Category: Unseasonably Cool Weather
Bundle Up…A series of arctic highs will build south and result in an absolutely frigid week across a large portion of the country, including here on the home front. Several cold records will fall this week.
For the most part, we’re looking at a dry week, but a skinny band of light snow may blow through the area Tuesday afternoon/ evening- not a big deal.
Models are struggling on the details with our next storm system. It’s possible we’ll have to add a wintry mix of rain and snow into your Sunday forecast, but prefer to wait another set of runs before doing so. Timing and track remain big questions at this point- common from a Day 6+ event. The GFS and European lean towards a milder, wetter event while the Canadian is colder and more suppressed. Much more on this later.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: Dusting
- 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.00″
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Frigid Times…If you haven’t done so already, we highly recommend cleaning up from yesterday’s snow storm as the bitterly cold conditions moving in this evening will turn any left over slush into concrete.
Most of today will feature dry conditions, but we’ll note scattered flurries and light snow this afternoon as arctic air pours into the region. Winds will also increase and gust upwards of 20 MPH by evening. The combination of wind and cold will lead to dangerous wind chill values of 15 to 25 degrees below zero tonight into Monday morning.
Reinforcing arctic air will build into the region with a burst of light snow Tuesday afternoon. This will only help to drive home the point of our title above- a bitterly cold week is upcoming. Needless to say, we won’t just beat record lows this week, but absolutely smash them.
The next opportunity for a substantial winter event appears to be eyeing us during the upcoming weekend. We’ll have more on this as time draws closer.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast
- 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.00″
- 7-Day Snowfall Forecast: Dusting to 1″
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Good snowy Saturday morning, friends! We’re getting reports of 3″-5″ of snow so far across central Indiana from “round 1” of our winter storm. While heavy snow bursts remain on radar this morning (case in point from Whitestown down to the west side of Indianapolis), the widespread snow has come to a brief end. Brief is the key word here as widespread snow will overspread most of the region late morning into early afternoon. An additional 1″-2″ of snow will be a good bet from “round 2.”
Here’s a snap shot of what the radar may look like later this morning- centered on 11a.
As we push deeper into the afternoon, snow should slowly press south and east of our region. It’ll be important to go ahead and begin the big dig as cold reloads tonight into Sunday and another record cold shot eyes the region early next week.
We’ll have more on your 7-day forecast later today, including another potential winter storm late in the period. For now, enjoy the snow!
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February 20, 2015
Good morning and happy Friday, friends! Boy, Old Man Winter is really beginning to turn some minds around from thinking this was an easy winter to one that’s quite impressive, especially from a cold standpoint. By the way, there’s MUCH more from where this came from! Essentially we remain on “lock down” for more brutally cold and wintry conditions for the upcoming 7-10 day period. More on that later.
Here’s a look at our initial snowfall forecast map for tonight and Saturday:
Forecast radar shows heavy wet snow encompassing central Indiana Saturday morning:
Bullet point highlights you need to know:
- Snow will overspread central Indiana from the southwest between 10p-1a
- Snow will become heavy at times between 3a-7a
- Sleet and freezing rain will accumulate significantly downstate
- Most of the snow will be east of the area by 3p Saturday
- You’ll want to plow and clean snow up Saturday night as cold air quickly returns Sunday
- Arctic outbreak next week likely will feature record cold, and colder than this week has been
- No let-up in sight from this unrelenting winter pattern
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Here’s our latest thinking in regards to Friday night and Saturday.
Highlights:
- Light snow will likely overspread central Indiana Friday night with precipitation intensity increasing late night into early Saturday.
- Periods of light to moderate precipitation (location dependent between snow, ice, and rain) will impact the area Saturday, especially through early afternoon. Several inches of snow will be possible in the “mainly snow zone,” and a first call accumulation forecast will be posted Friday morning.
- You’ll want to shovel and plow any snow and ice Saturday night as temperatures fall Sunday.
- We’ll welcome in the arctic express yet again next week, including more sub-zero temperatures ahead. In fact, next week may feature colder conditions than our current arctic outbreak, especially if we put a snowpack down across central Indiana.
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