Category: Autumn

Aug 17

Early Fall Feel Coming…

Screen Shot 2016-08-17 at 10.08.38 AMHighlights:

  • Scattered Showers
  • Saturday storm chance
  • Early fall feel on deck

Drier Overall…It’s been a wet few days across the region.  While we’ll begin to transition towards a drier regime to wrap up the work week, scattered showers and storms will remain in the forecast today and Thursday.  Best concentration of storms will be located across north-central IN this evening.  Rain/ storm coverage will be even less on Thursday.

Our next item of interest will arrive on the scene in the form of a cold front Saturday.  Showers and a couple gusty thunderstorms are a good bet Saturday afternoon/ evening as the cold front sweeps through the state.  Our winds will then shift to the northwest and help usher in a much cooler, drier time of things for the second half of the weekend.  Stepping outside Sunday morning will provide a definite hint of fall, complete with a breezy NW wind.

Early next week will continue to feature dry and unseasonably cool times before we turn our attention to what could potentially be a heavy rain maker setting up just past the 7-day period…

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

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

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Aug 14

Heavy Rain Continues; Early Fall Preview Late Next Weekend…

Screen Shot 2016-08-14 at 9.57.05 AMHighlights:

  • Periods of heavy rain
  • Drying out come mid week
  • Cold front arrives next weekend

Flooding Concerns…Renewed heavy rain is pushing through central IN as we write up the morning forecast package.  This conveyor belt of moisture will continue to lift northeast and eventually break up and diminish during the late morning and early afternoon.  Despite scattered showers this afternoon, drier times will ensue, overall.  Unfortunately, this drier period won’t last long as another slug of moisture lifts north late tonight and continues Monday.   Additional heavy rainfall can be expected, including the potential of rainfall rates approaching 2″+/ hour.  Given the water-logged soils across the region, concerns of flash flooding are very high Monday.

Eventually, we’ll dry things out come mid week and introduce more sunshine back into the forecast.  Our next item on the agenda will be a cold front that will sweep through the state Saturday.  Scattered showers and thunderstorms will accompany the boundary as it moves through the region before much drier and cooler air blows in for the second half of the weekend.  In fact, a welcomed early fall preview awaits come Sunday.  Thoughts of football, pumpkin “everything,” bonfires, and apple cider will be prevalent this time next week…

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 2″-4″ (locally heavier totals)

 

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Dec 01

Welcome To Meteorological Winter…

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Nov 30

Considerable Cloudiness Remain; Mid Week Snow Flakes…

Screen Shot 2015-11-30 at 7.27.36 AMHighlights:

  • Showers/ drizzle return tonight
  • Scattered snow showers Wednesday
  • Dry and mild to close the week

We’re getting the work week kicked off with weather conditions that have been common over the Thanksgiving weekend- cloudy and cold.  Moisture will return slowly this evening and overnight with showers and drizzle moving back in.  We’re not looking at significant rains by any stretch of the imagination, but this is what the radar could look like during the overnight, courtesy of Weatherbell.com.

OvernightShowers will exit Tuesday morning and most of the day will be rain-free.  Colder air will slowly move back into the state Wednesday morning and as wrap-around moisture pivots through central and northern IN Wednesday scattered snow showers will result.  We’re not looking at any accumulations, but it’ll be nice to see a little of the white stuff falling.

WednesdayMorningOnce our Wednesday snow showers exit we’ll get back to dry skies and mild temperatures to wrap up the work week and head into the weekend.

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Nov 27

Extended Stretch Of Raw Conditions…

Screen Shot 2015-11-27 at 7.13.46 AMHighlights:

  • Periods of rain
  • Turning colder
  • Finally begin to dry things out

We sure hope you enjoyed those pleasant conditions on Thanksgiving Day, as rain (and eventually colder air) is settling in for the long haul.

The overall set-up shows a cold front slicing it’s way through the mid section this morning.  This front will continue to slowly settle southeast and much colder air will “ooze” into the area directly behind the boundary later tonight and Saturday.  Unfortunately, once the front passes to our south, additional disturbances will move along the front and enhance rain across our area from time to time over the weekend.

Here’s a snap shot, courtesy of Weatherbell.com, of what we the surface map/ simulated radar may look like as we rumble through the Thanksgiving weekend.

FridayMap

SaturdayMap

SundayMapAs mentioned above, the temperature story will also be a focal point later tonight.  Notice the incredible difference within just a matter of miles as we go deeper into the weekend.  While central IN will be in the “transition” period tonight, all of the area will be on the cold side of the boundary Saturday.  That forecast high in the upper 40s that you see above in our 7-day will be at midnight as most of tomorrow will be in the upper 30s/lower 40s.

8pFriTemp

Sat4pTempWe’ll continue to deal with unsettled and rather “raw” conditions into the early portions of next week, but we should finally be able to shake the damp conditions by Wednesday.  We’ll continue to keep a close eye on yet another system late next week, but models keep this storm to our south as of now.  Stay tuned.

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