening Storms Today; Big Cool Down Looming…
Highlights:
- Scattered PM storms fire up
- Warm, humid, but mostly dry race day and Memorial Day
- Big cool down looming
Better Coverage Of PM Storms…A warm, humid, and increasingly unstable air mass will be present today. Throw in a couple weak upper level disturbances lifting through the region and we should see a better coverage of afternoon/ evening thunderstorm activity when compared to the past couple days. Some locally heavy rainfall will be possible.
Thankfully, aerial coverage of showers and storms will diminish Sunday and Memorial Day, itself. We’ll maintain mention of an isolated to widely scattered storm. Conditions will remain warm and humid.
Our next best chance of rain and storms will push in Thursday. This is in association with a cold front. Behind this cold front, expect a big push of refreshing, unseasonably cool air to blow into town to close the work week. Temperatures grow cooler next weekend (lows at night in the 40s are possible).
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2016/05/28/better-chance-of-afternoon-evening-storms-today-big-cool-down-looming/
May 26
Warm And Humid; More Dry Time Than Stormy…
Highlights:
- Scattered storms into the weekend
- Isolated storm coverage Sunday-Monday, but drier overall
- Scattered storms return mid week
Not A Bad Forecast…The overall theme with tonight’s forecast package is warm and humid. While scattered thunderstorms will remain in our forecast Friday and Saturday, overall coverage of thunderstorm activity will diminish Sunday-Monday (isolated coverage both days). From this distance, the Indy 500 weather looks nice- just an isolated storm threat and quite warm. Widespread rain totals should remain below half an inch through the weekend, but we caution that locally heavier totals will certainly be possible (though it’s impossible to be precise where exactly those heavier showers and storms track).
Drier times will greet us as we return to work Tuesday, but we’ll be eyeing an approaching late week cold front by this time. This front will present our next chance of widespread shower and thunderstorm activity, along with a transition to a much cooler air mass just beyond the forecast period.
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2016/05/26/warm-and-humid-more-dry-time-than-stormy/
May 24
Turning Much More Humid…
Highlights:
- Oppressive feel develops
- Scattered storms to close the week
- Less storm coverage for the 500 and Memorial Day
Ready To Sweat? A much more humid and oppressive feel will develop Wednesday (dew points likely surge to 70 by afternoon). Along with the muggy air mass, we expect scattered showers and embedded thunderstorms to develop. We’ll maintain mention of scattered storms into the weekend, but want to stress that these won’t be uniform in the least. That said, with all of the moisture in the air, stronger storms will be capable of producing locally heavy rainfall.
We continue to keep a close eye on the data for Sunday and Monday. Thankfully, latest indications suggest we see an overall decrease in aerial coverage of showers and storms both days. We’ll call it “isolated” for now. It’ll be plenty hot and humid.
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May 23
Not As Bad As It May Look…
Highlights:
- Dry feel turns much more humid
- Splash and dash storms, but many dry hours
- Warm, humid Memorial Day/ Race weekend
One More Dry Day…High pressure is scooting away from the region, but will remain close enough to supply central IN with dry conditions Tuesday. Though warm, we’ll enjoy one more day with dry air in place.
A SW wind shift will deliver an increasingly moist air mass for mid week, continuing into the long holiday and race weekend ahead. In fact, dew points will surge to readings around 70 (downright oppressive). While there will be times of scattered showers and thunderstorms, there will also be many dry hours, as well. We continue to keep an eye on Wednesday for the potential of a strong to severe storm.
As we continue to grow closer to the holiday and race weekend, questions continue to increase around the forecast specifics, and rightfully so. While we need to be prepared for an afternoon/ evening storm, these will be scattered and there will be “haves and have nots” when it comes to storm/ rain activity over the balance of the upcoming forecast period. Again, we want to emphasize there should be plenty of dry time.
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