More Rain On The Way. Also A Look At When We Could See Cooler Temperatures.

Alright bloggers, The wind has passed and yesterday was actually a really nice day with clear skies clam winds and for you warm weather lovers, the highs stayed in the lower 50s. Today will be another clear sky day with highs mild once again and lows tonight in the upper 30s around 39* degrees.

So what will be the weather story this week? Glad you asked. I'm currently tracking another weather system that will be developing over the next day and a half. As we head into Monday night more rain will move into our area with the main rain event as we head into Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Above is a weather model showing that line of rain moving into the area Tuesday night into Wednesday. We will see breezy conditions and heavy rain at times with this system. Rainfall on Tuesday into Wednesday between .75" and 1". Winds between 10 and 20 mph gusting to 30 and 30+ mph at times.

Here is your 5-day weather break down.

Tonight clear skies and a low around 39* degrees. 

Monday we will start out with partly cloudy skies across the area giving way to increasing clouds along with a few showers that evening. Rainfall between 0.10" and 0.25". High around 55* degrees with a low around 48* degrees. Winds light between 5 and 10 mph.

Tuesday the rain showers will continue with the heaviest rain moving in later Tuesday night into early Wednesday. Rainfall between 0.75" and 1.00" possible. Breezy with winds between 10 and 20 mph. As the line of rain showers move through winds could gust to 30 and 30+ mph at times. High around 62* and a low around 55*.

Wednesday we will start out the day with mostly cloudy skies across the area. Skies will try to clear a bit as the day continues. High around 57* degrees with a low around 42* degrees. Winds between 15 and 20 mph.

Thursday we will look for partly cloudy skies. High around 49* degrees and a low that night around 35* degrees.

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I also looked ahead a bit to try and find out when we could see some cooler weather set in. We will see some cooler temperatures as we head into Next weekend and the start of next week, We will really see some colder temperatures as we head closer to Thanksgiving and the weekend after Thanksgiving. We may even see our first snowflakes flying soon!

Take a look at this cold dip in the 540 line as we head into the weekend after Thanksgiving.

So enjoy these 60s while you can everyone. Cold weather will be here before you know it! With that said, I will be back here later on today as Winter Weather Preparedness week is here! So stay tuned for that. Have a great day bloggers. I'll check back again soon.

Rain And Wind Numbers Are In.

Well the rain has pushed off to the east and now the wind and cooler temperatures take over. Take a look at these peak wind gusts so far across the area.

Monticello, and Frankfort, coming in with gusts of 45 mph. Lafayette, not far behind with 40 mph followed by Remington, with a 39 mph gust. We can still change these numbers as the day continues. Lafayette, is currently still seeing winds gusting to 38+ mph at times. These winds will continue into Friday before finally starting to die down as we head into late Friday and the weekend.

Rainfall for the most part stayed right around what we were expecting. Areas to the north did pick up slightly higher amounts. Take a look.

Kentland, coming in with the highest amount at 0.85". Lafayette, around 0.33". Rensselare, with 0.28". and Monticello, around 0.13".

Now that that cold front is through we have been seeing our temperature fall slowly as the day continues. We currently sit at 48* degrees.

Much cooler air is making its way into our area. We will see a low tonight around the freezing mark 32* degrees. Highs tomorrow in the upper 40s with a low Friday night cold around 26* degrees!

That's it for now bloggers. I'll check back again soon.

System update. Severe storms out west. Rain and wind at home.

Rain started around 8pm here in the Lafayette area. Nothing too heavy. Light to moderate rain at times with winds slowly but surly picking up. Good news is the severe weather is doing as expected and staying well off to our west. Take a look at the number of storm reports from the IL and surrounding areas below.

Lots of high wind reports across the area, a few tornado reports along with some large hail. Hopefully everyone is doing alright in these areas. Some of the winds reports in those areas were reaching speeds as high as 70 mph and 80 mph taking out large trees and small buildings!

The rain will continue off and on tonight for us along with the high gusting winds. Currently in Lafayette we are seeing winds out of the SSE at 20 mph with gusts of 30 mph.

Take a look at this surface chart as we head into the overnight. This is looking at around 1:am EST.

Rain still spreading across the area as that cold front approaches.

The first front will pass through during the overnight while the second front will pass through the area later on Thursday afternoon. 

This next chart is looking into Thursday around 1:pm EST.

Once that front pushes all the way through the area we will see much cooler temperatures along with breezy conditions. Highs tomorrow reaching into the low 50s with lows in the 30s. Highs on Friday only making it into the low to middle 40s!

System Update. High Winds Still The Main Threat.

You can see the system really starting to take shape as it continues to move closer to the area. This system will be packing high winds of 40 to 45+ mph at times. showers and a few thundershowers are possible. Right now the timing for this system hasn't changed much since my last update. I still expect rainfall later tonight before midnight. Rainfall between .10" and .25" with slightly higher 

amounts possible in thundershowers.

There is a slight risk for severe weather area that is very close to home. However I still expect the strong storms to stay well to our west. 

Take a look at this EHI chart below. This is where I expect the severe weather to be tonight if any.

Again I cannot totally rule out a few rumbles tonight however nothing to be concerned about. Our main threats will be the gusty winds. 

Here is a link to the current Watches and Advisories for our area.

http://www.weather.gov/ind/

Take care bloggers. I'll check back in soon.

High Wind Watches And Advisories In Effect.

CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-

BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-

349 AM EST WED NOV 11 2015
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY...

ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY.


  TONIGHT WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND THEN BECOME WEST ON
* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH LATE
  THURSDAY.


  OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND.
* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH

  PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE AND LIGHT WEIGHT

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WHITE-CASS



...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...


HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

 * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD
FRIDAY MORNING.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...


   FURTHER THURSDAY MORNING. INTENSE WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
   FRONT LATE TONIGHT...AND SWITCH TO THE WEST AND INTENSIFY

 * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE
   INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE ABATING SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT.


   THURSDAY.

   TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH