Freezing drizzle and areas of light snow will continue into the early afternoon hours before we finally begin to dry things out.
Temperatures are in the upper 20s for most central Indiana communities this morning and it’s not until we get into the early to mid afternoon hours when we anticipate temperatures to climb to around freezing. As a result, slick conditions (especially side streets and back roads) can be expected into the afternoon and evening hours.
Overnight lows tonight will fall into the lower to middle 20s so re-freezing and slick spots on area roadways can be expected into Thursday morning.
Thankfully, a southwesterly air flow and new warming trend will develop through the day Thursday, along with a return of sunshine!
Much more later today on the developing new cold pattern…
Highlights:
Precipitation will end for all except southeastern portions of the state by mid-to-late afternoon and then we’re left with the “clean up” from round one. Saturday and most of Sunday will feature dry and very cold conditions.
Dry, but bitterly cold conditions return for the mid and late week stretch.
The model finally suggests that freezing rain will begin to transition to sleet around the morning rush hour.
An icy mixture of sleet and freezing rain is expected to transition to snow late morning into the early afternoon hours across the region.
We suggest ensuring you charge your electronic devices and cell phones tonight in the event you lose power overnight or Friday morning. We’ll hope for a faster transition to sleet and snow than data currently suggests, but the concern is certainly present this evening for an impactful ice storm for portions of southwestern and central Indiana.