Enjoy a caveat-free, asterisk-free, hedge-free weather day in central Indiana. (When I spend less time looking at the maps ‘n charts I spend more time looking in the thesaurus.) The lack of even a chance of scattered storms is courtesy high pressure at the surface, anchored most of today over Illinois. Just some fair weather cumulus clouds expected. Really. That’s it.
Monday also looks nice, but watch out: here come the qualifiers. The northern part of the state, including the ‘Bend and Lafayette will see a mix of clouds and sun. South Bend could even see a few showers. That particular front will drop into central Indiana Tuesday, and provide our next best chance of showers and storms.
The front should slowly sag south to around the Ohio River by Wednesday but I’m keeping a slight shower/storm chance in the forecast for that day. The front’s passage means only today through Wednesday have a shot at being above average. And don’t even get me started on the 90s. (Which haven’t started officially.)
Thursday looks fine, and beyond that is doppler dart board time, with a low-confidence forecast for a chance of showers and storms again Friday and Saturday. Stay tuned.
The latest Drought Monitor keeps almost all of Indiana out of drought conditions. (A few counties along the Ohio River qualify.) Despite a July drying trend, most Midwestern crops continued to thrive due to near to below normal temperatures and abundant soil moisture reserves.
INDY ALMANAC:
Today’s average high is 84 and the average low is 65. Records are 98 and 50. The sun rises at 6:46 and sets at 8:56.
PAUL’S PREVIOUS PREDICTION:
Yesterday’s high was 82. My forecast was 83.
INDY SEVEN DAY FORECAST:
Today: Mostly sunny. High 84.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 63.
Monday: Mostly sunny. High 85.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 65.
Tuesday: Partly sunny. Chance of showers and storms. High 86.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and storms. Low 66.
Wednesday: Partly sunny. Slight chance of showers and storms. High 82.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 63.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. High 81.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and storms late. Low 63.
Friday: Partly cloudy. Shower and storm chances. High 80.
Friday Night: Chance of showers and storms. Low 64.
Saturday: Partly cloudy. Shower and storm chances. High 81.
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