INDIANAPOLIS — It is a beautiful day in Indiana.
After a cold start, things are starting to warm up just a little bit. By the afternoon, temperatures will warm up into the low to mid 70 degrees.
Even though it was cold for tailgaters this morning, we have a wonderful afternoon for the Colts and Dolphins game at Lucas Oil Stadium, which should be wonderful. Get used to that feeling, it will be much warmer than usual until Thursday as winds come out of the west and southwest at 5-15 miles per hour.
The National Weather Service puts the middle of the week forecast like this in their discussion.
Tuesday and Wednesday appear to be the start of days of transition. Models suggest the upper low will reach Illinois on Tuesday as it weakens into just a short wave embedded within the flow aloft. This wave looks to pass across Indiana on Tuesday afternoon and evening. However, moisture still remains a problem. Forecast soundings fail to show any saturation as the upper forcing passes. Gulf moisture fails to arrives due to blocking high pressure over the deep south. Thus, confidence for any rain continues to fall and will continue the ongoing dry forecast.
That high pressure ridge is so big that we just don't see any real chance for substantial rain for another week at least.
Thursday will be cool but temperatures will bounce back into the 60s by the weekend.
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