Wet snow mixes with rain tonight into early Sunday morning
Turning warmer by mid week
Late week showers and storms
Chilly Weekend…We’re dealing with a much colder feel this weekend (jackets and coats required as you venture out to watch the “madness” at your favorite local spot later today). That said, not all of the region will deal with precipitation. This morning into the early afternoon, showers will be most widespread from Indy and points south. Later tonight, another band of precipitation will develop in association with upper level energy, but mainly be confined to the western and southwestern parts of the state. It’s within this band, that we expect wet snow to mix in. With the exception of some early morning snow showers tomorrow, drier air should win out for the majority of the day. It’ll remain colder than normal.
We’ll open the work week on a chilly, dry note, but a warm front will lift through the state Tuesday. A quick-hitting shower is possible as the front lifts north, but the bigger deal will be a noted SW wind shift (it’ll turn gusty) and a much warmer feel by afternoon/ evening. Better chances of showers and thunderstorms will rumble into the state Thursday before we turn quickly colder by Good Friday.
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Keep The Jackets Nearby…We’ve enjoyed April and May-like temperatures over the past couple weeks, so you knew we had to make up for the warmth sooner or later. Thankfully, the pending weekend chill isn’t anything we can’t handle. That said, it will serve as a rather rude shock to the system for those craving sustained spring.
We’ll wrap up the work week on a mostly dry note (only a spotty shower chance), but we’ll increase overall coverage of shower activity Saturday. While it’ll be far from a wash out, when you combine the areal increase of shower coverage and much colder air, it may be a day to spend indoors watching basketball (any excuse will work, right? ;-)). As colder air gets involved, it’s possible rain ends as a wet snow flake, or two.
We’ll turn briefly milder early and middle parts of next week as a warm front passes with showers Tuesday. Steadier rains arrive Wednesday before colder air returns yet again heading into the Easter weekend.
7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
Snowfall: Trace
Rainfall: 0.50″ – 0.75″
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Rainy Monday; Severe Storms Possible Tuesday…A disturbance is helping push showers and thunderstorms north into central IN to open the work week. Most of the rain and embedded thunderstorms will fall during the morning into the afternoon hours before drier air works in here tonight. That will set us up for a mostly dry, breezy, and warm Tuesday, but all attention will be on Tuesday night. We still think thunderstorms that ignite in IL Tuesday afternoon will race eastward and impact Indiana Tuesday night. More specifically, we’re bracketing the hours of 8p-2a for severe prospects locally. All modes of severe weather are in play, particularly damaging winds and hail. Stay tuned.
As we progress into the second half of the week, things remain rather busy. A couple weak disturbances could offer up Thursday showers (especially south). The evolution of things this weekend is still very much up in the air, but for now we’ll go with increasing clouds Saturday giving way to showers. As colder air gets involved with this storm system, precipitation may mix or end as wet snow Sunday.
7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
Snowfall: Trace
Rainfall: 1.25″ – 1.75″ (locally heavier totals)
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Active times give way to a colder finish to the week
Thunderstorms Develop Tonight…A warm front is lifting through the state this morning and this could spark a few showers as it passes through central IN through the late morning hours. Most of today will be dry before heavier rains and embedded thunderstorms push into the region tonight into Sunday morning. By the way, don’t forget to set those clocks ahead an hour tonight ;-).
Rather unsettled weather will continue through the early and middle portions of the work week, but we caution timing is still up in the air. It’s an active regime that will require fine tuning. As things stand now, we forecast scattered showers and storms Monday and a mostly dry Tuesday. Gusty SW winds will pull anomalous warmth into the region Tuesday before storms blow into the state late Tuesday night/ Wednesday. This is in association with a cold front that will have things feeling much cooler around these parts to close the work week.
7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
Snowfall: 0.00″
Rainfall: 1.25″ – 1.75″ (locally heavier totals)
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Good Sleeping Weather Tonight…Today will offer up scattered showers, but it’s really tonight through Thursday afternoon that has us focused for most widespread and heavier rain (along with embedded thunder). This is the first of two “slugs” of moisture that will provide hefty rain totals between now and early next week. The second surge of moisture will arrive late Saturday into the day Sunday. The trade off? An absolutely beautiful close to the work week.
Once we shake the rain early next week, we’ll really crank the thermometer. We expect middle 70s next Tuesday across most of central IN. We caution though that colder times loom around March 20th. Don’t put away the winter gear just yet…
7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
Snowfall: 0.00″
Rainfall: 2.00″ – 2.50″ (locally heavier totals)
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Enjoy Today’s Sun…Today looks to be the pick of the week, including mostly dry conditions and temperatures that will feel more like April. Find a way to get out and enjoy it!
Moisture will surge northeast into the region during the day Wednesday and a wavy front will sag south into the area to close the work week. The combination of a deep moisture transport out of the Gulf will help ignite locally heavy downpours. While questions are certainly there in regards to timing, we’re leaning more towards the optimistic side of things with this update…thinking enough dry air may invade the area for a mostly dry Saturday. This is an, admittedly, low confidence forecast.
Regardless of whether or not we can enjoy a mostly dry start to the weekend, moisture will stream back into the area for the second half of the weekend. Heavy rain and embedded thunder looks likely Sunday.
Mostly Cloudy Today; Brighter Sunday…A weak disturbance scooted through the region overnight and lead to a quick “pop” of mixed rain/ snow. As expected, this wasn’t a big deal. We’ll keep clouds around today, but introduce more in the way of sunshine Sunday (after morning fog).
A warmer SW flow will develop in the new week ahead and help transport much warmer air into the region, but this will also lead to an increasingly wet pattern. Spotty early week showers will give way to more widespread and heavier rains for the middle of the week. Timing is up in the air, but there’s the chance we get into some briefly drier air Thursday PM, but we caution it won’t last long as a new surge of moisture arrives to close the work week. We’ll also introduce thunder chances to wrap up the work week.
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