Category: Unseasonably Cool Weather
It’s been a nice Friday across central IN, including filtered sunshine and lower humidity levels. Unfortunately, the pleasant weather won’t last as we welcome in the weekend.
A warm front will lift north late tonight and should help moisten things up enough to allow rain to reach the surface across most of central IN during the overnight into the predawn Saturday.
Steady rain and embedded thunderstorms will continue through the morning hours and into the afternoon.
Eventually, a cold front will sweep through the state Saturday night and help “slosh” the widespread rain shield east of the region. By the time this happens, we expect widespread rainfall totals between 0.50″ and 1.00″ across central IN (with locally heavier totals).
Cooler weather will push in this weekend and continue into early and middle parts of next week. While the widespread rain will come to an end, upper level energy will remain and could help ignite scattered showers at times (particularly during the afternoon and evening hours) into early next week.
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Highlights:
- Beautiful Friday!
- Rain and thunder returns Saturday
- Cooler early next week
TGIF…The best weather day of the week has saved itself for Friday. Find a way to get outside and enjoy it! After a delay in the arrival of drier air, we’ll (finally) tap into lower dew points tonight into the day Friday, but it’ll be short-lived. Increasingly moist air will return as early as overnight Friday into Saturday. Drizzle and showers could accompany a warm front lifting north through the region during the wee morning hours Saturday. Additionally, thunderstorms are possible Saturday afternoon and evening as an upper trough surges southeast into the Ohio Valley.
The region will remain in a cooler, northwest flow pattern into early next week. With plenty of upper level energy around, showers are possible (scattered in nature) during the afternoon hours into Tuesday. Drier air will allow for partly cloudy skies to return to the forecast by mid week.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″-1.25″
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Highlights:
- Drier close to the work week
- Strong storm chance Saturday PM
- Unsettled and cooler early next week
Turning Cooler Over The Weekend…A cold front tapped into available moisture and resulted in locally heavy rain Wednesday afternoon and evening. In some spots, as much as 2″ of rain fell in a very short period of time. We’ll begin to dry things out to wrap up the work week, along with partly cloudy and less humid conditions.
An upper trough will dig into the Ohio Valley Saturday and could help spark strong to potentially severe thunderstorms for portions of the region Saturday afternoon and evening. We’ll keep a close eye on things over the next day or two.
We’ll turn significantly cooler over the weekend into early next week. With plenty of upper level energy around the region, we’ll have to mention the chance of a scattered shower into early next week. Dry conditions return by the middle of next week.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″-0.75″
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A cold front will slice into a warm and very humid air mass this afternoon. Accordingly, we anticipate scattered strong storms to develop after the lunchtime hour, continuing into the early evening.
As precipitable water values climb to around 2″, locally heavy rainfall will accompany any storms that develop.
We caution that the key word here is “scattered.” There will be “haves and have nots” when it comes to rainfall totals by tonight. Some neighborhoods may receive less than 0.10″ while others receive over 1″.
As we look ahead, active times continue going into the weekend, with the potential of strong thunderstorms Saturday as an anomalous trough digs southeast into the Ohio Valley.
Unseasonably cool air will follow for the mid range.
A fresh 7-day will be up later today! Have a nice Wednesday, friends.
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Highlights:
- Scattered Midweek Storms
- Cooler and unsettled this weekend
- Cooler than average open to next week
Haves And Have Nots…A cold front will move through the region Wednesday evening and result in scattered showers and thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon and evening hours. While there will be some localized heavy downpours, not everyone can expect heavy rain tomorrow. We’ll note a wind shift and drier air Thursday.
As we progress into the upcoming weekend, a trough will begin to carve itself out over the region. Not only will this provide a cooler air mass, but multiple upper level disturbances will track through the region, helping keep things rather unsettled at times this weekend into early next week. While we’re not talking about heavy rain, there will be rainy periods at times as these pieces of upper level energy move through.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.50″-1.00″ (locally heavier totals)
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