Category: Unseasonably Warm

Frigid Open To The Week; Wet Christmas?

screen-shot-2016-12-19-at-8-58-45-amHighlights:

  • Bitterly cold to open the week
  • Mid week snow chances
  • Wet Christmas

Bundle Up…The frigid theme of December 2016 continues as overnight lows dipped to between 3 and 6 below zero for most central IN reporting sites.  By the way, IND is running (6) degrees below average, month-to-date.  Needless to say, December 2016 (top) is nothing like December 2015 (bottom).

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Though still chilly, temperatures will moderate into mid week before our next system rolls in.  Clouds will increase Wednesday and give way to a chance of snow showers Wednesday night into Thursday morning as upper level energy rotates overhead.  Models likely will have to play “catch up” again with this mid week system and we’ll keep a close eye on data.

As we look at Christmas, itself, a warmer regime looks to build in, courtesy of a southwest flow.  This is in response to the southeast ridge flexing it’s muscle and driving a rather intense storm system northwest through the Plains states.  Blizzard conditions will likely result northwest of the low track while showers and thunderstorms develop in the warm sector, including the MS Valley into the Ohio Valley.  We’ll introduce a chance of thunderstorms into our Christmas Day forecast, as well.

Longer-term, a rather significant pattern shift will continue to close the month of December into early January and this will drive a shift from the bitterly cold conditions to much milder times as we open 2017.  Winter fans, have no fear, the seeds are already being planted for a return to frigid and active times just beyond the new year…

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall:  Dusting – 1″
  • Rainfall: 0.50″ – 1.00″

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Sunshine Returns This Weekend; Heavy Rain Event Looms…

screen-shot-2016-11-26-at-8-16-29-amHighlights:

  • Sunshine finally returns
  • Big time rain maker early next week
  • Trending colder to open December

Sunshine Slowly Returns…We’ve been socked in with clouds, chilly conditions, and overall gloomy weather for the past several days.  Thankfully, sunshine will eventually return this weekend.  Today has started with overcast skies, but slow improvements should provide an increasingly sunny sky as the day wears on.  Seasonable temperatures can be expected today.

The second half of the weekend will feature more in the way of sunshine, but our next storm system will be awaiting on deck by this point.  Southwest winds will turn increasingly breezy by the PM and clouds will quickly increase yet again.  Those clouds will yield rain as early as the wee morning hours Monday (well before sunrise).  Periods of heavy rain can be expected Monday and even a thunderstorm by afternoon/ evening.

Most of the heavy rain will fall Monday, but we’ll maintain mention of showers in our forecast Tuesday and Wednesday. A second wave of low pressure will develop along a pressing front the middle of next week and spread moisture northeast. The “leader” storm system is much easier to forecast than the “follower” in this scenario.  The details are muddy at this point concerning the extent of how far west precipitation can make it.  Know that we’re keeping a close eye on things.  For the sake of this particular forecast, we’ll include mention of rain showers mixing with snow showers as colder air moves in Thursday.  Stay tuned.

The end of the week will feature a colder trend as we usher in December.

One final item on the agenda this morning- with this being Iron Bowl Saturday, we can’t leave you without wishing you an energetic WAR EAGLE!

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: Trace
  • Rainfall: 1.25-1.75 (locally heavier totals)

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VIDEO: Thanksgiving Day Weather Brief…

From our home to yours, we wish you a very happy, healthy, and blessed Thanksgiving!

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Happy Thanksgiving; Time To Get Used To An Active Pattern…

screen-shot-2016-11-23-at-6-17-49-pmHighlights:

  • Foggy start to Thanksgiving; Chilly
  • Milder start to the week
  • Big storm next week

Happy Thanksgiving…Before we dive into the upcoming active period of weather ahead, we want to wish you and yours and very happy and blessed Thanksgiving holiday.  We here at IndyWx.com are so thankful for your friendship over the years and the countless weather reports and photos you send in on a daily basis.  Find time to relax and enjoy the important things in life this holiday season.

After a wet, raw, and dreary Wednesday, Thanksgiving will be drier.  Unfortunately, a large chunk of the day will likely feature low clouds, areas of fog, and drizzle, especially in the morning.  Reinforcing cool air will blow in as shoppers hit the stores Friday, along with gusty winds and a possible sprinkle.  Saturday will be chilly and blustery.  After a Sunday morning freeze, moderating temperatures will develop as we close the weekend and open the new work week.  This will be courtesy of SW winds ahead of a significant storm system that’s brewing next week.

Clouds will increase late Sunday and rain will follow Monday.  Rain will increase in coverage and intensity and we’ll also add in the potential of strong storms into the mix Tuesday.  (More details to come once we move closer, concerning strong to potentially severe prospects Tuesday).  Much colder air will pour into the region behind the storm system and allow precipitation to mix with wet snow Wednesday.

This is only the beginning of what looks to be a very stormy and increasingly cold weather pattern.  Longer-term model data suggests this will be the story throughout the majority of December.  Our call of a snowier than normal December remains…

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 2.50″-3.50″

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VIDEO: Stormy By Evening; Much Colder This Weekend…

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