Category: Hail

Jun 20

Scattered Severe Storms Tonight…

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 11p.

Screen Shot 2016-06-20 at 4.49.21 PMDamaging straight line winds and large hail are of biggest concern as these scattered strong to severe storms continue to advance southeast.  This is all in association with a cold front moving into a very warm, moist, and unstable air mass.

Forecast radar this evening continues to show a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms advancing into central IN during the evening hours.

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2In addition to the hail and wind threat, locally torrential downpours are a good bet as precipitable water values (PWATs) approach 2″+ in some areas.

3We’ll turn much quieter during the overnight as the cold front passes through the region.  A northwest wind shift will allow a drier air mass to slip into central IN come Tuesday morning.

A quite Tuesday is needed, as more active times loom come Wednesday…

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May 02

Monday Afternoon Video Update…

It’s a cool, gloomy open to the work week.  We’ll turn even cooler by mid week, BUT changes are coming that promise increasingly warm and sunny conditions by the weekend.…

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Apr 02

Unseasonably Chilly, Active Pattern…

Screen Shot 2016-04-02 at 9.39.00 AMHighlights:

  • Busy, active pattern
  • Unseasonably cool
  • Multiple hard freezes ahead

Fast-Moving Weather Pattern…The upcoming forecast period will feature multiple fast-moving weather systems in an almost every other day format.  It’s an unseasonably chilly pattern, as whole, as well.

Saturday has opened with plentiful sunshine, but clouds will quickly increase and winds will turn strong (50+ MPH gusts) as we progress into the afternoon.  Batten down the hatches.  A few showers will accompany those clouds and some small hail is also possible with a few “stronger” showers.  As colder air pours in this evening, widely scattered snow showers will impact north-central IN.

A hard freeze will take place tonight into Sunday morning.  High pressure will briefly supply a mostly sunny day Sunday, but our next system will approach late Sunday night.  Consequently, SW winds will turn strong and gusty late Sunday and a broken band of showers will be associated with reinforcing chilly air late Sunday night into the pre dawn hours Monday.

A more significant storm system will arrive on the scenes mid week and feature more widespread rains Wednesday (perhaps an embedded thunderstorm, as well).  As a cold front slides through here Thursday, MUCH colder air will push into central IN and transition lingering left over moisture into scattered snow showers/ flurries late Thursday night into early Friday morning.  Friday certainly won’t feel much like April around these parts…

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Mar 27

Strong To Severe Storms By Easter Evening…

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Easter Sunday is off to a beautiful start with lots of sunshine, temperatures in the 40s, and light winds.  Unfortunately, things will begin to change in rather significant fashion as early as the evening hours.  Beforehand, expect sunshine to help boost temperatures into the lower 70s across many central IN neighborhoods.  It’ll turn increasingly moist, as well, as surface dew points jump into the lower 60s.

Highs today will reach the lower 70s.

Highs today will reach the lower 70s.

Dew points will climb into the lower 60s by evening.

Dew points will climb into the lower 60s by evening.

An approaching area of low pressure and associated cold front will provide just enough spin/ lift, in combination with the warmth and increasingly moist air mass, to ignite storms this evening.  Some of these storms will likely reach strong to severe levels.  We’re most concerned for the potential of damaging straight line winds and large hail.

High resolution simulated radar data suggests storms ignite around 6p across central IN.  We caution that this image should be used as guidance and not taken verbatim.

hrrr_ref_indy_11Have a way to get the latest weather information later this afternoon and evening.  Watches or warnings may be required…

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Mar 15

Storms Late Tonight…

The SPC has shifted the slight risk area NW with their latest outlook.    Before we talk storms, today is actually the pick of the week as we’re dry during…

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