Aug 29
I.) Overnight rain and storms impacted central Indiana during the overnight. Some of the slow moving storms dumped a quick 2″ of rain in isolated areas, but most ended up…
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Aug 27
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Dry Close To The Weekend…First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with Texas as one of the worst flood events in our country’s history is unfolding this morning. With days of heavy rain ahead, an additonal 20″-30″ will fall on eastern Texas. Just horrific.
Here on the home front, we’ll wrap up the weekend on a dry note, but upper level energy will drift overhead late tonight and help generate scattered showers and thunderstorms as early as the predawn hours Monday. We’ll maintain a bit of an unsettled regime into Tuesday before dry conditions return Wednesday.
A backdoor cold front will push through central Indiana Thursday and a broken line of showers and thunderstorms may accompany this frontal passage. A northeasterly flow will usher in an unseasonably cool, early fall-like, close to the work week.
Looking ahead, an even stronger cold front has it’s eyes set on the region late next weekend or early the following week. Strong thunderstorm potential is present with this storm system followed by the coolest air since last spring…
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Aug 24
Good morning, friends! Temperatures this morning are in the lower 50s for many across central Indiana as our “hint” of fall continues to wrap up the month of August. I…
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Aug 22
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Cold Front Arrives…A cold front is pressing into the state today and generating unsettled weather across the region. Widespread heavy rains fell overnight across northern parts of the state (areas just west of Lafayette have picked up 3″-4″ of rain during the past 24 hours). Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms can be expected through early evening before a much drier and cooler air mass arrives tonight behind the frontal passage.
That drier and cooler regime will set the tone for the rest of the week and weekend. High pressure will settle in and provide plentiful sunshine. Additionally, cool, Canadian air will pour south as we progress through the second half of the week. This will result in well below normal temperatures and conditions that will feel more like mid to late September rather than late August.
Tropics: Harvey is likely to stage a comeback over the next few days once he emerges into the southwest Gulf of Mexico. Folks with interests along the Texas coastline should certainly monitor Harvey for tropical implications as the weekend approaches. An interior heavy rain/ flood threat will result, as well.
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Aug 20
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Time To Sweat…A hot and increasingly humid airmass will be with us as we open a new week. While most of the upcoming 24-48 hours will remain rain-free, we will mention chances of an isolated to widely scattered thunderstorm Monday. Most will remain free of rain and storms, but those lucky folks who do find themselves under a storm Monday can expect to pick up a quick 1″ of rain. Better overall coverage of showers and thunderstorms will develop late Monday night into Tuesday.
Typically, a pattern change such as what we’ll undergo this week (summer-like to early fall-like) would yield widespread showers and thunderstorms. However, a look at short-term, higher resolution data isn’t particularly “excited” about widespread significant rainfall across central Indiana. We expect a weakening complex of thunderstorms off to our northwest to drift southeast Monday night. Depending on how quickly this complex weakens will determine rainfall amounts, locally. Additionally, it’s very possible this weakening storm complex will serve to limit new thunderstorm development Tuesday as the cold front moves closer. We do note high resolution data places emphasis on northern and southern parts of the state for heaviest rains and it’s tough to disagree with that idea given what we’re looking at right now. Stay tuned.
Regardless of the rain and storm situation, locally, we’ll all turn significantly cooler by midweek. In fact, temperatures will grow cool enough to feel like mid-September. Dry conditions will carry us into next weekend.
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