A cold front is slowly sagging southward today. I think I know the feeling. I know something else: when it sags, it pours! The rain with this feature wasn’t widespread last night and overnight into morning, but if you happen to get caught in a shower, heavy rain is possible, due in part to the slow creep.
Chances for thunder are slim. That should be confined to mainly this morning, and mainly south of I-70. The slight risk of severe weather starts right along the Ohio River, including Evansville and Louisville. It doesn’t stop ’til the Gulf Coast. That means scattered storms for Spring Breakers at Gulf Shores, and a high in the upper 70’s.
Back home again in Indiana, it’s no longer Spring Break beach weather–it’s a break FROM that. In other words, no more record highs tfn. Freezing temps are likely north and northeast of Indianapolis Thursday night into Friday morning.
That makes Tuesday sound really big, by comparison. The Indianapolis high of 84 was good enough to displace the old record from 1946. It was exactly 25 degrees above average, and it tied March 21 as the warmest day of the year so far in the city.
Records were set around the state. Lafayette hi 85, which actually broke a record set jet just one year ago. South Bend’s high of 79 tied a record from 1956. Ft. Wayne also tied one on from that year by hitting 78. Muncie’s 81 killed a record from 1967. Bloomington set a new record with 84, and Terre Haute also hit the books with 86.
Shower chances are now confined to about the southern half of the state through tomorrow morning. All of Indiana will be dry Thursday night through Saturday night, as the rain stays south.
Speaking of the south, tornadoes slammed the Dallas/Ft. Worth area yesterday, and we can be grateful that the injury report is not worse. Also in the South: a good chance of showers for the opening round of the Masters tomorrow. At the moment the rain chance is about 60 percent.
Patchy frost is even possible north and northeast of Indianapolis Thursday night into Friday morning. Despite temps around freezing the winds may be strong enough that morning to keep us frost-free. We will also flirt with freezing a couple of times in next work week’s forecast
A cold front hops to it late Saturday night and early Easter morning. There’s a risk of a shower on your Sunday morning service, but it wouldn’t last all day. Overall this coming weekend looks good. And you look MAH-velous in that bonnet, baby!
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INDY ALMANAC:
The average high today is 59 and the average low is 39. Records are 80 and 23. Sunrise time is 7:24 and sunset is 8:13.
DETAILED INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST:
Today: Mostly cloudy, with a chance of showers, mainly south of Indy, and mainly in the morning. High 66.
Tonight: Cloudy, with a slight chance of showers. Low 42.
Thursday: Mostly to partly cloudy. High 59.
Thursday Night: Clear and cold. Low 36.
Friday: Sunny. High 60.
Friday Night: Clear. Low 42.
Saturday: Mostly sunny. High 67.
Saturday Night: Clouding up. Shower chance after midnight. Low 49.
Easter Sunday: Chance of early to mid morning showers. Partly cloudy. High 67.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 46.
Monday: Partly sunny. High 63.
Monday Night: Chance of showers. Low 39.
Tuesday: Partly sunny and cooler. High 52.
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