Monday, January 28, 2013

Weather Gone Crazy!

To say this is one busy forecast is an understatement. Mother nature is very moody, so expect wild and drastic changes in the weather through the next several days. Whatever weather floats your boat, we will have it at some point this week. 

RECORD WARMTH & SEVERE STORMS... Here are the latest severe weather maps from the SPC.


The severe risk comes for late tomorrow night into early Wednesday morning, when a powerful line of storms pushes through the state. As mentioned yesterday, the winds aloft are incredibly strong, and it's possible for the strongest storms to tap into these winds and produce damaging winds. 


This is not a widespread severe weather outbreak, but isolated severe storms producing damaging winds are a real possibility. I have to mention that an isolated tornado isn't out of the question either. The timing of these storms moving across the state from west to east looks to be from 1-5am. 

On another note, a flood watch is in effect for all of central Indiana, with the potential for 1-3" of rain. Much of this falls tomorrow night, so keep this in mind. The Wednesday morning commute to work could be a mess with flooding and heavy rains/storms still in the area at that time.

I can't forget to mention the warmth for tomorrow! I think southern Indiana has a real chance to hit 70, especially if the sun comes out during the afternoon. I think central/northern Indiana stays stuck in the clouds, rain longer through the day, but breaks in the rain during the afternoon. Highs across the rest of Indiana reach the low/middle 60's! 

MUCH COLDER BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... Temperatures will begin to tumble during the afternoon Wednesday, with the potential for rain changing to snow showers during the afternoon and evening. Northern parts of the state could even get a light accumulation. A day that starts with spring temps and severe storms ends with snow. Not crazy or anything. :) 


NOW THE ARCTIC AIR... The cold air continues to filter in through the end of the week. Highs will drop in the 20's for many areas Thursday and Friday, and some spots by Friday morning will be back in the single digits! 

SNOW CHANCES... There may be a few flurries Thursday night, but the main system of notice is a clipper coming in Saturday. Some of the models hint at some snow accumulations during this time. Check out the latest GFS:




That model wants to bring 1-2" of snow across much of the Ohio Valley Saturday. Still waaaay too early to even know if this system is legit or not, so let's worry more about this when we get there. 

Lots of weather to get through. I will have more updates as needed on my Facebook weather page. If you haven't "liked" it yet, the link to my page is at the top of the website. Have a great night, and thanks for reading. 

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