Category: Autumn

Sep 10

October-Like Weekend…

Screen Shot 2015-09-10 at 7.53.17 AMHighlights:

  • Dry day before showers arrive tonight
  • MUCH cooler weekend with showers around
  • Dry and pleasant early-mid next week

The first of two cold fronts pushed through the region last night and helped usher in late day clearing that set up a beautiful sunset across central IN.  The heat of September’s open is long gone and in it’s wake we can expect gorgeous weather today, with some sunshine before clouds increase later today.

A secondary cold front will sweep in to close the work week and this front will be responsible for delivering gusty showers Friday, followed by an airmass that’s more October-like than September over the weekend.  It’ll be a perfect weekend for football, chili, bonfires, and all things pumpkin! 🙂

Dry conditions return next week with moderating temperatures.

Upcoming 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.50″

@Cryptics caught an amazing sunset last night, after what was a rather rainy, gloomy day.

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Sep 07

Summer Like Now, But Fall Weather Is Coming…

Screen Shot 2015-09-07 at 9.57.37 PMHighlights:

  • Shower and storm chances
  • One-two punch of cooler air
  • Very fall-like weekend

A cold front is draped across the Plains this evening helping to ignite thunderstorms.  This front will slowly continue to push east and be responsible for increased chances of showers and thunderstorms across our neck of the woods late Tuesday into Wednesday.  We think a rather large area of showers and thunderstorms will diminish in intensity and coverage as it pushes across the state Tuesday night.  For an area that’s grown dry as of late, that’s not the news we want to hear.  There will be another opportunity for showers and thunderstorms to develop ahead of the frontal boundary that passes late Wednesday.

Drier and cooler weather will build in to close the work week, but a secondary push of cool, autumn-like air will arrive in time for the weekend.  Add in some upper level energy and we’ll need to mention a passing shower Saturday and Sunday.  It’ll feel drastically different this weekend that what we experienced last weekend.  Pumpkin spice latte, anyone? 🙂

Upcoming 7-Day Rainfall Forecast:  0.25″ – 0.50″

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Sep 07

Labor Day Weather Notebook…

September Scorcher: September has gotten off on a downright hot note.     While we have a couple more days of highs that will push 90°, changes are brewing that will…

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Sep 04

Summer Like Now, But Cooler Times Loom…

Screen Shot 2015-09-04 at 7.59.33 AMHighlights:

  • Storm potential north
  • Hot Labor Day weekend
  • Cold front delivers storms and cooler air next week

We’re off to another steamy one this morning with many neighborhoods already between 65-70 as we type this predawn Friday.  We’ll zoom up yet again to around 90 this afternoon with only isolated storm coverage.  Better chances of rain and storms can be expected across northeastern portions of the state due to a little “weakness” in the atmosphere.

The story for the long holiday weekend is one of heat and humidity, with little, if any, storm threat (very isolated coverage).  Highs Saturday though Monday should reach around 90.

However, changes are coming down the road as a significant cold front sweeps the region Wednesday into Thursday.  Showers and thunderstorms will accompany the frontal passage followed by a MUCH cooler, fall-like, air mass arriving by the end of next week.

Upcoming 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.50″ – 1″

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Sep 02

Cooler Times Ahead By Mid Month?

Summer sure doesn’t appear to be letting go anytime soon as our recent 7-day outlook suggests, but there are indications that our unseasonably hot and humid regime may take a back seat to the refreshing taste of fall in about 10 days.  The big “tip of the cap” towards the cooler pattern?  The PNA, or Pacific North American pattern, shifting from negative to positive.  As shown below, both the European (top) and GFS (bottom) highlight the PNA shift to positive.

Screen Shot 2015-09-02 at 7.58.03 AMA positive PNA favors eastern troughiness and an associated cooler than normal regime over our neck of the woods.

PositivePNASure enough, models are trending towards a much cooler direction for week 2.

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Screen Shot 2015-09-02 at 7.54.14 AMIt’ll be fun to watch things unfold.  For now, if you’re a fan of summer weather, be sure to enjoy the next week, or so, as things appear to be changing for the much cooler side of things around the 10th (give or take a day or two).

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