Compared to this time yesterday, the radar across the region is looking a lot quieter. We saw that cold front push through yesterday. Now, we're watching an area of high pressure move into the region, and this high pressure is going to dominate the regional weather for a little bit.
The high pressure will make for a cooler day today in the region, and a cooler night in the region as well. Looking for a lot of places to fall to around 50F (give or take) tonight for overnight lows. The skies will be clear overnight tonight, however tomorrow things are going to start to get a bit interesting.
Yes, we have a rain making system on the way. As far as storms with this system, they'll be around, but for the most part they will not be severe.
Tomorrow, we're going to watch an upper level trough dig into the Plains. This trough is going to push further southward and allow for a surface low pressure to deepen further and start heading towards the region. The low will have a cold front and a warm front, but surprisingly...both of those might not pass through the region. I'll explain later.
The low pressure tomorrow afternoon/evening will start to near the region and get a little bit stronger. In doing so, it'll allow for rain showers to start developing around it. At the same time, we're going to watch it push its warm front up towards the region, but that'll actually stop around in the Ohio River Valley - which means that rain showers will be likely and a temperature increase will not be likely.
On Friday, this is when the rain showers really get into the region. They'll start to fill out across the region from the west to the east, and there is a chance this could be a steady rain event rather than a scattered rain shower event (I'll do more work on that later). The low pressure on Friday will take a nearly abrupt turn to the north around SE Indiana, which will also pull its cold front up with it. This cold front is going to make things a bit tricky, but only in the sense of thunderstorms. Rain showers will be likely, but depending on where this front ends up during the time Friday afternoon will determine whether or not some places see actual thunderstorms. For now though, it'll be cloudy and if storms do form they'll more than likely be embedded within the rain showers.
The centre of the low pressure will turn slightly back to the west around Fort Wayne and South Bend allowing for the rain showers to remain in the region, but then come late afternoon Friday, the centre will start to undergo a little bit of occlusion as it moves into the Detroit area.
Friday night and going into Saturday morning, rain showers will be likely ahead of that cold front, but once that cold front passes through, this is where things get a little tricky. Looks like rain showers will be likely in the western half of the region during Friday night, but not so much after midnight Friday. The eastern half of the region will have to hold onto the rain showers throughout the overnight.
Rain showers will actually take a break during the first half of Saturday in the western half of the region until a little disturbance pushes through the region. This will allow for some spotty rain showers to be likely throughout the western half of the region during the afternoon on Saturday and into the evening. The eastern half of the region will see the same thing (only with some lake enhancement) but there will probably not be much of a break in between rain showers.
Going into Sunday, the low pressure will try to move out of the region. This will calm the weather in the western half of the region down a bit and give you guys some clearer skies, but the eastern half of the region, not so. Rain showers will still be lingering for a while.
So in a nutshell, low pressure to pass through the region, it's going to rain. Check the extended forecasts for specific details on your locations.
I'll get some graphics up for you later this morning and I'll keep you updated as always, but for now, that's the weather!
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