Uh Oh! Check out this bow echo!

 What is this? A "Bow Echo".

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 417
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
210 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2023

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 417 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

INC005-011-013-015-017-021-023-025-027-037-045-049-051-055-057-
063-067-071-081-083-091-093-097-099-101-103-105-107-109-117-119-
121-123-125-129-131-133-141-147-149-153-157-159-163-165-167-171-
173-175-181-300000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0417.230629T1810Z-230630T0000Z/

IN
.    INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARTHOLOMEW          BOONE               BROWN
CARROLL              CASS                CLAY
CLINTON              CRAWFORD            DAVIESS
DUBOIS               FOUNTAIN            FULTON
GIBSON               GREENE              HAMILTON
HENDRICKS            HOWARD              JACKSON
JOHNSON              KNOX                LAWRENCE
LA PORTE             MARION              MARSHALL
MARTIN               MIAMI               MONROE
MONTGOMERY           MORGAN              ORANGE
OWEN                 PARKE               PERRY
PIKE                 POSEY               PULASKI
PUTNAM               SPENCER             ST. JOSEPH
STARKE               SULLIVAN            TIPPECANOE
TIPTON               VANDERBURGH         VERMILLION
VIGO                 WARREN              WARRICK
WASHINGTON           WHITE
$$

The air quality is very unhealthy today!

I suggest wearing a mask if outside.

Air Quality Alert

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-300315-
Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery-Boone-
Tipton-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam-
Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Vigo-Clay-Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby-
Rush-Sullivan-Greene-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Knox-Daviess-
Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings-
Including the cities of Delphi, Flora, Williamsport, West Lebanon,
Lafayette, West Lafayette, Frankfort, Kokomo, Attica, Covington,
Veedersburg, Crawfordsville, Lebanon, Zionsville, Tipton, Fishers,
Carmel, Noblesville, Anderson, Muncie, Winchester, Union City,
Farmland, Parker City, Clinton, Fairview Park, Rockville, Montezuma,
Rosedale, Greencastle, Plainfield, Brownsburg, Danville,
Indianapolis, Greenfield, New Castle, Terre Haute, Brazil, Spencer,
Gosport, Martinsville, Mooresville, Greenwood, Franklin,
Shelbyville, Rushville, Sullivan, Carlisle, Shelburn, Farmersburg,
Linton, Bloomfield, Jasonville, Worthington, Bloomington, Nashville,
Columbus, Greensburg, Vincennes, Washington, Loogootee, Shoals,
Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, and North Vernon
1102 AM EDT Wed Jun 28 2023

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

The officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management
have declared an Air Action Day, in effect until midnight EDT
on Thursday.

An Air Quality Action Day for PM 2.5 has been issued. Fine
particulate levels are expected to be Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
range. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory
disease, such as asthma should limit prolonged outdoor exposure.

Here are some recommended actions that the public can take:

 * Carpool or use public transportation.
 * Staying indoors whenever possible.
 * Monitor indoor air quality by keeping air circulating and
checking on indoor filtration systems.
 * Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
 * Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn
equipment until after 7pm.
 * Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
 * Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air
 conditioner to 75 degrees or above.

 For additional information, please visit the IDEM Smog page at:

 https://www.apps.idem.in.gov/smogwatch

The 90's are back for this weekend.

We'll have a high temperature of 90 on Saturday and Sunday. It cools off next week and then the 90's return for the July 4th holiday. Happy Summer Solstice!

Here is what the NWS out of Indianapolis is thinking:

.Long Term...(Friday through Wednesday)
Issued at 303 AM EDT Thu Jun 22 2023

By Friday morning, it appears that the Rex Block pattern that has
dominated this week`s weather across the eastern CONUS will have
finally broken. With upper level ridging over the northern Great
Lakes decaying and the cutoff low over the Tennessee and Ohio River
Valleys finally propagating northwards, Friday should be the last
day that these synoptic features drive the forecast for our region.

The aforementioned low should eject northeastward throughout the day
on Friday, but guidance depicts a lobe of cyclonic vorticity
swinging around its left side in this time frame. As a result, areas
along and east of I-65 will retain chance PoPs for showers on Friday
afternoon. Cloud coverage will limit temperatures in this same
region, and Friday`s forecast highs are marked by a steep gradient
from west to east. Areas west of I-65 will see less cloud coverage
and lower rain chances, and will thus rise into the 80s. Meanwhile,
areas east of this corridor will only reach the mid 70s amidst
thicker clouds, but a distinct pattern shift will allow conditions
to improve by the weekend.

On the periphery of weak upper level ridging, Saturday will be dry
and warm across Central Indiana. This is not the case upstream, as a
developing low pressure over the Great Plains and shortwave upper
trough will trigger storms (and potentially an MCS) to develop out
closer to Iowa. Locally, the development of this surface low will
contribute to the breakdown of the past week`s block and will allow
surface flow to veer to westerly and southerly. This, in turn, will
enhance warm air advection over our forecast area, allowing
temperatures to warm into the upper 80s/lower 90s on Saturday. Low
level flow strengthens into Sunday, only enhancing this ongoing warm
air and moisture advection and setting the stage for potential
convective thunderstorm activity in Indiana.

While this system is likely to give our area the best rain chances
we have seen in a while, multiple questions remain up in the air
regarding any severe weather potential on Sunday. The first of these
questions relates to the upstream activity mentioned above; will it
develop into an MCS and will this MCS make it all the way to
Indiana? The presence of a seasonably potent 500mb jet streak nearby
depicted in some guidance on Sunday would support this system
sustaining itself. However, it will also have to overcome a loss of
diurnal thermal instability, as it would approach the area
overnight/early in the morning. The next question depends on the
strength of any lingering activity; would it locally suppress the
thermodynamic environment via latent heat processes and decrease
instability for Sunday afternoon? Weaker or nonexistent Sunday
morning storms would allow for greater potential for convective
initiation across Indiana later in the day. Any storms that form on
Sunday afternoon will exist in a favorable shear directional regime,
and modeled soundings demonstrate the need to monitor severe weather
approach if favorable thermodynamics are realized. More questions
exist regarding the spatiotemporal placement of the driving
shortwave trough; will the best forcing be displaced south or east
of the area? While guidance generally agrees in the shift towards a
more favorable synoptic pattern for convection (and rain!!), many of
these questions will remain up in air until the system enters the
range of higher-resolution modeling. Stay tuned to future forecast
updates as this event approaches, as trends in the above questions
will be watched in the coming days.

A typical summertime weather pattern will emerge into the early part
of next week. With a ridge building over the southern Plains and
broad troughing over the NE states, Indiana will exist in a regime
of NW flow aloft and SW flow at the surface. This combination
typically results in warm, moist air over our area, increasing the
potential for precipitation. Said precipitation is driven by
mesoscale features beyond the scope of medium-range modeling, but
expect climatologically appropriate weather for the start of the
next workweek.

Attacks on meteorologist causes one in Iowa to resign after getting PTSD.

What a shame!

When Iowa meteorologist Chris Gloninger got an email notification last June, it read: “Getting sick and tired of your liberal conspiracy on the weather.”

“What’s your address,” another asked Gloninger a few days later. “We conservative Iowans would like to give you an Iowan welcome you will never forget.”

Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage

Air Quality Alert still in effect. More haze today and tonight

I don't think we will see any relief until it rains on Sunday. In the meantime, you would not imagine how many fires there are in the North American hemisphere. Unbelievable! 

https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?layers=6db1b46d55dc4145b93d8eb8e525906c

Terrible air quality in Indiana through Thursday.

In case you didn't know, there are wildfires in Canada that are creating smoke and haze across the United States. If you have allergies or respiratory issues, it might be best to stay inside the next two days. Here are some helpful websites to determine the air quality in your area:

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management

Environmental Protection Agency Air Now

The National Weather Service

Air Quality Alert

Air Quality Alert Message
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
109 PM EDT Wed Jun 7 2023

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-081715-
Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery-
Boone-Tipton-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Vermillion-Parke-
Putnam-Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Vigo-Clay-Owen-Morgan-
Johnson-Shelby-Rush-Sullivan-Greene-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-
Decatur-Knox-Daviess-Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings-
Including the cities of Delphi, Flora, Williamsport,
West Lebanon, Lafayette, West Lafayette, Frankfort, Kokomo,
Attica, Covington, Veedersburg, Crawfordsville, Lebanon,
Zionsville, Tipton, Fishers, Carmel, Noblesville, Anderson,
Muncie, Winchester, Union City, Farmland, Parker City, Clinton,
Fairview Park, Rockville, Montezuma, Rosedale, Greencastle,
Plainfield, Brownsburg, Danville, Indianapolis, Greenfield,
New Castle, Terre Haute, Brazil, Spencer, Gosport, Martinsville,
Mooresville, Greenwood, Franklin, Shelbyville, Rushville,
Sullivan, Carlisle, Shelburn, Farmersburg, Linton, Bloomfield,
Jasonville, Worthington, Bloomington, Nashville, Columbus,
Greensburg, Vincennes, Washington, Loogootee, Shoals, Bedford,
Mitchell, Seymour, and North Vernon
109 PM EDT Wed Jun 7 2023

...AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN DECLARED...

The officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental
Management have declared an Air Quality Alert for...

Wednesday...June 7th and Thursday... June 8th for all central
Indiana counties...

Particulates and Ozone levels are expected to be in the Orange or
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range. Active children and adults,
and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit
prolonged outdoor exposure.

Here are some recommended actions that the public can take to reduce
ozone forming emissions:

     * Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
     * Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
     * Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn
       equipment until after 7pm.
     * Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
     * Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air
       conditioner to 75 degrees or above.