Nov 10
Here’s a quick video update taking a look more closely at the forecast data for accumulating snow ahead Monday evening, as well as the impressive early season shot of cold…
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Nov 09
Happy college football Saturday! Here’s a quick post before the fun begins this afternoon! War Eagle!
Today will be a beautiful day, albeit windy. Winds will gust out of the southwest up to 30 MPH at times. Partly cloudy skies are on tap as highs reach the upper 50s to lower 60s, courtesy of that mild southwest air flow.
Enjoy the warmth while you have it, as the next 7 days will be MUCH colder than average. By Tuesday, highs will remain in the 30s with AM light snow. Overnight lows by Wednesday morning? How do the lower 20s sound?
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Nov 08
*Your full forecast for the week ahead can be found below this post.
We’re starting the day off with cold and frosty conditions. Most are waking up to the middle to upper 20s with a heavy frost.
With lots of sunshine, highs today will moderate, but remain well below normal, reaching the lower 50s for many. Cooler air will reside northeast of Indy, noted by the high-resolution HRRR showing upper 40s for afternoon highs.
A warm front will blow through the region this afternoon with an increase in evening cloudiness and a wind shift to the south tonight. This will lead to a milder night tonight and is only a prelude to what will be a very windy Saturday, despite warmer air in place.
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Nov 06
Updated 11.06.13 @ 10:26p
Zionsville, IN For the most part, rainfall totals today have been under what model guidance suggested. For an area still wetter than normal, that’s not a bad thing. We’re now dealing with drier conditions moving into the western parts of the state and colder air building in on a gusty northwest wind! Bundle up on your way out the door tomorrow morning as wind chills will be well into the 20s.
Thursday: Partly cloudy; 32/ 47
After a wet and gloomy Wednesday, it’ll be nice to see the sunshine return Thursday. Prepare for a much colder and blustery day with highs not making it out of the 40s along with a gusty northwest wind around 20 MPH from time to time. You’ll want to have the heavier coat handy as morning wind chills in the 20s will only “warm” into the 30s by afternoon.
Friday: Partly cloudy; 30/ 49
We’ll wrap up the work week with dry and chilly conditions in play. Some mid and high level cloudiness will be on the increase Friday afternoon, but won’t result in much more than what would be considered a partly to mostly cloudy sky Friday afternoon.
Saturday: Partly cloudy; 37/ 56
A dry pattern will remain Saturday. Our air flow will back around to a more southwesterly direction Saturday and help boost temperatures to the “warmest” levels of the period. That said, middle 50s are only considered “average” for this time of year. While it won’t be considered anything more than “seasonable,” it’ll be much milder than what lies ahead next week…
Sunday: Partly cloudy; 39/ 52
A slightly cooler air mass will settled into the region Saturday night. Partly cloudy and pleasant weather will be with us as we wrap up the weekend.
Monday: Partly cloudy; 36/ 54
While our attention turns to colder air and a potential snow maker by mid week, you let us “worry” about that. All you need to do is enjoy a dry and pleasant start to the work week, thanks to high pressure.
Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness; developing nighttime rain/ snow mix (1-2″); 31/ 40
We’re keeping a close eye on a developing storm system Tuesday night. At this time, we think strong Canadian high pressure begins to funnel much colder air into central Indiana on brisk north and northeast winds. At the same time, developing upper level energy will dive southeast and assist in beginning to spread precipitation into the state as early as Tuesday afternoon.
While we’re confident in a cold pattern developing for midweek, there are more questions than answers in regards to the exact storm track and the resulting precipitation totals and precise transition to wintry precipitation. While it’s still early, there is the potential for this to be the first true widespread accumulating snow of the young ’13-’14 snow season. Stay tuned.
Wednesday: AM clouds and flurries then decreasing cloudiness; 25/ 36
Again, we’ll have to sort out the timing and precise track with our storm system in the Tuesday-Wednesday period, but for now we think the more significant precipitation is falling to our east by Wednesday with just some lingering AM flurries and MUCH colder weather for your hump day.
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Nov 05
I wanted to quickly post on two totally different scenarios for next week. Two of the more powerful forecast models we use to look into the mid-long range are in separate worlds when it comes to the weather pattern the middle to latter part of next week.
Here’s a look at the GFS upper air pattern:
Note the eastern ridging which would lead to well above normal temperatures during the middle to latter part of next week (by as much as 10 degrees above average), along with dry conditions.
HOWEVER, here’s a look at the European’s forecast upper air pattern late next week:
This would certainly be quite the significant storm for the Northeast, but the implications here are vastly different from that which the GFS shows above. Instead of warmth and dry conditions, we’d deal with highs in the middle 30s and overnight lows in the lower to middle 20s. Additionally, we’d also “enjoy” (okay, some folks would “enjoy”) snow showers and snow squalls the middle to latter portion of next week, as noted per the European below, including a lake Michigan connection.
Needless to say, we have a lot to sort out in the coming days. We’ll be here to do just that. Make it a great Tuesday!
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