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Category: Unseasonably Warm
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Oct 31
A Cold Halloween On Tap…
Highlights:
- Cold and blustery Halloween
- Unsettled, milder weather builds in
- Stronger cold front arrives early next week
Spooky Winds…Northerly breezes are strong and gusty and leading to wind chills in the lower-middle 20s across central Indiana this morning. Heavier winter coats will be a smart choice out the door! Otherwise, we’re a state divided from a cloud perspective: the southern half of Indiana will get in on the sunny act much sooner than the northern half of the state. As we look towards the all-important trick-or-treat weather tonight, anticipate dry conditions, lighter winds, and unseasonably chilly conditions continuing.
Our next storm system will approach Wednesday with showers. Rain may be mixed with wet snow or sleet Wednesday morning, but with temperatures above freezing, don’t look for any accumulation. Periods of showers and light rain will continue Thursday into Friday morning. Heavy rain won’t occur, but it’ll be damp at times. Saturday is a bit tricky- some solutions keep rain around, but we’re choosing the more “optimistic” approach for the purpose of this forecast update. Stay tuned.
Saturday will feature considerable cloudiness, slightly cooler air, and breezy conditions before a warmer close to the weekend. A southwesterly flow will help boost highs into the upper 60s Sunday afternoon ahead of an approaching cold front. That cold front will slide through here with showers and a couple claps of thunder Monday. Much colder air returns Monday night into Tuesday.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: Trace
- Rainfall: 0.50″ – 1.00″
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Oct 30
Cold Turn After A Warm Month; Unsettled Week Ahead…
The past (7) days has featured a cold turn through the central in the face of a warm October up to this point.
The upcoming few days will feature additional unseasonably chilly conditions before moderating through the second half of the week.
This will feature a hard freeze for central Indiana tonight. We dipped to the first 32° temperature of the season here at IndyWx.com HQ this morning and will likely beat that Halloween morning. Widespread upper 20s to around 30° can be expected.
This cold air is thanks to a cold front and reinforcing chill that will feature a band of showers that scoots through the state late morning into the early afternoon.
Rainfall amounts won’t be significant and feature totals between 0.10″ to 0.20″ through most of central Indiana.
Unsettled weather will return late week and through the upcoming weekend, but temperatures will moderate and return to levels that are above average. There are indications cold will push again in the 8-10 day period, but a warmer pattern will engulf our region during the medium range period and feature temperatures that will reach the 60s by Thursday and Friday.
The warmer conditions will also come with rain. A “wavy” cold front will approach late week with showers before returning north as a warm front late in the weekend. Finally, this frontal boundary will push southeast early next week with cold air returning. With the movement and stubborn nature of the front, expect a prolonged duration of unsettled conditions. It won’t rain the entire time, but we’ll keep showers in our forecast beginning Wednesday into the weekend.
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Oct 26
VIDEO: Looking At The Medium-Longer Term…
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Oct 22
VIDEO: Heavy Rain Gives Way To Colder Air…
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Oct 22
So Long Warm Autumn Weather; Colder Changes Ahead This Week…
Highlights:
- Bye-bye unseasonably warm weather
- Wet start to the work week
- Colder times loom
Early Sunday Sun; Rain Increases In Coverage Tonight…The morning is off to a pleasant start, including unseasonably mild conditions and a SW breeze. Clouds will thicken up this evening and a scattered shower will be possible. Rain will increase in coverage and intensity tonight into Monday as an area of low pressure tracks into the Ohio Valley and eastern Great Lakes by Tuesday morning. Steadiest rain will impact central Indiana Monday morning before diminishing to showers Monday afternoon and evening. Temperatures will fall into the 50s Monday morning into the afternoon.
A bigger “jab” of chilly air will plunge into the region for midweek. Considerable cloudiness will accompany the unseasonably chilly conditions, along with a gusty northwest breeze.
As we look ahead towards next weekend, another in a series of cold fronts (get used to that) will eye a Friday evening approach. Showers will be possible as this front blows through the region. Sharply colder air looms next weekend. Frost and freeze conditions will likely develop early next week, along with the first flakes of the season…
The 2017-2018 IndyWx.com Winter Outlook is now available!
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 1.25″ – 1.75″
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Oct 19
VIDEO: Heavy Rain Threat On The Table Early Next Week…
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Oct 19
Calm And Sunny Now; Big Changes Ahead…
Highlights:
- Sunny, pleasant weather continues for now
- Weekend cold front
- Much colder next week
Easy, “Breezy” Forecast Into The Weekend; Questions Loom Thereafter…There’s really no need to waste a bunch of pixels on the short-term forecast. High pressure will remain in control and supply plentiful sunshine into the first half of the weekend. Mild temperatures will continue and we’ll add a gusty southwest breeze into the mix Saturday.
A cold front will approach the state Sunday and this will lead to increasing cloudiness along with scattered showers by the afternoon into the evening. Thereafter, questions loom around important details that will potentially increase what will, at the very least, be “nuisance” level showers and mist into mid week towards an all-out rain storm, including widespread 2″+ totals. Stay tuned as we continue to fine tune things. We’ll have an update later today.
One thing that hasn’t changed and doesn’t require us to ask any questions is the coming chill. Temperatures will fall through the day Tuesday and highs may not make it out of the 40s Wednesday…
It’s that time of year again! The annual IndyWx.com Winter Outlook will arrive on the site this weekend.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 1.00″ – 1.50″
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Oct 17
Sunny Days; Pattern Change On The Horizon…
Highlights:
- Extended stretch of dry, sunny weather
- Late weekend cold front
- Much colder close to the month looms
Ideal, Crisp Fall Day…Sheltered, lower lying communities are waking up to temperatures in the middle and upper 30s this morning with patchy frost. The rest of us are in the lower to middle 40s with just enough breeze preventing a deeper overnight fall. All of us we’ll moderate into the mid and upper 60s this afternoon under a clear sky. Those mostly sunny conditions will continue into mid and late week with moderating temperatures.
Our next storm system will arrive during the second half of the weekend in the form of a cold front. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will move in Sunday afternoon and evening ahead of the front. Cooler air will invade behind the frontal passage, but the true chilly stuff will press in early next week. Speaking of chilly weather, medium and longer range data continues to paint a cold close to the month and open to November. Warm costumes will be needed for trick-or-treating this year.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 0.25″ – 0.50″
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Oct 16
VIDEO: 6-10 Day Harvest Outlook
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