Same as the past couple days, mother nature brought us another pleasant Friday. Cloud deck blanketed the city Friday morning allowing for a little bit of a warmer start to the day. Unlike the low 50 lows we had for Wednesday and Thursday, the low Friday morning only dropped to 60°. There were some, well actually most places around the state dropped into the 50s with a few spots in the 40s. Elkhart & Angola both dropped to 48° while Eagle Creek, Anderson, and Rensselaer dropped to only 59°. Afternoon highs topped out in the mid to upper 70s for most places. 77° here but 81 down Southwest in Evansville in the Tri-state area. The normal high/low for this time of the year is 84/65.
We did get trace amounts of rain Friday mornig but only 25 out of the past 77 days (since June 1st) has seen measurable rainfall. This is fairly normal, we normally average 29 days with 0.01+ precip from June 1st thru August 31st. Despite the normal pace, total precipitation numbers are actually down. 8 out of the past 24 days and 3 days this month has seen measurable rainfall. Today marks the 7th consecutive day without any measurable rain. Total Precipitation since June 1st is 7.80" but the average amount is 10.40", so we are 2.60" below normal. For the month, the average amount thru Aug 16th is 1.60". We currently have 0.85" so the month is running 0.75" below normal.
A little bit of a drier August is due to the Northwestern flow in the jet stream. The jet stream is expected to flatten out running west to east so rain chances will likely continue to be on the dry side for atleast another week as a massive dome of high pressure will park in the midwest and allow for a summer warm-up.
This time last year, we were getting into the early stages of a very wet pattern that spanned out to the end of September. We even received remnants from former Hurricane Isaac around the Labor Day holiday weekend (see image to the right). On September 7, 2012 we received a record 2.71" which significantly beat the previous record of 1.19" set in 1942. Quite a big hefty rainfall amounts. 6.51" total for August 2012 squeezed into 8 days and 7.73" total for September 2012 squeezed into 12 days. August 2012 finished 3.38" above normal and September 2012 finished 4.61" above normal. Combined, August 1st-September 31st recorded a total of 14.24". This was 7.99" above normal.
The wet pattern did a few things; (1) Years Deficit went from 10.55" on August 3rd to 2.23" on September 30th (2) With rising water levels and moist soils, Burn Bans and Water Restrictions were lifted for many counties.
The NWS Indianapolis, IN has a short write up on this wet pattern change. Click or copy and the paste the following url address below.
FALL PREVIEW ENDING AND TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY GO UP!
This may potentially be our last time highs fail to reach the 80s this month or atleast for the next 7-10 days. The pattern change could even flirt with the return of 90° temperature readings as well. We've only had 5 this year, the average in one year is 15. After scanning records over the past 18 years, I've discovered 9 years saw their last 90° on September 1 or later. Of those 9 years, 4 happened within the past 6 years (2009 & 2012 was in August).
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A weak upper level low pressure system could offer up a few isolated showers on Saturday, Sunday, and even Monday. This is not guaranteed for everyone in the state and the greatest chance lies in the southern third of Indiana. Temperatures will be in the low 80s on Saturday and mid 80s on Sunday. You'll also notice the dew points will be slooowly creeping up over the weekend growing to very uncomfortable levels for the work week next week. Most of next week will be dry, hot, and uncomfortable. Rain or Storm chances looks to return next weekend.
SUNRISE: 6:59AM | SUNSET: 8:37PM | DAYS UNTIL AUTUMNAL (FALL) EQUINOX: 38
ABOUT 55% OF THE DAYS THIS SUMMER BELOW NORMAL | DAYS GET SHORTER & NIGHTS GET LONGER
FALL PREVIEW FADING AND HOTTER SUMMER AIR INVADES NEXT WEEK
AUGUST PRECIP IS BELOW NORMAL. 25 OUT OF PAST 77 DAYS SAW MEASURABLE RAIN SINCE JUNE 1st
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| MIX OF CLOUDS/SUN |
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SCT'D T'STORM? |
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| WARMER | SEASONAL | HEAT SURGES |
HUMID | HOTTER | HOT! | NOT AS HOT |
COOLER |
| 81 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 89 | 85 | 80 |
| 63 | 65 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 62 | 61 |
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