Category: Forecast
Highlights:
- Beautiful Sunday
- Multiple rounds of heavy rain and storms through the work week
- Cooler next weekend
Gearing Up For Busy Times…We’ll wrap the weekend up on a pleasant note with plentiful sunshine and low humidity. Enjoy it as active times loom…
We’ll begin to notice an increase in humidity as early as tonight and there’s a chance some of our far western counties could get in on a shower or thunderstorm this evening into the nighttime. Better coverage of showers and thunderstorms will come in waves beginning Monday and continuing through the majority of the work week. Individual disturbances moving southeast will have ample energy and moisture to work with and it won’t take much for storms to become severe in this kind of set-up. Dew points will reach “oppressive” levels Monday into Tuesday (70°+) and precipitable water values will exceed 2″ at times. Accordingly, where storms “train” there’s the potential of 3″-6″ of rain by week’s end.
While we can’t shut off rain and storm chances, we can introduce cooler and drier air working in here by the weekend. Despite the drier, more refreshing feel, an active northwest flow will remain and a secondary cold front may sweep through the state Saturday, sparking additional showers and storms.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 2″-3″ (locally heavier amounts)
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/07/09/heavy-rain-strong-storms-this-week/
Highlights:
- Strong-to-severe storms Friday
- Pleasant Saturday
- Humidity and storms return
Active Friday For Some…Before we can discuss the pleasant and absolutely gorgeous weather conditions that will welcome in the weekend, we have to deal with a potentially “bumpy” few hours Friday afternoon into the early evening across portions of the state.
Central Indiana is under the gun for severe weather Friday.
The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) outlines central and southern portions of the state for the threat of severe weather Friday. Damaging straight line winds are the greatest concern with a line of storms that develop Friday afternoon and push southeast. Drier weather will quickly build in behind a cold front Friday evening and help usher in a very pleasant open to the weekend. We’ll certainly notice the lower dew points Saturday and cooler feel with plentiful sunshine. Enjoy it!
Unfortunately the pleasant and dry conditions won’t last very long, and shower chances return as quickly as Sunday afternoon. Humidity and a true tropical feel will also engulf the region next week. This, combined with upper air disturbances moving through the Mid West and Ohio Valley, will aid in daily “splash and dash” thunderstorm coverage. With a moisture-rich air mass in place, stronger storms will produce torrential downpours. Overall, the active and unsettled summer that central Indiana has grown accustomed to shows no signs of let-up in the week ahead…
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 2.00″-3.00″ (locally higher totals)
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/07/06/strong-storm-potential-friday-before-a-pleasant-saturday/
Highlights:
- Mostly dry this weekend
- Unsettled next week
- Locally heavy rain
Classic Summertime Weather…While we’ll deal with some clouds from time to time today, most of the region will remain rain-free. Best chances of seeing a passing shower will be across the southern half of the state. Sunday will feature partly cloudy and seasonable conditions. It’ll be a great day to be outdoors!
Unsettled conditions will return next week, including Independence Day. Storm coverage will be most widespread during the afternoon and evening hours in this “rinse and repeat” pattern through late week. That said, each day will offer up many more dry hours than stormy. Just have a “plan B” in mind when those passing storms arrive.
Looking ahead, we may inject a drier and slightly cooler regime next weekend…
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 1.50″ – 2.00″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/07/01/mainly-dry-weekend-stormy-weather-returns-next-week/
Highlights:
- One more pleasant day
- Humidity increases
- Storm chances return
Unsettled Weather Looms…We’ve got one more pleasant day to enjoy, but take advantage of it as changes for a more tropical-feel loom. With that increasingly warm and moist air, we’ll also see an increase in showers and thunderstorms as we wrap up the week. While it won’t rain the entire time, a couple rounds of strong-to-severe thunderstorms are possible during the Thursday afternoon-Friday period.
We think we return to drier conditions late weekend into Monday, but this drier theme likely won’t hold through the holiday period. Scattered showers and thunderstorms return by Independence Day.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 1.00″ -1.50″ (locally heavier totals)
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/06/28/muggy-air-and-storm-chances-returns/
Highlights:
- Scattered storms this evening
- Pleasant air continues for now
- More humid and stormy by late week
Pleasant Start Ends With Storms For Some…We couldn’t ask for more beautiful weather conditions for the last week of June. Hopefully you were able to get outside and enjoy these pleasant conditions over the weekend. If not, you still have a couple days to do so. Despite the sunny start to the day, enough upper level energy will move overhead this evening to help spark scattered showers and thunderstorms. Initially these storms will fire over northern Indiana before settling south through the evening. We think greatest coverage across central parts of the state will arrive between 6p-10p before these storms push south and diminish. Localized brief heavy downpours are possible, but, overall, this won’t be a significant, widespread heavy rain event.
We’re back to dry and pleasant conditions through Wednesday, but humidity will be on the rise by Thursday and so will shower and thunderstorm chances. We’ll have to monitor the potential of a couple rounds of gusty storms and heavy rain late week and we’ll have to fine tune timing as we get closer. Unsettled weather conditions will continue into the holiday weekend ahead.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 1.50″-2.00″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/06/26/pleasant-air-evening-storms-for-some/
Highlights:
- Early fall-like feel
- Shower chance to open the work week
- More humid late week
Beautiful Weather Continues…To help put this weather into perspective- our average low and high in late September falls in the lower 50s with highs in the lower to middle 70s. For the next few days, an early fall-like feel will grip central Indiana, and you won’t hear many folks complaining about it! (Personally, I say let’s skip right to those crisp late September days and football season :-))! Despite a weak upper level disturbance creating a shower chance Monday, we’re dry through midweek.
A return southwesterly air flow will arrive on the scene by late week and this will serve to help boost temperatures and humidity levels, along with assist in creating a better chance of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms late week into next weekend. Let yours truly worry about that and you be sure to enjoy this rare late June air!
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 1.00-1.50″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/06/24/early-fall-like-weather-continues/
Highlights:
- Heavy rain and storms through the daytime
- Much cooler and drier air on the way
- Pleasant week ahead
Tropical Downpours Today…The remnant tropical moisture of Cindy is lifting northeast this morning while a cold front is dropping south. The combination of these two weather features will result in an expanding area of rain and thunderstorms across central Indiana late morning into the early afternoon. Periods of heavy rain can be expected. Thankfully, this won’t be a long duration event and a much drier air mass will invade from northwest to southeast by evening. We’ll easily notice this drier trend as dew points go from about as high (lower-middle 70s) as we ever see them this morning to a very crisp feel (dew points in the 50s) tonight.
The cooler and drier theme will continue through the weekend into the majority of the upcoming week ahead. As noted in previous discussions, a fast-moving northwest flow will be responsible for sending a couple of minor upper level disturbances southeast into the region. For the most part, we believe scattered showers will remain north of central Indiana until Monday afternoon and evening. While this won’t be a significant event by any stretch of the imagination, a couple of showers are possible.
Our air flow will eventually shift around to the southwest by the middle of the week and this will begin to send a warmer and increasingly moist air mass north by Thursday.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 1.50″ – 2.00″ (locally heavier amounts)
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/06/23/heavy-rain-gives-way-to-a-gorgeous-weekend/
The combination of an approaching cold front to our north and remnant tropical moisture from Cindy will serve to enhance rainfall amounts across central Indiana late tonight into early Friday evening.…
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Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/06/22/video-heavy-rain-develops-overnight-into-friday/
Highlights:
- Breezy, warm Thursday
- Heavy rain Friday
- Drier and much cooler air on deck
Heavy Rains Likely Friday…A warm front is draped to our north this morning and this is helping spark a few showers across northern portions of the state. Here on the “home front,” with the exception of an isolated shower or storm, most should remain rain-free through the day, locally. Things begin to change late tonight into Friday as the region feels the effects of a “squeeze play” between Cindy’s remnant tropical moisture tracking through the TN Valley and an approaching cold front to our north. The combination of the two will promote the development of showers and thunderstorms across central IN. With a tropical nature to the airmass Friday, some of these storms will produce locally heavy rainfall. Most widespread rain and storm coverage should occur Friday morning into the afternoon before a drying trend develops from northwest to southeast Friday evening.
Our cold front will push southeast and clear the state Friday night which will allow a much drier and cooler air mass to settle in for the weekend, continuing into next week. You’ll be hard pressed to find anyone complaining about our weather through the period as a stretch of beautiful summer conditions take on an almost early fall-like feel through Tuesday. While we’ll have to keep an eye on a sneaky disturbance riding into the region on the fast northwest flow (could spark a quick passing shower), most of the period should remain rain-free. Eventually our air flow will shift to a southwesterly direction by the middle of next week and this will help transport an increasingly moist feel back into the region.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 1.00″ – 2.00″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/06/22/friday-squeeze-play-much-cooler-air-coming/
Highlights:
- PM storms
- Dry midweek
- Wet close to the work week
- Much cooler air looms
Busy Times…Upper level energy and just enough instability could spark another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Similar to Monday, these will be quick-movers, but shouldn’t be quite as strong as yesterday.
Dry weather will return through midweek and while pleasant air will still be with us Wednesday, a more humid feel will develop Thursday. Showers and thunderstorms will begin to creep back into the picture Thursday downstate, but we believe most of central Indiana should remain rain-free.
We’ll be in a “squeeze play” of sorts to close the work week and head into the weekend. A cold front will drop in from the north while remnant tropical moisture moves north out of the Deep South. Widespread showers and thunderstorms should result, including the potential of locally heavy rain.
The big story over the weekend into the last week of the month will be unseasonably cool air. Enough upper level energy will be around in a fast northwest flow aloft to lead to shower chances Sunday, otherwise early next week looks stunning- including plentiful sunshine, dry air, and unseasonably cool temperatures.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 1.00″ – 1.50″
Permanent link to this article: https://indywx.com/2017/06/20/active-weather-pattern-remains-much-cooler-to-close-june/
