It's raining in Bloomington!

Hallelujah! Bring on the rain!




I feel sorry for businesses on Kirkwood Ave.  They just started curbside dining this weekend and now it's raining.  You can read more about it in the IDS.

City council approves weekend Kirkwood street closing

Here are some pictures from yesterday:






Cooler temperatures arrive next week.

SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 321 AM EDT Sun Jun 21 2020

Periodic showers and thunderstorms will be possible throughout the
short term period as several perturbations rotate around an upper
low situated over southern Manitoba. The best chances, however,
will be later today and again Monday and Tuesday. After a lull in
activity around mid-week due to brief high pressure, the
convective chances will increase again late in the extended period
with the next upper level wave and associated surface front.
Meanwhile, temperatures will start out above normal early in the
period before falling to near or slightly below normal from
Tuesday through Thursday. Another warming trend will commence late
in the extended period.

&&

.NEAR TERM /This afternoon/...

Issued at 1009 AM EDT Sun Jun 21 2020

Surface analysis late this morning shows a weak trough of low
pressure over southern Indiana. On a broader scale...strong high
pressure was found off the Florida panhandle and Low pressure was
found over Ontario. This was resulting in a southerly flow of
warm and moist air to Central Indiana. Water vapor aloft shows a
short wave over IL/KY/Wrn TN sliding east. Radar mosaics show an
area of rain associated with the wave aloft pushing east. HRRR
suggests the precip will be mostly focused across the southern
parts of the forecast area this afternoon...as the best dynamics
will be located there. Forecast soundings through the afternoon
suggest nearly saturated column as these features pass.

Thus will include highest pops across the southern parts of the
forecast area this afternoon...trending lows toward the northern
parts of the forecast area. Given the expected clouds and
precip...trended highs slightly cooler than the previous forecast.

&&

.SHORT TERM /Tonight through Tuesday Night/...

Issued at 321 AM EDT Sun Jun 21 2020

Tonight, shower and thunderstorm chances will taper off from west
to east across central Indiana with a lull over the western half
of central Indiana between vorticity maximums. However,
southwestern portions of the forecast area will slowly start
filling in again with shower and thunderstorm chances by Monday
morning as another vort max moves in ahead of a cold front. With
the upper Canadian low also closer by that point, upper forcing
will contribute further to higher shower and thunderstorm
chances. As a result, will trend toward the likely and categorical
Pops of the latest National Blend of Models initialization from
Monday afternoon into Tuesday.

As the Canadian low pushes farther eastward on Tuesday night, most
of central Indiana will trend toward a dry forecast except for the
east/southeastern counties where low chances for showers and
thunderstorms will persist through Tuesday night.

Temperatures will start out above normal on Monday with a
southwest push of warm advection in the warm sector of a surface
low. So, highs will top off in the upper 80s. However, they will
dip closer to normal behind a cold front on Tuesday with highs in
the low 80s. Overnight lows will vary from the upper 60s tonight
and Monday night to low 60s by Tuesday night.

&&

.LONG TERM /Wednesday through Saturday/...

Issued at 253 AM EDT Sun Jun 21 2020

Surface high pressure building in from the Plains will bring some
drying to central Indiana from Wednesday into Thursday with
northwesterly flow bringing in slightly cooler temperatures and
lower dew points. From Thursday through Friday the surface high and
the best subsidence associated with it will be south of the forecast
area. With little in the way of forcing but heat and moisture slowly
returning, could see a few isolated showers and storms from Thursday
afternoon through Friday morning. By Friday afternoon, though,
better forcing arrives in the form of an upper wave and an
approaching surface front. This will bring more widespread chances
for showers and thunderstorms across the area for the weekend. Highs
Wednesday should top out in the upper 70s to lower 80s, but mid to
upper 80s are back on tap for the weekend.

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