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Good morning everyone! Quite a wind event we observed late Saturday night through the overnight hours! Many areas through that duration observed peak wind gusts over 60mph with even a report from the Indianapolis Airport observing 66mph wind gusts at one point! Today is definitely a different story as the low pressure system that plagued us with these strong winds lifts well off to the northeast, allowing for the breezy conditions initially this morning (up to 35mph gusts) to slowly fade as the day progresses into this evening.
Besides the breezy conditions lingering today, it is looking like an overall nice day across most of the area with plentiful amounts of sunshine to be had. However, there will be a weak wave from the Plains that will come with enhanced frontogenesis within the circled region (far northern portions of the state) this evening into the overnight. This will lead to snow shower risks across the northern two rows of counties in IN as shown below that will occur during this timeframe and linger into Tuesday morning.
Simulated radar through 12pm EST Tuesday: Once again expect most areas to remain dry through the daytime hours, but expect a slight risk for snow showers far north after 6pm EST that will become more of a threat after the midnight hour and linger through the remainder of the overnight before slowly fading as Monday morning progresses. Some slick spots will be possible with these snow showers during this time. Most of this activity will have be gone by 12pm EST Tuesday with a few persisting snow flurries.
Simulated radar from 12pm EST Tuesday through 12pm EST Wednesday: We’ll work in another disturbance from the Northern Plains through this period. However, most of the snow activity should stay north of the IN/MI border with some snow showers clipping the northern two rows of counties initially Tuesday evening before shifting mostly north into MI Tuesday night. Warmer air to the south of the snow shield will help to keep temperatures at or slightly above freezing, so some spotty patchy drizzle/freezing drizzle will be possible across the state Wednesday morning (low freezing drizzle risk far north).
Total snowfall through 12pm EST Wednesday: We’re eyeing a light dusting of snow over the northern two rows of counties overnight into Tuesday morning with the first wave (locally up to 0.5″ near the Gary area) with little to no accumulation from late Tuesday into Wednesday morning’s wave. The better risk for snow accumulations will stay north of the border into MI.
Behind these two waves we’re watch for another weak disturbance to impact the area late Thursday with the potential for a light wintry mix, then a more potent system late Friday through the day Saturday. However, latest guidance is more hesitant on the precipitation risks with this latter system, but an additional round of light wintry precipitation will be possible. Watch for an uptick in winds Saturday. This is still a system to watch as some guidance is more aggressive to stay tuned for additional updates during the week!
Total precipitation over the next 7 days: Not much in the way of any major systems to track through this period as the better focus will be north of the state. Precipitation amounts of less than 0.1″ will be possible across most of the state though some locally higher liquid amounts towards 0.2″ will be possible. The evolution of the early weekend system will play a key part in this forecast as the best chance for precipitation will come with that wave. Any strengthening trends would result in higher totals for the week.
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High/low temperatures over the next 10 days for Columbus (OH), Indianapolis, Springfield and Davenport:
If you have any questions do not hesitate to reach out! Have a great day!