Category: New Year’s Eve/ Day

Jan 01

Pattern Turns Stormy; Close Attention Required This Weekend…

A new year is here and we’ve got quite the active weather pattern to contend with over the next couple weeks (and likely beyond). Let’s time out the various features we’re tracking over the next 10 days.

1.) Thursday-Friday

An area of low pressure will develop over eastern Texas tonight and track northeast into MO Thursday night. This surface low will move over Indiana Friday. Rain will return to central Indiana Thursday afternoon and continue in an “off and on” fashion into Friday. Rainfall totals of 0.50″ to 1″ will be common across the southern half of the state, including Indianapolis.

2.) Saturday-Sunday morning

Vigorous upper level energy will sweep southeast out of the Dakotas Friday before becoming “closed off” across MO Saturday and heading into the southern Appalachians Sunday.

In response to this, a surface low is likely to develop across southern Indiana Friday night or Saturday morning before tracking northeast into PA Saturday night. With colder air pouring into the region, a renewed expanding area of precipitation Friday night into Saturday morning should become mixed with and change to snow across central Indiana during the day Saturday. If you have travel plans east or north into Ohio or northern IN, it’ll be important to pay close attention to future forecast updates, as this system has the potential to produce a swath of wet, plowable snowfall across the region Saturday into Sunday morning.

3.) Tuesday-Wednesday

Another storm system will approach from the southwest Tuesday into Wednesday. This, too, is one to watch as the timing is particularly interesting (coming at a point where we may see a phasing of the polar and southern branches of the jet stream). There’s no reason to get “cute” from this distance on specifics, but just know another potentially potent system awaits the middle of next week and could feature additional opportunities for wintry precipitation across our neck of the woods.

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Dec 31

VIDEO: Opening Up 2020 On An Active Note…

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Dec 30

VIDEO: Wintry New Year’s Eve; Walking Through The 1st Week Of 2020…

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Dec 27

VIDEO: Heavy Rain Storm Blows Into Town This Weekend…

Our quiet weather pattern will come to a rather abrupt halt over the weekend as a heavy rain event unfolds late Saturday night through Monday morning. This evening’s video update walks through the various periods where more intense rainfall is expected:

https://youtu.be/cPB0kmrBFYM

Heavy rain and embedded thunder will develop across the state this weekend.

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Dec 27

Cooler Today; Heavy Rain Arrives Over The Weekend…

A cold front will slip south through central Indiana over the next couple of hours. This will result in a much cooler feel when compared to the past couple of days, but still milder than normal for late-December. We’ll note temperatures generally holding steady in the mid 40s before falling into the 30s this evening.

As we flip the page to Saturday, changeable weather can be expected by evening. For the majority of the daytime, expect considerable cloudiness and cool conditions. Our wind direction will back around to the south Saturday night and this will result in rising temperatures (into the lower 60s by Sunday morning) along with periods of showers and thunderstorms developing during the overnight hours into Sunday.

We’ll keep close eyes on a secondary wave of moisture that will develop Sunday afternoon. While it still appears as if the bulk of the heavy rain associated with this secondary wave will remain to our east, portions of east-central Indiana can expect heavier storm totals. The large majority of central Indiana can expect total rainfall amounts of 0.75” to 1.25”, with 1.25” to 2” across east and southeast areas.

We’ll turn windy and colder for New Year’s Eve (northwest gusts of 30-40 MPH), but dry things out. Our next system of note won’t arrive until late next week.

More later this evening in our latest video update. Make it a great Friday!

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Dec 31

Wet Close To 2018…

IND has already recorded over half an inch in the rain gauge this morning and there’s more where that came from between now and tonight. Steady rain will be replaced with scattered downpours late morning to around the lunchtime hour before widespread rain and embedded thunder returns early to mid afternoon.  Most can expect to tack on an additional half inch to inch of rain today and the latest HRRR sees this as well.

We’re also still monitoring the potential of strong to severe thunderstorms across southern portions of the state.  The Storm Prediction Center now includes far southern Indiana in a Slight Risk for severe weather today.  The primary concerns remain strong, damaging winds with a line of thunderstorms that may develop between 2p and 4p.  If your travels take you south towards Louisville today remain weather-aware.

Temperatures will run 25° to 30° colder New Year’s Day and a couple of scattered snow showers may fly- especially across the favored snowbelt areas to our north.

Have a happy and safe New Year’s Eve, friends!

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Dec 30

Heavy Rain (And Thunder Downstate) Arrives For New Year’s Eve…

We’re enjoying pleasant conditions this afternoon with filtered sunshine and temperatures that should top out in the upper 30s to lower 40s later on.  Enjoy it, as a big rain event gets underway for New Year’s Eve.

This afternoon’s visible satellite shows sunshine dominating across the northern half of #INwx.

Clouds will increase tonight and rain won’t be too far behind.  We think wet weather builds into central Indiana before sunrise Monday (likely between 4a to 6a) and periods of heavy rain are still expected late morning into the afternoon and evening hours.

Rain will arrive into the city itself between 4a and 5a Monday. 

We continue to monitor the prospects of a skinny line of strong thunderstorms that may impact southern Indiana Monday afternoon and evening.  If your travels take you south to Louisville for NYE plans, this is something to monitor.  Widespread severe weather isn’t expected, but strong winds are possible if this line materializes.

Timing out prospects for a skinny line of storms to impact southern #INwx Monday afternoon. Best idea as of now will come between 2p and 4p.

This storm system will have a true tropical connection.  Precipitable water values will be quite “juicy” for late December and plenty capable of producing locally heavy totals.  Widespread 1″ to 1.5″ can be expected, but a few area rain gauges will likely see higher amounts.

Colder air will whip in here late tomorrow night and help lingering moisture fall as scattered snow showers New Year’s Day.  More later on the potential of wintry “mischief” later in the week…

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Dec 29

Wet Close To 2018 On Deck…

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Dec 28

Turning Colder Today; Another Rain Storm As We Close 2018…

Highlights:

  • Falling temperatures today
  • Chilly, but sunshine this weekend
  • Wet weather returns New Year’s Eve

Spring This Morning; Winter Tonight…Temperatures are starting off on a downright balmy note for late-December, but that “spring fling” will come to a crashing end later this afternoon and evening as temperatures fall.  It’ll be a dry day, but blustery.  Jackets will be required by the afternoon on.

Sunshine remains in place this weekend before another big rain maker arrives on the scene as we close out the year.  Locally heavy rain can be expected Monday.  Much colder air will plunge in behind this particular storm system and left over moisture will fall as scattered snow showers New Year’s Day.

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Dec 27

Tracking 2 Rain Events; Cold Open to 2019…

Highlights:

  • Wet with a few t-storms
  • Dry weekend
  • Wet then cold to open 2019

Rain Gear Needed…The pattern is transitioning from the predominantly mild stretch of the past couple weeks to one that will turn much colder as we move into January.  In between?  Active times, as we’re tracking two big storm systems between now and NYE.

The initial push of moisture has reached the I-65 corridor as of this forecast issuance early Thursday morning.  Periods of rain will continue through a good chunk of the day and we may even throw in some thunder into the mix later this evening- especially across southern portions of the state.  The other big story today?  Strong and gusty southerly winds.

Rain will end later tonight with dry, blustery, and colder times returning as we close the week.  Highs tomorrow will come predawn before falling through the day.  Dry and seasonable times will continue as we move through the last weekend of 2018.

A new storm system promises a return of wet times as we get set to ring in the new year.  Definitely plan on having the rain gear handy as you head out to those New Year’s Eve parties Monday.  Heavy rain is possible at times.  As the area of low pressure tracks northeast, it’ll swing a cold front through here Monday night and we’ll turn sharply colder with snow showers on New Year’s Day, itself.

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