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Category: Tropics
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Sep 05
Feeling Like Fall…
Highlights:
- Increasing sunshine
- Scattered showers Wednesday
- Cooler than average
More Like October Than September…A cold front moved through the region last night. As expected, there were “haves and have nots” with the frontal passage, including some rainfall totals over 2″ (especially north and east of the city) while other neighborhoods barely picked up a tenth of an inch.
Northwest winds are blowing now and ushering in much cooler temperatures that will be with us through the forecast period. In fact, temperatures will turn so cool it’ll feel more like October (especially Wednesday and Thursday) than September. Additionally, upper level energy will help create scattered showers Wednesday (not a big deal).
Dry conditions will return as we wrap up the work week and head into early next week. Reinforcing cool air will arrive this weekend and we’ll also note a gusty easterly wind at times, thanks to the circulation between a high off to our northeast and Irma pushing north across the southeast region.
Tropics: Speaking of Irma, she continues to strengthen this morning and very near category 5 status. Preparations should be underway across the Florida peninsula now. We still have time to watch things unfold, but it’s looking increasingly likely that southern Florida will begin to feel tropical storm force winds as early as Friday, followed by a potential landfalling major hurricane over the weekend.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.00″ – 0.10″
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Sep 04
VIDEO: Severe Potential Tonight, October-Like Chill, And Irma…
The Storm Prediction Center includes an Enhanced Risk of severe weather across north-central parts of the state this evening. Damaging winds are of greatest concern with the stronger storms embedded in a squall line that will move from north to south this evening (generally between 6p-midnight).
MUCH cooler air will descend into the region as we progress through the week. Temperatures will be so cool, it’ll feel more like October rather than September, including multiple nights with lows settling into the 40s and highs not making it out of the 60s.
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Sep 02
Pleasant Labor Day Weekend; Another Cool Shot Next Week…
Highlights:
- Dry Labor Day weekend
- Cold front arrives early Tuesday
- Another cool shot next week
Improving Skies West To East Today…The remnants of Harvey led to heavy, wind-whipped, rain across southern and southeastern portions of the state Friday. Appropriately, today is the “transition day” towards brighter and briefly warmer times as Labor Day approaches. We’ll notice improving sky conditions from west to east today as the remnants of Harvey continue to track east. Today also won’t be nearly as windy as Friday. We awoke to temperatures at mid-October levels, including many in the 40s across central Indiana this morning. Despite the increasing sunshine, temperatures will run around 10° below average this afternoon.
A cold front will approach late Labor Day night and early Tuesday. Sunshine will dominate Monday, but we will note an increasingly gusty SW breeze by afternoon as the cold front draws closer. That front will slide through Tuesday and could have a scattered shower or thunderstorm with it as it passes (best chances of storms will be across the southern half of the state). Behind the frontal boundary, another shot of well below normal air (October-like) will descend into the region. With cold air aloft and just enough upper level energy around, widely scattered showers are possible during the afternoon hours Wednesday and Thursday.
Tropics: Irma will dominate weather headlines during the upcoming week. It’s far too early to know precisely where Irma will track, but folks with interests along the East Coast (from the southern FL peninsula all the way up to the north Atlantic coast) should monitor the progress of Irma closely. In addition to the likelihood of a major hurricane, the overall size of Irma will become larger as the week progresses.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.10″ – 0.25″
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Aug 27
Rain Returns; Late Week “Backdoor” Cold Front…
Highlights:
- Rain and storm chances increase
- Late week cold front
- Gearing up for a bigger blast of fall air
Dry Close To The Weekend…First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with Texas as one of the worst flood events in our country’s history is unfolding this morning. With days of heavy rain ahead, an additonal 20″-30″ will fall on eastern Texas. Just horrific.
Here on the home front, we’ll wrap up the weekend on a dry note, but upper level energy will drift overhead late tonight and help generate scattered showers and thunderstorms as early as the predawn hours Monday. We’ll maintain a bit of an unsettled regime into Tuesday before dry conditions return Wednesday.
A backdoor cold front will push through central Indiana Thursday and a broken line of showers and thunderstorms may accompany this frontal passage. A northeasterly flow will usher in an unseasonably cool, early fall-like, close to the work week.
Looking ahead, an even stronger cold front has it’s eyes set on the region late next weekend or early the following week. Strong thunderstorm potential is present with this storm system followed by the coolest air since last spring…
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″ – 1.00″
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