Category: Forecast Discussion

Monday Evening Video Update; Feeling Very Much Like Summer…

Quick video update tonight discusses some of our thoughts as we progress through the week ahead!

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Monday Morning Weather Rambles…

Walking out the door this morning feels dramatically different than what we’ve enjoyed over the weekend!  Not only are humidity levels much higher, but temperatures are 15-20 degrees warmer than what they were this time 24 hours ago across the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes.

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With the increased warmth and humidity, it’s not going to take much to kick scattered showers and thunderstorms off.  That’s exactly what we’re seeing across central Indiana this morning.  Locally heavy downpours are possible under any of the stronger storms.

Look at the Northeast region radar snapped at 8am, courtesy of the Penn State e-wall site:

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As for precipitation amounts, it still appears as if we’re in a wetter than normal regime over the next couple weeks.  As of this morning, we’re officially running 1.56″ above normal at IND year-to-date.  A look over a blend of GFS, Euro, and Canadian would imply widespread 2-3″ amounts over the upcoming two weeks, with locally heavier totals where local downpours occur.  This is NOT what one wanting a hot pattern to lock in wants to hear.

While warmth and humidity will be the story this week, we still think we turn cooler to wrap up June.  We’ve been talking about a cooler than normal pattern developing for late month and latest guidance continues to suggest that thinking has merit.  Much more later!  BTW- your 7-day forecast can be found here.

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Very Humid; Splash And Dash Storms…

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We’ve been timing this whole weather thing just right, haven’t we?! It seems as if late spring and meteorological summer has already featured countless pleasant weekends and whatever rain and storms we deal with arrive during the work week.  I say let’s just keep going with that schedule, what about you?!  🙂  As promised, a much more humid and warmer brand of air will greet us to kick off the new work week and isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will dot themselves across the central Indiana landscape.  With all of the humidity in place, it’s going to be tough to get a completely rain-free day region wide this week, but we’re targeting Tuesday and Wednesday as days with limited, to no, storm coverage.  Additionally, we’ve reached the time of year where it’s mighty tough to get into any sort of all day rain (unless some type of tropical feature is in play) so expect many dry hours on the days we’re featuring rain chances and some places won’t see any rain, whatsoever.  This is what we call the “splash and dash” variety of showers and storms.  All in all, the upcoming week will feature weather conditions very similar to summer!

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Beautiful Weekend Underway!

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Normal lows and highs for mid June are in the lower 60s and lower 80s, respectfully.  Once again today, temperatures will remain well below average.  Many communities outside of the circle dipped into the 40s this morning- officially 46 this morning here at IndyWx.com HQ.  Highs today will only reach the middle 70s under a mostly sunny sky with a light north breeze.  Get outside and enjoy every minute of it!  (BTW- does this weather have anyone else craving college football season)?  In looking ahead, it’s a good thing we’re able to get the AC a break for a few days, because we still anticipate the heat and humidity to really crank next week.  While Father’s Day will get off to another refreshing start, humidity will build during the afternoon and evening, and really set the tone for the week ahead- hot and humid!  We’ll monitor the chances of a couple complexes of showers and thunderstorms late Sunday night through Tuesday and again Thursday through Friday, but it won’t rain the entire period.

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Friday Evening Video Update

A pleasant and cool evening is underway and many will dip into the upper 40s overnight.  The video discusses more!

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Perfect Bonfire Weather…

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A noisy thunderstorm rolled through the northern suburbs last night.  I was awaken from a deep sleep around 12:30 to plenty of lightning, thunder, and heavy rain.  While there are a couple showers around this morning, those will track east rather quickly and a pleasant northwest wind will usher in amazingly cool and refreshing air for this time of year.  Simply put (yet again) today and Saturday will feature weather that just cannot get any better this time of year.  We forecast many outlying communities away from the city to reach the upper 40s Saturday morning and highs both today and Saturday will only climb into the lower 70s.  Ahhh, anyone else craving fall?!  For those summer lovers, have no fear as heat and humidity will build late in the weekend and really set the tone for the week ahead.  Additionally, a couple round of showers and heavy thunderstorms will be possible next week.  Right now we target Monday and Thursday for best chances of heavy rain.

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Thursday Morning Long Range Outlook…

Good morning!  We’ll have your full, updated, 7-day forecast posted here later this evening!  We wanted to discuss a few of the weather highlights as we move forward the next week, and beyond!

1.  A cold front will move through tonight and early Friday.  A shower or thunderstorm is possible as the front moves through, but won’t be a huge deal. Best rain/ storm chances appear to be across eastern portions of the region.

2.  Temperatures and humidity values will be at levels simply as pleasant as you can ask for this time of year Friday and Saturday.  Upper 60s to lower 70s during the afternoon and overnight lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s.  Hint of fall before true summer even begins?!  I’ll take it!

3.  Heat and humidity builds next week with ridging, but we continue to think this is a transient type pattern and seeds are already being planted for cooler times once past June 20th.  A couple days of 90 degree heat are possible mid to late next week.  Furthermore, with all of the moisture in the ground, humidity levels will be oppressive.  In other words, it turns hot and humid next week, but nothing too unusual for this time of year.  Like so many other times it’s tried to get hot this year, it seems as if the seeds for cooler are already being seen.

Lets examine some of the mid to long range model data.  We’ll start with a look at the 500 mb pattern off the GFS reforecast product from the Physical Science Division (PSD).  Note the riding that develops next week, but also note the trough and associated cooler pattern showing up just after the 20th.

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The GFS ensembles show the warmth (they still aren’t representing the warmth to the magnitude in which we’re going to see in my opinion, but you get the overall idea) next week and the coming cooler pattern around, and after, the 20th, relative to normal.

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The Canadian NAEFS product is next, outlining the temperature anomalies 6/20-6/27.  Note the warmer temperatures relative to normal (represented by the reds and orange hues) shifting off the east coast and the cooler temperatures (blue shades) developing and spreading east through the center of the country.

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Finally, let’s look at the CFSv2 weeks 3-4 product.  Again, we admit this model can be erratic at times, but we feel like it has a good handle on the coming pattern, as well, in this particular case.  The greens show the cooler than average pattern anticipated as we go through the back 7-10 days of June.

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As we close, it should also be noted that the overall active and wetter than normal pattern looks to continue as we put a wrap to the month of June.  We’re already off to a near-record pace for June rainfall across central Indiana and while we’ll have some dry days, the overall theme remains an active and wet one in the weeks ahead.

Much more with your full 7-day forecast later this evening!

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Unsettled Wednesday…

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Tuesday Evening Video Update!

Good evening and thank you for logging onto IndyWx.com!  Tonight’s video covers the unsettled time of things tonight into Wednesday morning as low pressure continues to have a hold on our area’s weather.  Also, we talk long range weather and give you an idea of what you can expect for the rest of the month of June, temperature-wise!  While we didn’t get into the precipitation side of things in tonight’s video for late month, I will say it continues to look very unsettled with above average rainfall anticipated to wrap up the month of June.  Anywhere from an additional 3-5″ of rain is possible as we go through the rest of the month here across central Indiana.

While the CFSv2 can be a bit erratic at times, we feel the model has a good handle on the way the overall pattern will evolve late June into July.

While the CFSv2 can be a bit erratic at times, we feel the model has a good handle on the way the overall pattern will evolve late June into July.

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Soaking Rain Tuesday…

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