INDIANA, USA — Today certainly looked and felt like November with much chillier temperatures in the 40s and lower 50s. In fact, the 50° high in Indy was the coldest high since April 5th...but felt much colder due to the balmy start to this month.
Lake effect overcast finally cleared up over the metro area just after 3 p.m. and area-wide will be clear this evening as temperatures quickly drop after sunset (5:21 p.m.). Plan on a crisp and brisk Wednesday morning but dry conditions as well with our next rainmaker not arriving until the afternoon. But we're still on target for a wet Wednesday late afternoon and Wednesday night.
Widespread .50"-1" rain amounts are expected over the southern half of the state, but even north of I-70 most areas get a quarter to half-inch of much-needed rainfall. Showers and low clouds linger into Thursday in what looks like a "raw" day with temperatures a good part of the day in the 40s before a late-day rally into the 50s.
This system mainly departs by Friday morning, but we'll need to monitor the fetch coming off of Lake Michigan for the potential of some lake effect rain showers sneaking into central Indiana Friday afternoon.
Long-range modeling remains bullish on a much colder pattern change after 11/20 (next Wednesday). We'll see if this verifies and just how cold it becomes heading into next weekend.
