Highlights:
- Periods of rain
- Increasing sunshine as we push into late week
- Weekend cold front
Keep The Rain Gear Handy…Whew, after an incredibly busy evening, things will be much quieter today. Despite not having a severe threat, we will have to deal with wet times as periods of rain continue. Rain coverage will diminish Wednesday, but we’ll keep scattered showers in the forecast.
Drier air will arrive Thursday and Friday, including a partly cloudy sky. The next weather item on the horizon is a weekend cold front. This frontal boundary will help increase storm chances Saturday into early Sunday (a few storms Saturday evening could be on the strong side). MUCH cooler, early fall-like, air awaits next week…
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.75″-1.25″
Here are a few photos I shot Monday evening (8.15.16), between 6:47p-6:55p, just after the tornado touched down in Whitestown.
No doubt about it, today will be very wet across the entire region, including periods of heavy rain- especially across the western half of the state.
Tropical moisture will continue to stream into the state tonight into Tuesday. In fact, most intense rains will likely set up tonight and may feature “banding” signatures that would train over the same areas. Within these intense rain bands, prolific rainfall rates can be expected, enhancing the flash flood risk. Latest short-term model data shows this threat, and would place a premium focus on areas generally west of US-31. We’ll have to keep a close eye on things.
Plenty of “juice” is available to tap into across western sections tonight. Precipitable water values (PWATs) of 2″-2.5″ will be more than enough to fuel torrential rainfall.
Eventually (mid and late week), we’ll dry things out and a significant cool down is still in store developing this weekend into early next week. Lows will fall deep into the 50s with highs only in the 70s. Talk about an early taste of fall…
