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 12
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Dec 11
Highlights:
Bitterly Cold Week Ahead…We’ll kick off the work week with mostly dry, but mostly cloudy and continued cold conditions. Be careful if traveling early in the morning as some refreezing may take place across central IN during the overnight.
Reinforcing arctic air will begin to blow into town mid week and an area of light snow may precede this next arctic punch to the gut Tuesday. Scattered snow showers and flurries will fly in the bitterly cold, arctic, air mass Wednesday and Thursday. Along with highs only in the teens Thursday, expect below zero wind chills.
Eyes will then shift to the end of the week as our next storm of significance approaches. This storm appears to be stronger than this past weekend’s system, but similar to this weekend’s overall pattern, we expect a “mild up” and mostly a liquid event across central parts of the state. The primary reason? Lack of high latitude blocking to keep the storm track south (more on that in another post later tonight or Monday). Add in a “feisty” southeast ridge that keeps flexing it’s muscle and you have the makings for what’s likely another cutter to the Lakes. Unlike this current event, we will have to keep an eye on a potential second wave of moisture moving along the front Sunday as the arctic air returns.
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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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