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Category: Summer
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Aug 10
Scattered Storm Chances Return…
Highlights:
- Scattered t-storm chances return
- Mostly dry, pleasant weekend
- Rain chances return early next week
Frontal Boundary Moves In Friday…Another sunny, pleasant late-summer day is on tap before a cold front approaches late tonight. This frontal boundary will be responsible for creating scattered thunderstorms Friday across central IN. Current indications suggest rain won’t be widespread or particularly heavy, but don’t be surprised by a local downpour or two as we wrap up the work week.
Dry and pleasant weather will return over the weekend, complete with plentiful sunshine. Our next storm system approaches Sunday night into Monday with the potential of more widespread rain. With that said, there’s considerable model disagreement with regard to overall rain coverage and amounts Monday (European is the most aggressive with widespread rain). We’ll go with a blend of the two for now (scattered thunderstorm chances) and hope for better agreement later today. We’ll provide updates after taking a good look at 12z data.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″ – 1.00″
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Aug 08
VIDEO: Gorgeous Weather Continues; Another Cool Shot Awaits…
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Aug 07
Considerable Cloudiness To Open The Work Week…
Highlights:
- Mostly cloudy start to the work week
- Another cold front moves in
- Turning cooler late in the weekend
Comfortable Late-Summer Week Ahead…Talk about a bust of a Sunday forecast on our part. Dry air and lack of forcing resulted in steady rains remaining across southern parts of the state. With the exception of a couple of brief showers, central and northern portions of the state remained dry most of the day.
While we’ll remain with mostly cloudy skies today, most of the region will once again remain free of any rain. The exception will be across southeastern Indiana where steady rains have been falling this morning. That will continue to move east into Ohio as we push forward. Otherwise, drier air will arrive tonight and set the stage for increasing sunshine Tuesday and Wednesday. With low humidity and below normal temperatures, both days will be great to spend time outdoors, or perhaps a trip to the Indiana State Fair is in order?
Moisture will begin to return by Thursday and with an approaching cold front, scattered showers and thunderstorms will be with us through the weekend. As of now, most widespread storm coverage is expected late Saturday into Sunday morning. We’ll turn significantly cooler than normal (yet again) early next week.
Tropics: As expected in August into September, the tropics are turning increasingly active. This morning, Tropical Storm Franklin continues to grab headlines as he is becoming more organized and positioned to impact the Yucatan today through Wednesday. From there, Franklin is anticipated to move into the southern Gulf of Mexico Wednesday. With very warm waters and a low shear environment, Franklin should strengthen yet again before making a second landfall late in the work week along the east-central Mexican coast.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″ – 1.00″
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Aug 06
VIDEO: Wet And Cool Sunday On Tap…
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Aug 05
Wet, Chilly Second Half Of The Weekend…
We’ve still got time to soak up this superb Saturday weather, but clouds will continue to increase from now through sunset- eventually lowering and thickening tonight. Temperatures have moderated under the early August sun from the crisp start in the lower 50s for most, but we’re still around 10° below average this afternoon.
Sunday will feature rather damp and unseasonably cool conditions. The day will start dry (going to take a little while to moisten up the air mass), but showers will arrive on the scene mid-to-late morning.
As we progress into the afternoon and evening hours, showers will expand in coverage and intensity to more of a widespread, uniform type rain event. A good ole-fashioned soaking appears to be in the works Sunday afternoon-evening.
When you factor in an already established unseasonably cool pattern with our approaching rain event then you have the makings for another early October-like feel Sunday that will feature temperatures struggling to make it out of the 60s for highs.
By the time the rain comes to an end Monday morning we think most central IN gauges can expect to pick up 0.75″ – 1″ of rain, but there will be locally heavier amounts under any thunderstorm that develops. Drier weather will return Monday afternoon and continue through the middle of next week.
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Aug 04
Catching Up On A “Crisp” August Evening…
One sure would be hard-pressed to find an August evening that is more fall-like than today. Heck, a check of temperatures even at the 3 o’clock hour across central IN revealed levels more typical of early October. – Your’s truly isn’t complaining. 😉 As I write this post just before 10p Friday evening, I’m fireside with a temperature in the upper 50s in Whitestown. Call me crazy, but I’ll take it- even if it is a couple months early!
All across the Midwest temperatures are running 10° to 15° below normal at the 9p hour.
As we look ahead, Saturday is certainly the pick of the weekend. Mixed clouds and sun will be with us for the balance of the day before we turn increasingly overcast late. While temperatures will remain significantly below normal, it’ll be a very refreshing day and feel more like early-September (mid-upper 70s).
As mentioned, clouds will increase, lower, and thicken Saturday evening and widespread rain will follow. This is all in association with our next approaching storm system that promises to result in a rather damp and unseasonably cool second half of the weekend. Forecast radar timestamps Sunday morning into the afternoon show the overall widespread coverage of rain showers and embedded thunder. We suggest indoor weekend plans Sunday.
Unsettled weather will continue into early Monday across the state. By the time all is said and done, rainfall totals of 1″-1.5″ can be expected, including locally heavier amounts where thunderstorms develop. Additionally, with the clouds and wet weather Sunday, temperatures will likely remain in the 60s most of the day.
As we push into the new work week, drier air will regain control of our region and high pressure should provide a stretch of pleasant (unseasonably cool) conditions through midweek.
Rain and storm chances will increase once again during the second half of next week as our next storm system approaches. While we’ll moderate back to seasonal levels late-week, data suggests another blast of refreshing air will blow into town next weekend. It’s far too early to signal “summer over,” but the early blasts of fall-like air do have to “raise an eyebrow” for what autumn may provide the region. We’re in the camp of believing central IN is in position for earlier than normal frost risks… Much more on that later.
Reinforcing cool air establishes itself in the 8-10 day period.
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Aug 03
This Is August?!
Highlights:
- Fall-like feel to close the week
- Weekend shower chances
- Unseasonably refreshing pattern
Early October Or Early August?! A cold front will sweep through the state Friday morning. A line of showers and embedded thunder will accompany the FROPA (frontal passage) before a dramatic wind shift to the northwest. Unseasonably cool air will filter into central Indiana Friday afternoon and keep most in the upper 60s (69° is our average high October 5th). Just remarkable stuff for the first Friday in August…
A cool, crisp start Saturday will pave way for comfortable afternoon conditions under mixed clouds and sun. Flipping the page to the second half of the weekend, we’re going to have to hit the rain chance a little harder with this forecast update, including a rather overcast day. Periodic showers will keep temperatures well below normal.
Early showers will be with us Monday before a drier air mass builds into the state for the midweek stretch. Additionally, reinforcing cool air will flow in here Monday night and set the stage for simply gorgeous conditions around these parts next week.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″ – 1.00″
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Aug 03
VIDEO: Storms Arrive Tonight And We Turn Much Cooler Friday…
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Aug 01
Big Changes Loom…
Highlights:
- Wet and stormy at times to close the work week
- Much cooler air ahead
- Pleasant weekend on deck
Summer Weather Gives Way To An Early Fall Feel…Seasonably warm and humid conditions will help power widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms again Wednesday. More widespread showers and thunderstorms will arrive Thursday evening into early Friday as a cold front sweeps through the state. Winds will shift around to the northwest and turn gusty Friday afternoon, helping usher in an unseasonably cool air mass for the first Friday of August. This cooler regime will remain with us through the weekend. A quick-moving light shower is possible over the weekend, but most of the area will remain rain-free with mixed clouds and sun.
Temperatures will remain below seasonal norms early next week (and really throughout the majority of the first half of August) with scattered rain chances returning to our forecast. Looking beyond the current 7-day period shows our next storm system of significance approaching mid-to-late next week.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″ – 1.00″ (locally heavier amounts)
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