Ladies and gentlemen: don’t start your lawn mower engines! At least, not until after 6pm. And you’re supposed to also put off gassing up until after sunset. All because today is the first “Knozone Action Day” of the season for Indianapolis. The promise of higher temperatures and fairly light winds today are expected to produce conditions where ozone levels could be excessive. There’s also a an alert for Marion county tomorrow.
On the other hand: It IS a May weekend with plenty of sun and cars on the Track – and the Pacers are still playing! These ARE the Good Ol’ Days!
OK, it might be a getting a little hot for some of you planning to spend time at the Track or at the Broad Ripple Art Fair today. We should get within 4 degrees of the record high today and tomorrow. I don’t think the humidity will be oppressive, but you’ll still notice a little more moisture in the air, compared to the past few days of bone dry dew points.
If you’re running the Geist Half Marathon (and 5-k) this morning expect about 62 degrees at the 7:30am start, warming to 68 by 9am, and around 72 by 10am. The wind will be out of the southeast around 5-10mph. If you also ran the Mini two weeks ago – this race will be a little less humid and a lot sunnier by comparison. But that won’t stop Mr. Weatherman from sweating. My apologies in advance, greater Geist area.
Let’s change the subject…to some moisture we do want: precipitation. Rain deficits are piling up, and our next best chance to catch up comes Monday. Computer models indicate up to a half an inch from scattered showers and storms.
Until then, it’s simply sunny over much of Indiana this weekend. There is little range in temperatures, with highs around 85 in South Bend, and 88 in Evansville.
COAST TO COAST:
Widespread showers and thunderstorms will accompany a surface front slowly moving over the central Rockies to the Upper Midwest this weekend. There could be a few severe storms in the Plains. High pressure will hold strong over New England, while a low pressure system off the southern Atlantic coast will keep showers and thunderstorms in the forecast from Florida to the coastal Carolinas.
INDY ALMANAC:
Average high today is 74 and the average low is 54. Records are 90 degrees from 1977, and 32 degrees from 2002. Sunrise time is 6:27 and sun set is at 8:57, an additional two minutes more of daylight compared to Friday.
UV INDEX:
Today’s Index holds at 8, which is “Very High.”
POLLEN COUNT:
The Indy Pollen Count is again on the high side of “Medium-High” today, and will rise slightly into the low side of “High” Sunday. The count is expected to go back to “Medium-High” Monday.
DETAILED INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST:
Today: Hot and sunny. High 86.
Tonight: Clear and a little muggier. Low 63.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 86.
Sunday Night: Clouding up. Low 63.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with scattered showers and storms. High 78.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with scattered showers and storms. Low 57.
Tuesday: Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and storms. High 74.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and storms. Low 57.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. High 80.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Low 60.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. High 84.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Low 64.
Friday: Mostly sunny, hot and humid. High 85.
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