Highlights:
- Spring-like air continues
- Severe t-storm potential Friday PM
- Much colder weekend
- Another round of strong-severe storms next week?
Buckle Up For A Wild Ride…Morning fog (some very dense, especially north of the city) will burn off and give way to increasing sunshine today, along with unseasonably warm temperatures. In fact, we’ll be near-record territory (Indy’s record high today is 70° and we forecast to tie that record this afternoon). We’ll remain near record territory over the next couple of days, but our attention will, unfortunately, have to shift from the record warmth to strong-severe thunderstorm potential.
Most of Thursday will be dry, but a few scattered showers will likely dot the central IN landscape by the evening hours. Similar to Thursday, most of the day Friday will also be dry. It’s not until we head into Friday evening and night that we’re concerned for thunderstorms tracking through the state. A few of these storms will likely reach severe levels. Large hail and damaging winds are of greatest concern with the severe thunderstorms that develop. The cold front will sweep the state Friday night and a midnight high Saturday morning in the upper 40s will crash (most of the daytime will feature temperatures in the 30s with wind chills in the 20s) and wind-whipped snow flurries can be expected.
A weak weather system is still expected late Sunday and could feature a light rain and snow mix (not a big deal). What will be a bigger deal is a much stronger storm system rolling through the Mid West early next week. Unfortunately, another round of strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible Tuesday…
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: Trace
- Rainfall: 1.00″ – 1.50″
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Winds will turn strong and gusty out of the southwest this afternoon, noted by the tightly packed isobars (lines of equal pressure) along with considerable mid and high level clouds.
Clouds will lower and thicken Saturday and we may also have to deal with periods of fog, as well. Showers and drizzle will lift into town as the day progresses, especially by afternoon and evening.
We don’t expect heavy rain this weekend. In fact, model data continues to really back off on expected totals. The general consensus is between 0.15″ and 0.25″ across central Indiana.
After a mild Saturday, cooler (but not cold) air will ooze into the Ohio Valley Sunday.
Resurgent cold air will blow into town during the middle and latter portions of the upcoming work week. Highs will return to the 30s with overnight lows in the lower 20s. We’ll likely add scattered snow showers into the mix as well.