How…warm…is it? Indianapolis missed tying today’s HIGH temp record by two degrees. In the middle of the night. It was 66 just before the cold front flew past by 5am. (Here it is by 8am.) Temps will fall to the low 50s by afternoon. Still more than ten degrees above average for a high on December 14. Steady rain will fall for awhile in the morning, and scattered showers are likely in the afternoon. Dry weather tonight and tomorrow between systems, before another front Wednesday. That will bring us a few light showers and introduce a few days of gradually cooler temps…even below-normal numbers Friday and Saturday. A wave Friday could bring a few flurries or snow showers, especially in the north half of the state. That may be the last chance before Christmas Day. BING CROSBY-CAST White Christmas Status: NOT LIKELY This is a computer’s modeling of snow depth on December 23rd. (Christmas Eve Eve!) This doesn’t help. Here’s another chart (via weatherbell.com) that shows expected temperatures on December 23rd, relative to average. Indiana could easily be up around 60 degrees again in the week leading up to Christmas. Some model data hints at falling temps Christmas Day. Maybe rain will switch to snow by evening. HO HO HO! A LOOK BACK How…warm…was our record-breaking Saturday? First of all: the 70 degree high in Indy shattered the old record of 63 that went back to the 1920s. And…
Yesterday only the 6th time we've hit 70 in #December – and the first time it's ever happened later than Dec. 6th! Records began 1871. #INwx
— NWS Indianapolis (@NWSIndianapolis) December 13, 2015
INDY ALMANAC
The average high today is 39, and the average low is 25. Records are 68 and -4. The sunrise time is 7:58 am and the sun sets at 5:21 pm.
INDY SEVEN DAY FORECAST
Today: Morning rain. Chance of afternoon showers. Wind gusting to 40 mph. Temps fall to the low 50s by 3pm.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low 39.
Tuesday: Partly sunny. High 52.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 43.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with shower chances. High 57.
Wednesday Night: Chance of light showers. Could be some snow flakes mixed in. Low 35.
Thursday: Partly sunny. High 41.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 27.
Friday: Partly to mostly cloudy, with flurries possible. High 35.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 21.
Saturday: Mostly sunny. High 35.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear. Low 29.
Sunday: Partly sunny. High 45.
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