The sky will be brighter today, after a Christmas that brought (officially) a trace of the Wintry White to Central Indiana. High pressure is large and in charge of most of our weather through Saturday. Highs today should be just below freezing in Kokomo, Muncie and Richmond. It will be just above freezing in Lafayette and Indy, and into the mid 30s in Terre Haute, Bloomington, and Columbus. Wind chill temps will go from the teens during the morning to the 20s in the afternoon. Here’s some heat, however: We should get into the 40s – with sunshine, no less – on Saturday. The next best chance for precipitation comes from two different directions this weekend. A southern storm system combines with a fresh push of Arctic air to squeeze some rain and snow out of the sky Sunday. Temps will tank again Sunday night through Tuesday. Another weather maker approaches, unfortunately, just in time for a little snow New Years Eve and New Years Day. One year ago today we were facing a LOT of snow. Indy picked up a cool foot of accumulation between December 26 and December 29 in 2012. In Indy, 7 inches fell during the morning, and fierce winds to 40 mph even prompted a Blizzard Warning. Totals were from 6-8 inches in Anderson and Muncie. There was up to nine inches from around Bloomington to Greenwood to Richmond. Lafayette’s total was closer to 4 inches. WIKI-POTEETIA: Indy’s snow-so-far totals 8.9 inches. In the ENTIRE Winter of 2011-2012 we had nine inches. INDY ALMANAC: The average high today is 36 and the average low is 22. The records are 67 and -5. INDY FORECAST: Today: Mostly sunny. High 34. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 24. Friday: Mostly sunny. High 40. Friday Night: Mostly clear. Low 27. Saturday: Mostly sunny. High 45. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 29. Sunday: Rain and/or snow showers. High 39. Sunday Night: Snow showers. Low 17. Monday: Partly cloudy. High 25. Monday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 11. Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High 28. New Years Eve: Chance of snow showers. Low 19. New Years Day: Chance of snow showers. High 30. ]]>
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