Category: Windy

Oct 11

Wednesday Night Storms Before A Much Cooler Push Of Air…

screen-shot-2016-10-11-at-7-29-43-amHighlights:

  • Shower and storm chances increase Wednesday night
  • Coolest air so far this season to close the work week
  • Warm push of air early next week

Nice Today Before Wednesday Night Storms…Mid and high level cloudiness will continue to scoot through the Ohio Valley today. While we noted a few sprinkles during the predawn hours, the air remains dry and we should be rain-free today with increasing PM sunshine.

Wednesday will turn increasingly breezy as the day progresses and a cold front will help kick up scattered showers and thunderstorms Wednesday night into the early morning hours Thursday.  Behind the front, the coolest air so far this season will press southeast and set us up for a chilly close to the week.

The cool air won’t stay around long as we flip our air flow back to the south over the weekend.  Showers are a good bet Sunday followed by a gusty south wind and a summer-like high in the lower 80s Monday.

A couple of notes:  It’s beginning to be that time of year again when we have to get used to the wind.  As the jet continues to mature, storm systems will become more frequent as we go deeper into fall.  Strong winds are a given and the increasingly busy nature of the pattern is a signal of changes brewing.  While we’re still a couple weeks away from a wholesale pattern change, don’t be surprised if we undergo a rather dramatic flip in the pattern as October gives way to November.  This sure doesn’t look like last year in any way, and, in fact, it’s easy to argue it’s the exact opposite when it comes to early season cold and potentially wintry weather…

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:

  • Snowfall: 0.00″
  • Rainfall: 0.50″ – 0.75″

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Apr 27

Another Round Of Storms This Afternoon…

Heaviest concentration of storms Tuesday was along the I-70 corridor and points south.  We think today coverage of rain and thunderstorms will be more widespread across the state…

We’re off to a cool and quiet start this morning, but think things will turn rather busy yet again as early as the early-mid afternoon hours.  Unsettled conditions will continue through the night.

Latest scans of the HRRR future-cast radar product suggests we need to monitor for high wind potential during the early to mid afternoon hours.  We’ll keep a close eye on this.

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2The high resolution NAM future-cast radar is slower, but also shows strong to possibly severe storms into central IN late tonight.

3The current SPC outlook highlights far southwestern IN for the chance of severe weather today. Don’t be surprised if this is expanded northeast with later updates today.

4Rainfall potential today-tonight should feature many neighborhoods accumulating an additional inch, with some locally heavier totals.

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Apr 25

Bumpy Ride This Week…

Screen Shot 2016-04-25 at 12.57.17 PMHighlights:

  • Lots of sun through the daytime
  • Storms rumble in late tonight
  • Unsettled mid week pattern
  • New storm delivers rain and wind this weekend

Beautiful Today; Storms Arrive Late Tonight…We couldn’t ask for better weather through the daytime today (despite a gusty SW wind), but chances for rather noisy thunderstorms increase late tonight into the predawn hours Tuesday.  Unsettled conditions remain Tuesday, including scattered thunderstorms especially across the I-70 corridor and points south.  Locally hefty downpours will be possible.

More widespread showers and embedded thunder are on tap Wednesday into Thursday, especially through the morning hours Thursday.  Widespread 1″-1.5″ rain totals are a good bet between now and Thursday morning, with some locally heavier amounts.

We still think we get a briefly drier air mass in here to close the work week, but this won’t last long.  Our next storm system is dialed up for a weekend arrival and will provide a stiff easterly breeze and rain Saturday PM through Sunday.

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Apr 09

Bitterly Cold By April Standards…

Screen Shot 2016-04-09 at 8.09.05 AMHighlights:

  • Cold times continue
  • Rain arrives Sunday
  • Monday storms
  • Slowly moderating late next week

Bundle Up…With temperatures in the middle and upper 20s this morning and ‘chills in the 10s, it’s hard to believe we’re nearing mid-April!  It’s simply downright bitter by April standards.  Early snow showers and flurries should diminish as we progress into the afternoon hours with decreasing cloudiness, as well.

Dry times won’t last long as a warm front approaches Sunday.  This will deliver a thick overcast back to the region, along with developing showers and embedded thunder into Monday.  Early rain numbers into the forecast office offer up the potential of 0.75″-1.25″ on average in the Sunday-Monday time period.

We’ll turn colder and breezy (surprise, surprise) Monday night into the middle of the week, BUT moderating temperatures will develop by late week!  60s are in store for afternoon highs Thursday-Friday with lots of sunshine!  Hang in there, friends!

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Apr 08

Thundersleet and Thundersnow Possible Later Today…

While the morning is off to a frigid and quiet start, changes will begin to take place as early as late morning into the early afternoon hours.  Another disturbance will rotate through central IN this afternoon and evening and interact with the unseasonably cold air (both aloft and at the surface) to ignite convective showers.  Some of these showers, mixed at times with sleet and snow, will be accompanied by thunder.

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2Eventually, as cold air is reinforced this evening, all precipitation should transition to snow this evening into early Saturday.  While it won’t snow for everyone, scattered heavy snow bursts will be plenty capable of producing a quick coating for some neighborhoods tonight.

3Speaking of the cold, highs Saturday will remain in the 30s for most.  Yes, this is April…

4Hang in there, friends.  After another chilly week next week, changes are in the offing for late month.  Warmth is coming….eventually.  🙂

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