Category Archives: T-storms

AM Snow Gives Way To Increasing Sunshine…

Highlights:

  • AM snow ends
  • Windy warm-up coming
  • Early week storms

Snowy For Some This Morning…A narrow band of heavy snow has deposited 1″-2″ for neighborhoods northeast of the city.  Places like Anderson, New Castle, and Richmond were the “sweet spot” for this event.  Thank you for the reports!

As quickly as the snow hit, it’ll depart and be a distant memory this afternoon, as increasingly sunny conditions develop, along with moderating temperatures.  This is the beginning of a weekend warm-up that will send temperatures into the lower 60s Sunday afternoon though we will have to deal with a possible passing shower and strong and gusty southwest winds.

A cold front will sweep through the state to open the work week and help increase overall coverage of showers and thunderstorms Monday- especially during the evening and nighttime hours.  Early showers Tuesday will end and give way to drier, cooler conditions for mid week.

Our next storm system will approach next weekend.  The work week will end with another windy warm-up, along with showers by evening.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall:  Dusting – 1″
  • Rainfall:  0.50″ – 1.00″
7-Day Outlook, Forecast, Rain, snow, T-storms, Unseasonably Cool Weather, Unseasonably Warm, Windy

Lots Of Sunshine To Close The Work Week; Moderating This Weekend…

Highlights:

  • Sunny, cold close to the work week
  • AM light snow Saturday
  • Moderating with storm chances early next week

Coats And Sunglasses Required Today…We’re closing out the work week with plentiful sunshine, but temperatures will run several degrees below average.  Heavier coats will be required out the door this morning with wind chills in the teens.

A warm front will lift north through the state Saturday morning and should push an area of snow northeast with it.  The potential is present for a coating to less than 1″ of snow as this occurs early Saturday morning, especially for area northeast of the city, itself.  Despite the quick hit of morning snow, sunshine should return later in the day and our winds will shift to the southwest.  This will help temperatures recover late in the day and the moderating trend continues Sunday with PM showers.

A cold front will sweep through the region Monday into Tuesday morning with widespread showers and thunderstorms.  After a warm start to the day, temperatures will fall through the daytime hours Tuesday.  Dry, windy conditions will be with us as we push through the middle of next week.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: Dusting – 1″
  • Rainfall: 0.50″ – 1.00″
7-Day Outlook, Forecast, Rain, snow, T-storms, Unseasonably Cool Weather, Unseasonably Warm, Windy

Turning Colder To Close The Work Week…

Highlights:

  • Showers with falling temperatures today
  • Rain and snow showers Thursday
  • Cold close to the work week
  • Windy weekend warm-up comes with showers

Downward Trend…Showers will increase in coverage this afternoon and evening as temperatures fall into the 40s (this afternoon) and 30s (this evening).  Certainly plan to carry the jacket with you to work and school as you’ll need it on the way home this evening.

Our next weather maker will be a fast-moving clipper system that will arrive Thursday afternoon.  Gusty showers will blow through central Indiana through the afternoon and evening hours before transitioning to snow showers and embedded heavier squalls (capable of a quick coating where the heavier squalls occur).  A dry, but cold close to the work week is ahead with highs Friday only in the middle 30s.

Just as quickly as the cold air hits, it’ll leave this weekend as a windy warm-up develops.  A flurry or sprinkle is possible Saturday as the warm front lifts north and then showers will increase in coverage, along with a strengthening southwest wind (gusts of 40 MPH +) Sunday.

A strong cold front looks to blow through the region Tuesday with showers and thunderstorms a good bet Monday night into Tuesday.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: Dusting
  • Rainfall:1.00″-1.50″
7-Day Outlook, Forecast, Rain, snow, T-storms, Unseasonably Cool Weather, Unseasonably Warm, Windy

Active Severe Weather Night Ahead…

The updated outlook from the Storm Prediction Center shows an expanded “Enhanced Risk” to encompass all of central Indiana.

This morning’s showers and thunderstorms were the first of (3) rounds of storms expected today.  Ironically, most of the daytime hours should be rain and storm-free.  We’ll note scattered showers and thunderstorms across northern portions of the state this afternoon, as a warm front continues to lift north.

As we progress into the overnight hours tonight into Wednesday morning, that’s when we’re most concerned for potential severe weather impacts to central Indiana.  Short-term, high resolution, modeling continues to suggest individual storms (perhaps super cells) will develop around midnight across the region.  These would include all modes of severe weather, including the potential of large hail and a tornado.

Finally, our severe weather threat will come to an end with the passage of a squall line during the pre-dawn hours Wednesday morning.  The biggest threat with this line of storms will be damaging wind, but a quick spin-up tornado can’t be ruled out either.

With the majority of this event occurring when most are sleeping, please have a way to get the latest information on watches and warnings that are sure to come tonight.  We highly encourage everyone to have a weather radio, and be sure to set the alert mode to “on” before bedtime tonight.

We’ll be back this evening with a fresh 7-day update!  Make it a great Tuesday!

Hail, Severe Weather, T-storms, Windy