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Category: Sleet
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Apr 08
Thundersleet and Thundersnow Possible Later Today…
While the morning is off to a frigid and quiet start, changes will begin to take place as early as late morning into the early afternoon hours. Another disturbance will rotate through central IN this afternoon and evening and interact with the unseasonably cold air (both aloft and at the surface) to ignite convective showers. Some of these showers, mixed at times with sleet and snow, will be accompanied by thunder.
Eventually, as cold air is reinforced this evening, all precipitation should transition to snow this evening into early Saturday. While it won’t snow for everyone, scattered heavy snow bursts will be plenty capable of producing a quick coating for some neighborhoods tonight.
Speaking of the cold, highs Saturday will remain in the 30s for most. Yes, this is April…
Hang in there, friends. After another chilly week next week, changes are in the offing for late month. Warmth is coming….eventually. 🙂
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Feb 24
Rain Transitioning To Snow…
Rain is beginning to transition to sleet and snow across central IN, and we expect the transition to push into Indianapolis proper around 4p. As for accumulations, we have no…
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Dec 28
Strong Winds; More Heavy Rain…
Highlights:
- Strong winds and flood threat continues
- Weak mid week system
- Much colder to open the New Year
Strong Winds And Flood Threat Remains…What an active morning across central IN! Northeast winds are already gusting around 40 MPH with periods of heavy rain this morning. Across our northern tier of counties (mainly north of a line from LAF to KOK) freezing rain and sleet is the issue this morning with temperatures below freezing.
Periods of heavy rain will continue today, and we also note the threat of embedded thunder (damaging wind risk) this evening, bracketed between the hours of 6p-8p.
Image below is courtesy of Weatherbell.com
Temperatures will remain cold and raw through most of the day before we see a late day rally briefly into the lower to middle 50s. It’ll be another day with a tight temperature gradient across the state, as northern IN will struggle to make it much above freezing, while southern IN approaches the upper 60s this evening.
Midnight highs Tuesday can be expected before temperatures crash.
We’ll then set our eyes towards a weak wave of low pressure that looks to deliver a light mixed bag of precipitation Wednesday morning. The freezing line will run through the central part of IN and a mixture of light snow and light rain can be expected. MUCH colder air flows into the state behind this system and sets the stage for a cold open to 2016.
Image below is courtesy of Weatherbell.com
Forecast models continue to show an expected pattern shift to all-out sustained cold and wintry conditions for mid and late winter. Note the W NA ridging developing. Additionally, blocking and a negative AO develop as mid January nears. Think this is the year without a winter? Better think again, my friends.
Image below is courtesy of Tropicaltidbits.com
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Mar 23
A “Don’t Blink” Kinda Weather Pattern…
Loaded Up…That’s exactly what the weather pattern is over the forecast period above. Before we get into that, how about that snow and sleet Monday?! Snow came down fast and furious Monday afternoon just north of the city and accumulated to the tune of a few inches across a strip of north-central Indiana. Travel was impacted, as well. Ah, spring in Indiana… 🙂
We’ll transition from the wintry times of Monday to thundery downpours later Tuesday and continuing through the mid week period. A couple rounds of rain and thunderstorms can be expected Tuesday. The first of which will arrive late Tuesday morning into the afternoon. This will then be followed by a potentially noisy round of thunderstorms late Tuesday night into the wee morning hours Wednesday. Most of the day Wednesday will feature dry conditions, along with a gusty SW breeze and much warmer conditions. The atmosphere will prime itself for another round of heavy rain and strong to isolated severe thunderstorms Wednesday night into Thursday. A cold front will finally sweep through the region Thursday morning and put an end to the rain and thunder as well as usher in a much colder regime to wrap up the work week.
As mentioned above, cold will be the word as we put a wrap on the week and head into the weekend. In fact, enough moisture and upper level energy may be present to create snow showers Friday. Talk about a harsh reality to Wednesday’s mid 60s. Don’t you love the weather roller coaster this time of year?! Cold remains firmly in place Saturday though with increasing sunshine.
As we look ahead to early next week, a warm front may lift north through the region Sunday afternoon and this could spark a light shower.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 1.50″ – 2.00″
- 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: Trace – Dusting
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Mar 23
Active Times…
An active weather pattern will put the Ohio Valley in for busy times this week. First up is a snow maker that will drop in this afternoon. Snow may even…
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Mar 22
Sunday Afternoon Catch Up…
It has been a very busy weekend and I apologize for a lack of posts today until now. We have a very active weather pattern on our hands this week.…
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Mar 02
A Lot To Discuss…
Good evening, friends! As promised, there’s a lot on the weather menu over the course of the upcoming several days. Let’s get right into the details.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 3a-12p for all of the region to account for the sleet and freezing rain situation we’ll deal with late tonight into the first half of Tuesday. We still expect significant travel issues and overall impacts to the Tuesday morning commute.
Forecast radar shows freezing rain spreading into the region between 3 and 4am.
Light freezing rain and freezing drizzle will continue for the better part of the morning hours as temperatures likely won’t climb above freezing until early Tuesday afternoon, especially from Indianapolis and points northeast.
Forecast temperatures at 12p Tuesday.
We still don’t anticipate many big time flooding concerns as a.) temperatures won’t warm all that much (we MAY reach 40 Tuesday evening, but that’s a big question mark) and b.) most of the heavy rain will remain south of central Indiana.
Here’s expected liquid-equivalent totals through Wednesday morning.
The next concern is the threat of accumulating snow for central and southern portions of the state Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning. Arctic high pressure will limit the northern extent of significant precipitation, but, as mentioned previously, energy rounding the base of the trough will ignite another wave of low pressure to move along the pressing arctic front. As of now, we target areas along and south of the I-70 corridor most under the gun for a potentially impactful snow storm Wednesday afternoon into early Thursday morning.
The individual GFS ensemble members have also been trending north and overall more excited about snow prospects, as well.
The other item on the agenda is a shot of record cold in here for late week. Sub-zero lows are a good bet by Friday morning. Highs Thursday will push for a new record low maximum temperature.
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Mar 01
It was a record snowfall officially at IND where a storm total of 7.9″ was recorded (5.9″ accumulated since midnight). Many other 8″ type amounts are common throughout the heart of central Indiana- including right here at the IndyWx.com HQ. Yours truly ventured out through the village of Zionsville this afternoon. Simply beautiful!
We have a busy weather week upcoming and wanted to touch base on a few items of note:
1.) Freezing rain and potential slick travel will be possible very late Monday night into Tuesday morning. Moisture will attack from the southwest and run into an impressive snowpack currently in place across central Indiana. Despite warmer air moving in aloft, surface temperatures will remain cold enough through late Tuesday morning to allow precipitation to fall in the form of sleet and freezing rain Tuesday morning. It appears as if enough freezing rain could accumulate to result in slick travel throughout the region. While temperatures will “warm” into the lower 40s Tuesday afternoon, this is a far cry from the lower 50s modeling tried to suggest a few days ago. Furthermore, cold air will quickly rush back in here Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
2.) Accumulating snow threat for the southern half of the state Wednesday into Thursday. Additional “energy” will round the base of a digging trough over the southern and central Plains states Wednesday. This will help ignite a surface low along the front and temporarily lead to the front stalling out just to our south and east. It’ll be close as to just how far north the accumulating snow shield makes it across southern and central Indiana, but will require a close eye in the coming day or two. We note some of our more reliable modeling placing central and southern portions of the state “under fire” for additional accumulating snow.
3.) Serious and potentially record cold returns this week. Yet ANOTHER blast of bitterly cold air will plunge into the area Wednesday night into Thursday. With snow on the ground, it’s possible this direct discharge of arctic air is even colder than what some data might suggest at this time. As it is already, we think some central Hoosier neighborhoods deal with sub-zero air in the Thursday/ Friday morning time frame. Thursday’s high will only manage to climb into the teens across the region. (Keep in mind the average low is 28 and average high is 45). Just amazing stuff!
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Feb 27
Snow Storm Brewing Saturday Night-Sunday…
We continue to closely monitor our developing situation Saturday night and Sunday. After reviewing all of the data this afternoon, we still have no real reason to believe the initial…
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