Significant severe thunderstorms will be possible across parts of the southern and central Great Plains this afternoon and tonight. Tornadoes, some strong, will be possible, in addition to very large hail and damaging winds. Closer to home: severe weather is a marginal risk this afternoon and evening south of Indianapolis. With a stalled front hanging […]
Today In Weather History
March 23, 1913 – The vicious Easter Sunday Tornado of 1913 shredded parts of Omaha, NE. The tornado struck during the late afternoon, and in just twelve minutes wreaked total destruction. The storm destroyed much of the northern end of the city, cutting a path through town more than five blocks wide, with 94 people […]
Today In Weather History
March 12, 1948 – The Indianapolis low temperature was -5, and that’s the latest date in the season for a temperature below zero. March 12, 1954 – A blizzard raged from eastern Wyoming into the Black Hills of western South Dakota, while a severe ice storm was in progress from northeastern Nebraska to central Iowa. […]
Indiana’s Weather For Friday
Clear, calm, and cool. That’s how Friday started. The overnight weather map showed an area of high pressure right on top of Lafayette, cruising slowly to the east. Today’s winds will shift to the south behind that high, helping to throw another approximately five degrees on the temperature fire. There were some 30s again, early […]
Indiana’s Weather For Thursday
Fun in the sun through Friday as high pressure drifts out of western Illinois Thursday morning to West Virginia Saturday morning. Winds flowing clockwise out of that high will bring us a light northwesterly flow today, switching to the southwest side tomorrow. That will help put us back above average again for Friday’s temperatures. Yesterday […]
Indiana’s Weather For Wednesday
Indianapolis temperatures go above average today for the first time since last Friday. No good Mother Nature deed goes unpunished, however, and there is a slight risk of severe weather late this afternoon and tonight. The focus is a front. A warm slicing through the Hoosier mid-section could be a firing line for severe thunderstorms […]
