Highlights:
- Dry feel turns much more humid
- Splash and dash storms, but many dry hours
- Warm, humid Memorial Day/ Race weekend
One More Dry Day…High pressure is scooting away from the region, but will remain close enough to supply central IN with dry conditions Tuesday. Though warm, we’ll enjoy one more day with dry air in place.
A SW wind shift will deliver an increasingly moist air mass for mid week, continuing into the long holiday and race weekend ahead. In fact, dew points will surge to readings around 70 (downright oppressive). While there will be times of scattered showers and thunderstorms, there will also be many dry hours, as well. We continue to keep an eye on Wednesday for the potential of a strong to severe storm.
As we continue to grow closer to the holiday and race weekend, questions continue to increase around the forecast specifics, and rightfully so. While we need to be prepared for an afternoon/ evening storm, these will be scattered and there will be “haves and have nots” when it comes to storm/ rain activity over the balance of the upcoming forecast period. Again, we want to emphasize there should be plenty of dry time.
Dry and sunny weather will greet us to open the new work week, along with temperatures that will approach the 80 degree mark by Tuesday. Have yard work to get caught up on? Take advantage of the early week weather.
As such, we’ll increase the chances of showers and thunderstorms in our mid week forecast. It’ll also be a much more humid feel of things (really for the first time this year) as surface dew points surge into the upper 60s to lower 70s. (In other words, “oppressive”).
Factor in PWATs (precipitable water values) zooming to 1.5″-1.8″ and the threat is there for localized heavy downpours around mid week.
Additionally, we also note the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has placed western sections of our forecast area in a risk of severe weather Wednesday. We’ll keep a close eye on things.
As we progress into the late week period and on into the long holiday/ race weekend, a warm, humid, and unsettled time of things is expected to continue. It’s tough to pinpoint specifics from this distance, but just keep note of the threat of thunderstorms into and through the upcoming busy weekend, along with warm (highs in the lower to middle 80s; lows in the upper 60s) and humid conditions.
