INDIANA, USA — It's been a nice weekend so far and we are expecting the comfortable weather to continue to all of Sunday for the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. However there is a quick catch. A small 10% chance of a rain shower is possible. Let's break it down.
(Note: Hour-by-hour forecast below)
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As have a more unsettled weather pattern on the way for next week with scattered storm chances on-and-off. Sunday is a transitional day. More clouds are likely to settled in, especially high clouds, and in a few places the clouds may be thick enough to drop a couple rain drops.
How may get a stray rain shower Sunday?
A spotty shower is possible from 8 a.m. through 5 p.m. The vast majority of that time will be dry. However every once in a while a shower will pop up near the Illinois-Indiana state line and bring raindrops to areas near or south of I-70.
Our rain zones show where the highest likelihood of rain will be. You can see the chance is already very low in the first place across Indiana. It's down to a 20% chance.
The speedway is right on the edge of the rain zone. Our 13News Weather team is putting out a 10% chance for IMS. That is super low, but not zero.
The highest chance will actually be in the mid and late morning hours. A spotty shower could hit your windshield on the way to IMS and on your way past the entrance gates. Once again, there is a good chance the spotty shower or two completely misses IMS.
Expect mostly cloudy skies the rest of the afternoon and evening. Rain chances will drop to 5% the rest of the day.
- 10 a.m. (Gates Open): Mostly cloudy, 10% rain chance, 70s
- 11 a.m.: Mostly cloudy, 10% rain chance, 70s
- 12 p.m. (Pre-Race Track Walk): Mostly cloudy, 10% rain chance, 80s
- 1 p.m.: Mostly cloudy, 10% rain chance, 80s
- 1:30 p.m. (Drivers Brick Walk & Introduction): Mostly cloudy, 10% rain chance, 80s
- 2 p.m.: Mostly cloudy, 5% rain chance, 80s
- 2:30 p.m. (Green flag): Mostly cloudy, 5% rain chance, 80s
- 3 p.m.: Mostly cloudy, 5% rain chance, 80s
- 4 p.m.: Mostly cloudy, 5% rain chance, 80s
- 5 p.m.: Mostly cloudy, 5% rain chance, 80s
- 6 p.m. (Gates Close): Mostly cloudy, 5% rain chance, 80s
Looking ahead
The real rain chances arrive this coming week. In the meantime, expect more clouds to move in. Occasional sun breaks are likely, but many times the sky will look a bit grayer outside on Sunday.
— 13News Meteorologist Matt Standridge
