Go-Kart Mozart is checking out the weather chart, and I think it will be safe outside, but it will be cold. Single digit chills for the rest of the year, as it were. Winds will be gusting to 20 mph today and tomorrow.
In addition to the cold, you might get blinded by the sunlight today. Quiet weather is always welcome New Years Eve, and that’s what we’ll have tonight.
UPDATED OFFICIAL LOW TEMPS
The #indy low of 9 ties for the coldest for the season so far. Bundle your babies. pic.twitter.com/OBxUkTk6vU
— Paul Poteet Dot Com (@PaulPoteet) December 31, 2014
OTHER LOWS 8 Lafayette 9 South Bend 11 Muncie, Bloomington 12 Terre Haute
Saturday is still the focus for weather trouble. As the storm approaches, mild air will be pulled up into the atmosphere above us. So when the precip starts, snow is not a concern. Freezing rain and sleet are. Even though warmer air will be above us, the surface temps will be below freezing at first. Here is one computer model’s surface temp forecast for 7am Saturday.
By 1pm the temps are well above freezing, and the precipitation type will be strictly rain in central Indiana.
The temperature differences will be driven by low pressure moving northeastward right over the state. Precipitation will start sometime between 3-7am Saturday morning in Indy, and is likely to be a mix of sleet and freezing rain at first. Surface temps should climb above freezing by midday, and rain’s the thing for the rest of the day. The northern third of the state could hang on to a messy mix into mid afternoon.
Colder air returns after midnight Saturday night, and around an inch of snow could fall Sunday.
INDY ALMANAC
The average high today is 36 and the average low is 21. Records are 68 and -9. The sun rises at 8:06 and sets at 5:30.
PAUL’S PREVIOUS PREDICTION
Yesterday’s high was 31. My forecast was 30.
INDY SEVEN DAY FORECAST
Today: Sunny. Single digit wind chills. High 23.
New Years Eve: Mostly clear. Low 15.
New Years Day: Mostly sunny. High 31.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 26.
Friday: Partly cloudy. High 35.
Friday Night: Chance of freezing rain and sleet well after midnight. Low 29.
Saturday: Rain. Rain could be mixed with sleet and freezing rain in the morning. High 39.
Saturday Night: Rain changes to snow after midnight. Low 28.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a few snow showers. High 30.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 13.
Monday: Partly cloudy. High 22.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low 17.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. High 29.
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