Category Archives: 7-Day Outlook

Warmth Dominates…

screen-shot-2016-10-29-at-7-41-51-amHighlights:

  • Near record warmth
  • Windy conditions
  • Scattered showers to wrap up the weekend
  • “Ups and downs” next week

Hard To Believe This Is Late October…A strong southwest flow will help provide a windy, but incredibly warm Saturday.  Highs will approach record territory around 80.  (We’ll have to keep an eye on that 81 degree record set in 1922).  Southwest winds gusting around 30 MPH will be a good bet this afternoon, especially in the open country.

A weak disturbance will push southeast Sunday and help to increase our cloud cover, along with providing scattered showers- mainly in the afternoon and evening.  We’ll turn cooler, but still remain above normal for Halloween.  Trick-or-treat conditions look ideal, especially considering recent Halloweens have served up rain, storms, and snow across the region.

A warm front will lift north Monday night and offer up another opportunity to push for record warmth Tuesday and Wednesday before a cold front slides through Thursday with showers.  Cooler air will settle into the Ohio Valley and Mid West to wrap up the work week.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 0.10″ – 0.25″
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Warm Close To October And Open To November…

screen-shot-2016-10-27-at-7-56-39-amHighlights:

  • Cooler and blustery today
  • Warmer times coming to close the month and open November
  • Scattered showers return next week

Chilly Today, But Warmer Times Loom…A cold front swept through central IN earlier this morning.  Since we’re on the NW side of the front now, a cooler air mass is filtering in as we type this.  Today will be blustery and chilly with considerable cloudiness.  That said, the chilly air will only hang around for 24 hours, as we begin to moderate Friday afternoon.  SW winds will blow Friday PM and help give a chilly start to the day a rather significant boost into the upper 60s for a high.  Saturday will out-do that as we zoom into the middle 70s.

A weak front will slip through here Sunday and cool us off a few degrees.  While a light shower is possible as the front moves through, we think most stay dry.

We quickly return to the warm regime early next week.  At this time, Halloween looks mild and dry for those trick-or-treaters out there.

Looking further down the road, significant changes loom by mid and late November.  Those changes include the following words: cold and wintry…

Upcoming 7-day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 0.10″-0.25″
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Another Active Week…

screen-shot-2016-10-23-at-8-44-34-pmHighlights:

  • Cool open to the work week
  • Mid and late week fast-moving storm systems
  • Weekend timing questions

Fall Feel To Open The Week…A dry frontal boundary will pass through central IN late tonight.  Our winds will shift to the NW after midnight and help drive in a cooler air mass to open up the new work week.  Despite lots of sunshine, temperatures will be running below average to open the work week.

A fast-moving storm system will scoot through the lower Great Lakes region Wednesday.  This will help serve to strengthen our winds (SW direction) along with create a chance of scattered showers Wednesday evening.  Another pop of unseasonably cool air will blow into town Thursday.

Yet another storm system will press through the region as we get set to head into the weekend. Rainfall totals don’t look particularly impressive, but we’ll lean more towards the Friday night/ Saturday morning storm system as being the better rain-maker of the (2) systems this week.  Cooler air will flow in behind the storm system for the weekend.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 0.50″ – 0.75″
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Increasing Sunshine; Unseasonably Cool Close To The Work Week…

screen-shot-2016-10-21-at-8-33-11-amHighlights:

  • Cool close to the work week
  • Ideal autumn weekend
  • Turning breezy early next week
  • Scattered showers Wednesday PM

Grab The Jacket…After a significant rain event across central Indiana, the weekend will offer up a much-needed time to dry out!  Here’s an illustration of where heaviest rains fell over the past 24-36 hours, courtesy of Weatherbell.com.  Please note these aren’t official rainfall storm totals. Many ground-truth reports into the office include amounts of 1.5″-3″.  Thanks to each of you for your reports!

nws_precip_indy_2High pressure will build in over the weekend and create an increasingly sunny sky.  The only caveat to that will be today where mixed clouds and sun across central IN become a little thicker and may yield lake effect rain showers across northern portions of the state later this afternoon.

We’ll turn briefly milder Sunday (upper 60s to around 70), but it’ll be a breezy day as a dry cold front sets it’s eyes on the region for a Sunday evening sweep!  Reinforcing cool air will blow in to open the work week, but this should be a rain-free frontal passage as our air mass will be very dry.

The next storm system that could deliver rain arrives Wednesday evening.  Along with scattered showers, a gusty SW wind can be expected before cooler air blows in to close next week.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 0.10″ – 0.25″
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Much Cooler Feel; Increasing Weekend Sunshine…

screen-shot-2016-10-20-at-7-40-05-amHighlights:

  • “Raw” weather today
  • Increasing weekend sunshine
  • Patchy frost Saturday morning

Wet And Chilly Today…An area of low pressure will track northeast along the Ohio River, into the interior portions of the Northeast between now and Friday.  Additionally, a cold front will continue to press southeast today.  The combination of these ingredients will equal a wet, raw, and breezy day across central IN.  (Definitely NOT a chamber of commerce day).  Temperatures will remain nearly steady through the daytime hours before sliding off relatively quickly tonight.

We’ll wrap up the work week and head into the weekend with increasing sunshine, but the coolest air of the fall season thus far.  Temperatures will grow chilly enough Saturday morning to present a patchy frost threat for outlying areas away from the metro.

Winds will increase Sunday as our next cold front approaches.  The air mass ahead of this front is very dry so we’re not expecting much, if any, precipitation with this next frontal passage (FROPA), but it will serve to offer up reinforcing cool air early next week.

The next storm system that could offer up rain will arrive Wednesday evening.  From this distance, it doesn’t appear to be a heavy rain event.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 0.75″ – 1.50″
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