The temperatures are big and the storm chances small through Labor Day Weekend. Highs today will be similar or just slightly warmer than yesterday, and the humidity will also be a notch higher.
The 90 degree mark was reached in Evansville and Indianapolis yesterday, and exceeded in Lafayette, where the high was 91. Muncie made it to 88. The high was 89 in Bloomington and Shelbyville. It was the first 90 degree day in over a month. Could this be our first above average temperature month since May? It would be close. We’re still a degree below average for the month, with only five days to make up the slack.
While we’re counting: it’s the 18th consecutive day with no official rain at the Indy Airport. There could be showers and storms tonight and early Wednesday morning in Muncie and Richmond. They would catch the southern sparks of the “Ring Of Fire.” That’s the big dome of high pressure in the center of the USA. (I explain why the storms form that way, and show you two different rain projections for tonight in today’s STAR weather video.)
I think the storms will stay north and east of Indy tonight, but I have added a slight chance statewide Saturday night and Sunday, with the possibility of a frontal system in the area. The overall hot pattern, however, will hold through the holiday.
INDY ALMANAC:
The average high today is 84 and the average low is 63. Records are 97 and 48. The sunrise time is 7:09 and it sets at 8:24.
PAUL’S PREVIOUS PREDICTION:
Yesterday’s high was 90. My forecast was 90.
DETAILED INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST:
Today: Partly sunny. High 91.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 72.
Wednesday: Partly sunny. High 92.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Low 70.
Thursday: Mostly sunny High 90.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 69.
Friday: Partly cloudy. High 90.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 68.
Saturday: Partly sunny. High 92.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy. Slight shower/storm chance. Low 71.
Sunday: Partly sunny. Slight shower/storm chance. High 92.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 71.
Labor Day Monday: Mostly sunny. High 90.]]>
