Let me boil the 7 Day Forecast down to one piece of advice: run your sprinkler. Today’s the best chance of showers before Memorial Day, and that chance isn’t huge. And by the way, when I say “boil” I mean BOIL. Hot and humid weather is likely from Thursday through at least Race Day. Maybe my advice should be: run THROUGH your sprinkler.
Sunday evening storms did some (wind and hail) damage, mainly in Wisconsin and Illinois. It looks like a microburst struck the south side of Gary Indiana just before 9p last night. Trees and power lines were down, and at least one roof was torn off. The wind pattern in a microburst is the opposite of a tornado. The air moves in a downward motion until it hits ground level. It then spreads outward in all directions.
Rainfall totals from this system are highest in west central and north central Indiana, and shrink as you move east. Radar indicates some places with over an inch of rain. The heaviest rain came around Logansport.
The tenth of an inch that Indianapolis got overnight was the FIRST measurable precipitation at the Airport since a similarly small total on May 9…over a week and a half ago.
I’m not expecting any more severe weather today, and any showers should be limited to south and east of Indianapolis by afternoon as the front pulls away. Everything should be out of the state by sunset. Today’s front is the last front to cross central Indiana until NEXT week. There are signs a cold front could get as close as southern Lower Michigan over the holiday weekend, so I’ll keep an eye on that, but otherwise – the heat is on.
And speaking of heat, Sunday was the hottest day of year so far across Indiana. Evansville and Fort Wayne missed a new record by one degree. Indy and South Bend missed it by two.
HIGH TEMPS
92 Evansville, Goshen, Terre Haute, and Valparaiso
91 Shelbyville, Ft. Wayne and South Bend
90 Lafayette
88 Indianapolis, Muncie, and Bloomington
COAST TO COAST:
Alberto is fading as a tropical threat. The maximum sustained winds of the Tropical Storm had weakened to 40mph overnight, and there were no warnings or watches in effect along the East Coast itself.
INDY ALMANAC:
The average high today is 74 and the average low is 54. Records are 92 and 36. The sunrise is at 6:25, and you will see the sun set at 8:59 tonight.
UV INDEX:
With clouds and rain around Monday the UV Index is down to “5” for the day.
POLLEN COUNT:
Even though the count dips just a bit Tuesday and Wednesday the overall level remains “Medium-High” through Thursday.
DETAILED INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST:
Today: Scattered morning showers and some thunder possible. Becoming partly cloudy this afternoon, with a slight shower or storm chance. High 75.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 53.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. High 75.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear. Low 57.
Wednesday: Sunshine. High 80.
Wednesday Night: Clear. Low 62.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, hot and humid. High 88.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear and muggy. Low 67.
Friday: Mostly sunny, hot and humid. High 88.
Friday Night: Mostly clear and muggy. Low 67.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, hot and humid. High 90.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear and muggy. Low 68.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, hot and humid. High 90.
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