A cold front is moving into the region from the northwest today.  Ahead of the front, we’ll see breezy southerly winds, with high temperatures close to normal, in the low-mid 70s.  Lots of clouds will be around, however, and if you’ve gone outside at all this morning, you know rain will be too.  If you don’t have rain falling now, you probably at least  have damp or wet streets.  Some heavier downpours are embedded within the showers, and the airport has already picked up over a half-inch!  One of our NWS storm spotters reported minor street flooding in New Carlisle with some of the heavier rain (thanks, Michael!)  Here are some doppler estimates of the rainfall so far:

There should be a break in the activity shortly after lunch, but more showers and even a few thunderstorms will be possible late this afternoon as the cold front drops in.  The front moves through tonight, and that means we dry out… and cool down a bit.  Highs on Thursday will be near 70-degrees… with a mix of sun and clouds.  We can’t rule out an isolated shower late-day, but most spots will not see rain Thursday.

Then the upper low drops in on Friday.  This thing will hang out a little too long… and by the end of it all, I think we’ll be happy to see it go.  Check out the s-l-o-w movement between Friday:

And Monday:

Rain chances will even linger into Tuesday before the low lifts east and we dry out mid-week.  All the while, temps will be running cool, with highs in the 60s.  The clouds will actually keep temperatures up overnight, however, so lows will only dip into the upper 40s/low 50s.

So you work with someone long enough, and I guess you start to think alike.  Check out how Karrie Rossmiller and I showed up to work today:

Yikes.  That’s scary.  Unplanned, and even an off-shade of pink!  We’re certainly on your side with weather and traffic every ten minutes!

Jamie