Eight Inches And Counting
Lunch-time Sunday, and Twitter Follower Lisa Smith is tweeting a shot of 8 inches of snow on the ground in Boone County. Most reports from Indy north/westward so far have been 4-6 inches, but twitter followers in Bloomington and the southern part of Hancock county say rain has melted down snow from earlier. OTHER LUNCH […]
How Much Rain Fell Wednesday & Thursday?
Scattered showers and storms Wednesday and Thursday stayed the longest over Hancock County as this map shows. (Full sized version.) (A wider view.) As much as 4 inches fell around Fortville. Generally over an inch fell over much of northern and eastern Indiana. Amounts were smaller west and southwest of Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Airport ended […]
Indiana’s Weather For Friday
The precipitation party has passed. Clouds will decrease during the day Friday, with humidity decreasing this evening. Saturday will be hot and dry, and the muggy weather will creep back in on Sunday. If nothing else, we should stay out of the 90s today. Right back into the mid 90’s next week. Scattered showers and […]
Severe Weather Update
The Storm Prediction Center has central Indiana in a slight risk for severe weather this afternoon and evening. The chart above shows where severe weather was reported Tuesday afternoon and evening. Hail and wind damage was reported between 6:30 and 6:45pm in Hancock County. Three-quarter inch sized hail was accompanied by gusts of 40-50mph in […]
Indiana’s Weather For Wednesday
We will be hover around one-hundred again today, and we may break another record. I know: Mister Weatherman talking about broken records…is a broken record. INDY 100 DEGREE DAYS GOING INTO WEDNESDAY: 12 – Summer of 1936 10 – Summer of 1934 7 – Summer of 2012 5 – Summer of 1988 4 – Summer […]
Indiana’s Weather For Tuesday
Toto, I don’t think we’re in Indiana anymore. I think we’re in Texas–you know, everything’s BIGGER now. The Drought, the thunderstorm clouds, the temperatures… First, the Fahrenheit: Triple digits are do-able today. Let’s do some IF,THEN programming, keeping in mind my forecast high for Indy is 99. IF we get to 100 THEN we would […]
June 2008’s Nasty Indiana Weather
I think it was the great 70s weather philosopher Roseanne Roseannadanna who said: “it’s always something.” At the moment we’re worried about air quality and grass fires. Four years ago today Indiana was reeling from two weeks of anything but dry weather. Check out this 2008 recap: May 30, 2008: Three twisters…an EF-2 from Marion […]
Indiana’s Weather For Saturday
Summertime sunshine for much of your time off, with at least the prospect of precipitation looming large as the weekend ends. Does it get any better than this? Humidity will start increasing a little Sunday morning, and clouds will start increasing a little Sunday afternoon. Rain chances return after midnight Sunday night. At the moment, […]
Indiana’s Weather For Monday
Hello from the front line! Let’s synchronize our weather maps: A cold front went through Sunday night, comes back as a warm front early Tuesday morning, and is ultimately swept aside by a cold front Tuesday night. That means a lot of temperature swings. Speaking of swings, how’s your game? Sunday was one of those […]
Indiana’s Weather For Saturday
A break today from severe weather, although scattered showers and storms are still possible, mainly in the afternoon. We’re recovering today from a parade of watches, warnings, and the biggest one-day rain total in almost five months. What kind of weather closes roads? Your first guess is probably snow or ice or flash flooding. Friday […]