RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE STATE: Heat is the word today, especially in southern areas. It's 90 degrees in Evansville as of 2 CT/3 ET, 87 in Vincennes, and 85 in Bloomington as of 3:00 PM. I'm also watching a few showers across the far north in Lake, Porter, and La Grange counties, moving east. Also worth noting today, there is a slight risk for severe weather for two Indiana counties: Lake & Newton. Some strong cells could move into northwest Indiana the rest of the day. Tomorrow there is a slight risk for severe weather across most of the state, and I'll talk more about that later on.
3 DAY OUTLOOK
Rest of today: As I mentioned earlier there is the potential for strong thunderstorms for northwestern Indiana, hail and wind the threats. Partly cloudy skies will remain through the evening, with an isolated thundershower possible before sunset.
Monday: Really throughout the day we have the chance of showers and thunderstorms with a few of them being severe. We could have a batch of showers and storms moving into the state very early in the morning, with the remnants of the developing storms in central and northern Illinois right now. Then in the afternoon, we will have the best chance for severe. The CAPE values mid-day tomorrow will be in the 1,000 to 3,000 J/KG range, which is plenty ripe for severe thunderstorms. There is a slight risk for areas southeast of a line from Lafayette to Peru to Kendallville, so basically all of the state is in a slight risk. The threats tomorrow afternoon will be large hail & damaging winds over 60 MPH. Looking over the data I only see a low tornado threat, only if an MCS forms which then there could be a brief spin-up. High temperatures tomorrow: Indianapolis: 77, Evansville: 82, Fort Wayne: 76, Terre Haute: 79, and Muncie: 78.
Tuesday: As the remnants of the storms push southeast, I think we'll have a pretty decent day Tuesday. There could a shower or thunderstorm for Southern Indiana in the morning, but that will pull off to the southeast into KY by afternoon. High temperatures on Tuesday will be like this: Indianapolis: 74, Fort Wayne: 72, Evansville: 76, South Bend: 69, and Columbus: 74.The sky cover across the state on Tuesday will be partly cloudy.
Wednesday: It will definitely be a cooler morning. Low temperatures in general will be near 50, with upper 40's north, and low 50's south. A few isolated showers will also be around for our Wednesday, especially in northern counties. Skies will be brighter the farther south you go. High temperatures - Indianapolis: 71, Evansville: 73, Fort Wayne: 66, Gary: 63, Kokomo: 70, and Bloomington: 72.
