4-19-19 Indiana: Rains linger through Saturday – warmer/drier pattern next week. N.

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Observed precipitation over the past 30 hours:

Forecast radar through Saturday shows showers becoming more scattered today – northwest half of the state will be mainly dry this afternoon and tonight, with areas further south and east lingering chances for light showers.  The rain picks up again late tonight – moving from southeast to northwest into Saturday morning.  A period of wet snows mixing in remains possible mainly from 6-10am Saturday morning.  

1-2º will make the difference between this staying all cold rain of mixing brief, heavy wet snow.  The set-up still supports the possibility for a brief time (6-10am) especially over the circled area.

Additional precipitation through Saturday evening:

Patchy fog and frost is possible Sunday morning.  Sunshine returns during the day Easter with sharply milder temperatures.

Warmer pattern next week, with no “major” precipitation expected.  Here is the 5-day precipitation from Monday-Friday next week:

Wind forecast over the next 4 days:

Temperature/precipitation charts over the next 10 days:

Indianapolis:

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