Live Doppler 13 Weather Blog: Dangerous heat wave arrives Monday

INDIANAPOLIS — Present (5 p.m.) radar evaluation is comparatively quiet within the WTHR viewing space, with scattered heavy storms between Marion and Fort Wayne at this hour, and people are transferring into Ohio.  

Further heavy storms are doable within the coming hours with a delicate boundary lingering round central Indiana, however confidence is low on when/the place any storms would develop. The larger story within the brief time period is the “air you’ll be able to put on” that is in place with dewpoints of 70°+.

This miserably muggy air might be right here till our subsequent cool entrance passes by means of early Friday morning. Between from time to time, we will be sweating by means of the most popular air we have skilled for the reason that brutal summer time of 2012.

Elements of the WTHR viewing space are in a Warmth Advisory on Monday with the expectation of warmth indices of 105°+ being most possible west of I-65.  

That is an space the place there ought to be fewer impacts of cloud particles/remnant rain from potential heavy storms.  

With that mentioned, it is nonetheless going to be miserably muggy and dangerously sizzling round Indy, with warmth indices of 100° through the afternoon.

All of central Indiana is in danger for extreme storms, however there stays excessive uncertainty on the place an anticipated heavy storm cluster will develop/monitor.  

There might be a fantastic line Monday on the place the doubtless harmful wind will happen with this modeled heavy storm cluster to little/if any rain to its south-southwest.

It is too near name for Indy proper now, and we won’t rule out heavy storms at occasions Monday.

That storm cluster(s) might be erupting on the sting of the “sizzling dome” that is presently centered to our west-southwest similarly to steam rising across the lid on a pot of boiling water.  

The “lid” of sizzling air with the upper-level ridge might be extra centered over the Ohio Valley on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

This can end in our hottest excessive/warmth indices in 10 years. And, day by day report highs are anticipated on each days.

Little if any storms are anticipated, however the juicy air would produce very heavy rain charges for any cells that might break by means of the lid. 

Thursday is forecast to stay dangerously sizzling and humid with near-record highs within the mid/higher 90s and warmth indices of 100°+.  

Between now and Friday morning (when much less humid air returns) it is smart to restrict your outside time. Take frequent hydration breaks if open air, search shade, and spend time in A/C. Count on Warmth Advisories and/or Extreme Warnings into Thursday afternoon.

Lengthy-range steering suggests a pleasing air mass returns for subsequent weekend with loads of sunshine.