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Hold On To Your Hat; Accumulating Weekend Snow?
Highlights:
- Windy Tuesday
- Scattered flurries; snow showers tonight-Wednesday AM
- Accumulating weekend snow?
Bumpy Ride…Wind will be the big weather item today as a clipper low passes to our north. Gusty west breezes will reach 30 MPH at times. Otherwise, it’ll be a mild day as highs reach the lower 40s. Cooler air will arrive tonight and will promote the chance of a passing flurry or scattered snow shower into Wednesday morning.
We’ll close the week with cold and dry conditions, including highs below freezing both Thursday and Friday.
As we move into the upcoming weekend, a storm system will attack the lingering cold air and this will allow for a period of snow to develop Saturday night into Sunday morning. We still have time to monitor this event, but as of now this appears to be a relatively weak, flatter wave and “light” is the key word to describe the snow intensity Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Models want to drive a more significant storm system to our northwest early next week. What’s new this winter? A windy warm-up would result, including heavier rains late Monday into Tuesday.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 1″ – 2″
- Rainfall: 0.25″ – 0.50″
Wednesday Morning Weather Brief…
Your complete weekly discussion can be found in the post below from last night, but here’s a recap of our current 7-day:
Showers will expand in overall coverage as we progress through the late morning hours, but shouldn’t amount to much (0.10″ for a few neighborhoods). We return to a drier theme this afternoon.
A mild and windy afternoon is ahead, including gusts close to 40 MPH and highs in the lower-middle 50s.
Colder air will return tonight and remain in place through the second half of the work week, including the upcoming weekend. Temperatures will grow cold enough Thursday morning for scattered snow showers.
Upper level energy will keep scattered snow showers going late week and on into the weekend. Models can struggle on timing and specifics of the pieces of energy and we’ll keep an eye on things into the weekend. Potential is present for a more “robust” clipper Sunday that could yield better coverage of steady snow showers.
Longer term, the GFS ensemble continues to show the cold growing deeper and stronger for the region as we progress into early February. Winter is far from over.
One More Mild Day; Old Man Winter Is Knocking On The Door…
Highlights:
- Hold on to your hats
- Cold air returns
- Extended period of scattered snow showers; squall potential
Changes Brewing…Wednesday will feature more of the same mild weather we’ve come to know and enjoy across the Mid West over the past couple of weeks. Despite the mild air, a storm system will result in scattered showers for our hump day, along with very windy conditions. Gusts of 40 MPH will be common across central IN.
Temperatures will fall late Wednesday and Old Man Winter is set to make up for lost time as we progress through the back half of the work week and on into the weekend. In addition, fast-moving upper level energy will push southeast in the active northwest flow aloft. Scattered snow showers will result, along with localized embedded heavier squalls. It certainly won’t snow the entire time, but passing snow showers will be a good bet from time to time Thursday through Sunday.
Our wintry pattern will relax briefly early next week, but renewed cold air appears poised to blow into town the middle of next week.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: Dusting – 1″ (local 2″ amounts possible)
- Rainfall: 0.10″ – 0.25″
Foggy Start; Winter Returns…
Highlights:
- Dense fog this morning
- Turning much colder this week
- Scattered snow showers late week
Low Beams On…Dense fog engulfs most of central IN this morning. Make sure you have the low beams on this morning as you head off to work and school and allow extra time. A shower is possible at any point today, but particularly across the eastern half of the state.
Our next storm system will push through mid week. Southwest winds will increase Wednesday and scattered showers will accompany a cold front moving through the state. Temperatures will fall Wednesday night into Thursday and scattered snow showers will develop.
The theme late in the week and for the weekend will be a wintry one. Upper level energy will interact with the colder conditions and result in scattered snow showers from time to time into the weekend. The active northwest flow will remain into next week, as well, and we’ll have to keep a close eye for the prospects of a more “robust” clipper impacting the region just beyond this forecast period.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: Dusting – 1″
- Rainfall: 0.10″ – 0.25″