Cold Air Funnels Sighted
Indiana’s Weather For Tuesday
You can see the western edge of the Super Storm (formerly known as Sandy) Shower Shield rotating into Indiana from east to west. Temperature profiles in the atmosphere are also supporting some Super Snowflakes mixing in, as expected. The WIND ADVISORY stays in place until 8pm tonight. The sustained winds along should run 20-30mph all […]
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 […]
Indiana’s Weather For Wednesday
Indianapolis reached 84 already by 3pm, meaning that today will officially at least tie for the warmest day of the year so far. The record is 87, and may be tough to reach with some clouds around from showers that popped up a little after lunch. Nothing like yesterday’s storms. This month is off to […]
Monday’s Severe Storms
This is a shot of the Bell Tower at Purdue on Monday afternoon, as rotating thunderstorms moved through. Here’ s a pic of some of the hail that fell in West Lafayette. Tippecanoe County reported several funnel cloud sightings, including one nearly touching the ground by the Tippecanoe Mall along US 52. Wind gusts also […]
Cold Air Funnels Over The Weekend
There were some reports of tornadoes in Delaware County Saturday evening, which probably reflect sightings of “cold air funnels.” Conditions were favorable for them to develop, within a cold-core, broad area of low pressure spinning away. The storms that spawn them aren’t very “tall” and the cold air funnel circulation seldom makes contact with the […]
