More than half of the state is 10 to 15 degrees cooler than yesterday, and many spots north of Indy will have widespread frost this morning.
The rain we'll experience on Friday won't be too heavy, but it will impact outdoor plans, especially in the 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. window.INDIANAPOLIS — Central Indiana is enjoying a beautifully sunny afternoon with highs near and above 60°. Enjoy a pleasant evening and a quiet overnight as we await the next round of rain coming later Friday afternoon.
Speaking of rain, for the first time in over a year, no part of Indiana is experiencing any level of drought conditions. This is a byproduct of what's been a wet start to 2024 and abnormally wet month of April, with many areas in central Indiana 3"-4"+ above average rain for the month. Indiana is now free of abnormally dry conditions! It's been about a year since Indiana was completely free of any type of drought.The rain we'll experience on Friday won't be too heavy, but it will impact outdoor plans, especially in the 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. window. Latest hi-res modeling shows an axis of rain reaching the Illinois/Indiana line around 3 p.m.
That line nears Indy around 4 p.m. and moves across the city over the following couple of hours. If that timing doesn't change much over the next 24 hours, plan on wet conditions going into The Fieldhouse for Game 3 of the Bucks-Pacers playoff series. An east-northeasterly movement places the bulk of that rain out of the state by 8 p.m. with only scattered showers and some thunder lingering Friday night into early Saturday.
By Saturday afternoon, within the warm sector, there won't be much to trigger thunderstorms locally and the focus will be on the building warmth with highs in the 80s. With the focal point for storm initiation much farther west, central Indiana likely gets into the warmest air of the year and warmest air since early October.WTHR would like to send you push notifications about the latest news and weather.
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