It will rain and rain… and rain some more heading into the weekend before Christmas. The first round of rain is the smaller one, and it could start this evening. Rain will be likely after midnight into Friday. The second – and stronger – wave of low pressure will slog through the state Saturday Night and Sunday morning. The National Weather Service has now posted a Flash Flood Watch for Indiana south of I -70. The concern is that melting snow from the northern half of the state will combine with statewide rain totals of 2-4 inches this weekend to create areas of flooding. The Storm Prediction Center has also placed a few southern states under a slight risk for severe weather later Saturday and Sunday. We could hear thunder around here Saturday night. It will breezy through much of the weekend, with gusts up to 35 mph. The biggest rains will roll through from Saturday afternoon through early Sunday morning. Temps will rise from around 50 in Indy Saturday into the mid 50s Saturday night and early Sunday. The southeast part of the state will likely see the 60s. That’s all big news, but this is pretty significant also: today’s the first day in two weeks we’ll have an above-average temperature day! Central Indiana begins above freezing and now stays there until sometime Sunday afternoon. By then the center of the low pressure will have zoomed off to the northeast and so no big snow problems are expected. It is possible that the northern third of the state could see snow showers Sunday night and Monday. Flurries could get into central Indiana, but (with the exception of the Lake counties around South Bend) I don’t expect snow to be on the ground in Indiana on Christmas morning. Looks like a front could arrive in northwest Indiana by Christmas night, bringing some late-day snow to Gary and Lafayette. The rest of the state would see the snow on the day after Santa’s come and gone. INDY ALMANAC: The average high today is 38 and the average low is 23. Records are 67 and -12. The sun rises at 8:02 and sets at 5:23. PAUL’S PREVIOUS PREDICTION: Yesterday’s afternoon high was 36. My forecast was 35. INDY FORECAST: Today: Increasing cloudiness. Above average temps! High 47. Tonight: Chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Low 45. Friday: Showers likely. High 53. Friday Night: Chance of showers early. Low 39. Saturday: Chance of showers in the morning. Rain likely in the midday and afternoon, heavy at times. High 50. Saturday Night: Rising temps and heavy rain. Sunday: Chance of morning showers, then cloudy with temps falling in the afternoon. High 54 early. Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low 21. Monday: Partly to mostly cloudy. Chance of flurries. High 25. Monday Night: Clearing and cold. Low 11. Christmas Eve Day: Mostly sunny. High 29. Christmas Eve: Partly cloudy. Low 25. Christmas Day: Partly cloudy. High 40. ]]>
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