Dec 13
Quickly touching base on what’s going to be a snowy Tuesday. It’s a busy pattern, as mentioned, folks, so hunker down. Bitterly cold air sets up shop for mid week…
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Dec 12
Highlights:
Accumulating Snow Event…Upper energy will combine with an approaching arctic front to lead to an accumulating snowfall event for many across central Indiana Tuesday. We expect snow to increase in coverage and intensity just prior to sunrise before turning moderate to briefly heavy from mid to late morning on into the early afternoon hours. In general, we paint a band of 1″-3″ through the heart of central Indiana, but do have some concerns localized banding features could result in a 4″ pop here and there (impossible to pinpoint the precise locations these bands may set-up across central IN as of this update). Expect a messy morning commute.
Fresh arctic air will pour into the region tomorrow evening, along with a gusty NW wind. Tuesday’s snow should be rather wet in nature so we don’t anticipate blowing/ drifting issues to result as the arctic hounds roar into town. However, there will likely be periods of flurries and scattered snow showers as the bitterly cold air arrives in the Wednesday-Thursday time frame and this could lead to light additional coatings in spots. The big weather story through mid and late week will be the bitter air. “Air that hurts” is what we’re calling it and wind chill values will approach 20 degrees below zero Wednesday night/ Thursday morning.
Our next storm system is still slated to arrive for the weekend. As of now we forecast snow and a wintry mix Friday evening. This will then change to rain Saturday before arctic air quickly oozes back in here and leads to a potentially messy Saturday night-Sunday morning. Rain will transition to freezing rain and sleet Saturday evening before ending as a period of snow. It’s back to the ice box we’ve come to know all too well Sunday into Monday.
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Dec 10
Highlights:
Snow Develops Tonight…Today is mostly dry and cold, including a mostly cloudy sky. Clouds will lower and thicken this afternoon and give way to light snow late tonight across north-central Indiana and points north. As milder air is pulled north Sunday, snow will transition to a wintry mix and eventually a cold light rain across central Indiana. Further north, this will remain mostly snow before transitioning to a wintry mix. Precipitation will end for everyone Sunday night.
Here’s the current thinking on storm total snowfall with this event. (Click to enlarge).
We’ll open the work week with dry and cold conditions, but all eyes will be on the next arctic front by this time. It’ll blast through here the middle of the week with even colder air than what we’re currently “enjoying.” 🙂 Expect sub-zero wind chills mid week. Snow showers and gusty winds remain in the mid week forecast and will require fine tuning as we draw closer. A quick note, medium range modeling and beyond will really struggle in run-to-run consistency with such a pattern. The slightest difference in handling respected upper air energy will lead to dramatic changes in the sensible weather the modeling paints. There’s no sense in changing the forecast daily (or, in some cases, multiple times per day, only to change it back to where we began as time draws closer).
Finally, yet another winter weather maker awaits for the end of the week. Clouds will be on the increase Friday with snow (or a wintry mix) developing at night. It’s a busy, cold pattern…
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Dec 09
Highlights:
Wintry Hits Are Lining Up…Fresh arctic air combined with even the slightest bit of upper energy can produce an overachieving snow shower event. As was the case overnight with many neighborhoods through central IN accumulating a coating to around 1″ of snow. Take it slow this morning and leave extra time to reach your destination. Bitterly cold air continues to wrap up the work week and head into the weekend (keep in mind our average high and low are in the lower 40s and middle 20s, respectfully). As we look through the upcoming 7-day period, temperatures will run significantly below average throughout.
Our next storm system is dialed up this weekend. Clouds will increase as we progress through the second half of the day Saturday and light snow will develop late Saturday night into Sunday morning. As the area of low pressure tracks from northern MO into the Great Lakes, we’ll get into a milder southerly flow Sunday. This will help bring in enough warm air to transition snow to rain during the day Sunday. Beforehand, a light accumulation of snow is possible in and around Indianapolis (more on potential amounts this time tomorrow). Heavier snow will pile up across northern Indiana. Precipitation should shut off rather quickly Sunday night and we’ll be in between systems Monday.
By Tuesday, our attention will turn northwest as we await the arrival of another arctic cold front. As the front moves in, modeling suggests multiple waves of energy move along the boundary, throwing moisture into the cold air and creating a rather snowy scenario as we progress through mid week. We need to get through the weekend first, but this could also be an impactful event. Very windy and frigid conditions move in Wednesday into Thursday, including sub-zero wind chills. Additional snow chances await next weekend…
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Dec 07
Highlights:
Busy Times Ahead…The fun and active winter pattern has arrived and will keep us forecasters on our toes as we go through the next couple weeks. Early sunshine will give way to an increasingly cloudy sky this afternoon and a couple snow flurries or scattered light snow showers may precede the arctic plunge this evening. Snow lovers, unfortunately the arctic wave didn’t materialize as we once thought. (Hang in there, you have many more snow opportunities ahead). We’ll turn windy tonight and wind chills will fall into the single digits by Thursday morning. We’ll stay dry, but cold to wrap up the work week.
Eyes will then shift to the weekend as a developing storm system pushes snow into the region Saturday night. Snow and/ or a wintry mix will continue Sunday. Where this remains all snow, it’s likely to be a “plowable” event. We still need to fine tune the details over the next couple of days to hone in on just where the mixing line will set up. Thinking now is that from Indianapolis and points north, this is mostly a snow event, but stay tuned.
Another round of snow and wind will blow into town early next week. This will likely be ahead of an even colder push of air by the middle part of next week.
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