Category: 7-Day Outlook

Sep 12

Tracking Two Fronts This Week…

It’s a quiet and cool start to the work week across central Indiana.  In fact, a couple upper 40s are showing up on the morning station plots.  It’s getting to be that time of the year…  (Feel free to click on the image to enlarge).

screen-shot-2016-09-12-at-7-35-53-amTemperatures are running slightly below average, locally, with cooler anomalies across the Northeast.

screen-shot-2016-09-12-at-7-37-20-amHigh pressure will remain entrenched over our region today and supply dry conditions and pleasant humidity levels.

gfs_mslp_pcpn_frzn_us_1Our next storm system will push in Wednesday and as the cold front sags south through the state, it will spark scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm.

gfs_mslp_pcpn_frzn_us_10Reinforcing cool air will move in behind the front for a couple days.  Lows in the lower-middle 50s with highs in the upper 70s.

3As we flip the page to the weekend, it still looks rather damp Saturday as another boundary moves in.  This will have more moisture to work with when compared to Wednesday and rain coverage will be more widespread.  As a whole, (7) day rainfall totals should be in the 0.50″-1.00″ range for most.

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Sep 11

Gorgeous Open To The Week…

screen-shot-2016-09-11-at-10-24-00-amHighlights:

  • Sun-filled days
  • Crisp air
  • Midweek showers
  • Saturday rain

Fall Feel…Sprawling high pressure will supply a dry open to the week, complete with plentiful sunshine and dry air.  Conditions will be beautiful to spend time outdoors- very much like early fall.

Our next weather maker will scoot through the region Wednesday with scattered showers. Once  the front blows through, reinforcing cool air will press into the state Wednesday evening.  A few reports of upper 40s will be likely away from the city Thursday and Friday morning.

While timing is still a bit up in the air at this distance, Saturday is looking unsettled as another cold front blows through.  (Get the idea we’re in an active period)?

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 0.50″-1.00″

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Sep 10

Drier, Cooler Air On Our Doorstep…

screen-shot-2016-09-10-at-9-20-41-amHighlights:

  • Greatest storm coverage and intensity this morning
  • Turning much drier and cooler
  • Reinforcing mid week cool air

Turning Much Drier This Evening…It’s been a wet and stormy time of things as of late.  Locally heavy rain will continue to accompany stronger storms this morning, but we note greatest storm coverage should begin to shift ENE as the morning progresses into afternoon.  Renewed showers will likely develop this afternoon as the cold front moves through the state.  We’ll then enjoy a marked NW wind shift this evening and that will help push much drier and cooler air in to help create a true fall feel tonight.  The second half of the weekend look beautiful- sunny and crisp!

Much needed dry time will be with us for the balance of the upcoming work week.  We note a reinforcing push of cool air mid week that could spark a shower, but rainfall amounts don’t look impressive (the air will be much drier than the “soupy” feel we’ve been dealing with for the past week).  A more significant rain-maker should arrive next weekend…

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 1″-2″

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Sep 02

Hot Weather Returns…

Screen Shot 2016-09-02 at 7.24.49 AMHighlights:

  • Sun-filled days
  • Turning hot
  • Storm chances return by mid week

Refreshing Temperatures (For Now)…High pressure and a dry northeast flow will continue to support refreshing conditions across the region.  Plentiful sunshine along with low humidity values will create ideal weather to spend time outdoors as we go into the long Labor Day weekend.  Perhaps a bonfire is in order this evening?

Eventually, our air flow will back around to the southwest and this will allow a much warmer and increasingly humid air mass to return.  Sunday will be noticeably hotter, but the true push of humidity will arrive Labor Day into Tuesday.  It’ll, officially, feel “oppressive” by mid week.  That increased moisture will also help ignite scattered storm chances Wednesday into Thursday.

Looking just beyond the (7) day period shows the potential of a cooler period building back in next weekend…

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 0.25″-0.50″

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Aug 31

Refreshing Times Ahead…

Screen Shot 2016-08-31 at 7.16.54 AMHighlights:

  • Scattered afternoon storms
  • Turning much drier and cooler tonight
  • Refreshing into the weekend

Cold Front Inbound…We’re getting to that time of the year where cold fronts will begin to pack more and more of a punch, offering up increasingly cool to, eventually, cold air…  An early fall-like front will surge south this evening.  Ahead of the boundary, scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon into the evening- particularly from central into southern portions of the state.  Storms will be moving relatively quickly this evening so flash flood concerns are limited.

Behind the front, much drier and cooler air will ooze into the region tonight and set us up for an absolutely delightful few days of weather, complete with dry skies and low humidity.  Temperatures into the upper 40s wouldn’t surprise us Saturday morning for outlying communities.

Eventually the heat will return from Labor Day into most of next week.  As moisture surges north, scattered storm chances will also return to our forecast by Tuesday.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 0.50″-0.75″

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