INDIANAPOLIS — Central Indiana will see a 50-degree temperature drop from highs near 70 degrees today with wind chills near 20 degrees by Thursday morning.
One last warm day
Morning rain is wrapping up, and skies are starting to clear. This clearing trend continues this afternoon with a strong southwesterly wind with temperatures peaking in the upper 60s — 15-20 degrees above average.
Colder air begins to build tonight
- Skies clear this evening and overnight
- Lows in the low 40s
- Another quick cold front Wednesday morning brings a chance of stray showers before 11 a.m.
- Temperatures peak in the low 50s Wednesday afternoon
Coldest air yet this season and snow by Thursday morning
- Low temperatures dropping to near freezing Thursday morning
- Wind chills 15-25 degrees
- Scattered snow showers possible after 5 a.m. through the morning
- Little to no accumulation expected
- Steady temperatures in the mid to upper 30s through Thursday afternoon.
- We'll see a lull in precipitation chances Thursday late afternoon before a secondary wave brings a snow/rain mix into the evening hours.
Cooler-than-average snap ends by Sunday
A much colder pattern settles in through Saturday with highs in the 40s. With a strong northwest wind expected through Friday, lake-enhanced rain/snow showers will be possible. Temperatures will then recover to more seasonal levels with highs in the mid 50s by Sunday and to near 60 degrees through early next week.
