Winter Weather Advisory issued for Friday morning across central Indiana
Jan 09, 2025
It was the coldest morning of the season so far across Central Indiana. For Indianapolis, we had our coldest temperatures since January 21, 2024 with a low of 5°. Crawfordsville and Columbus both had balmy lows of -8°. The clear skies, light winds and fresh snowpack allowed more heat to be released into the atmosphere. For tonight, it will still be chilly. But, we'll have increasing clouds overnight ahead of our next snowmaker.
Observed Lows Thursday
Cloud Cover By Hour Forecast
Tracking our next snow
This behemoth of a weather maker prompts winter headlines across several states across the United States. This includes Winter Storm Warnings from Raleigh, North Carolina through Dallas, Texas. Some spots in the northern Dallas suburbs could approach half an inch of snowfall overnight and into Friday. We'll get our share of the snow Friday, too and it will come with commute impacts. Winter Weather Advisory kicks in at 4:00 a.m. Friday and sticks with us through 4:00 a.m. Saturday.
Most of the Friday morning commute should be okay. However, the tail-end of the commute could see some snow showers starting SW and west of Indianapolis. Because of this, a few slick spots can't be ruled out but those will be few and far between. That activity will gradually spread NE throughout the morning and afternoon. It will become a steady snow from that time and stick around through the Friday p.m. commute. We anticipate that the p.m. commute will come with slowdowns and headaches. So plan ahead!
The snow will taper through the evening before exiting into the overnight hours. When all is said and done, most will end up with 2-4" of snow. This will be the story through much of Central Indiana. Less snow likely further NW but more possible south and southeast. Those spots could approach 5.0" in spots.
This will continue what has been a busy winter season for Central Indiana. Since October 1st, Indianapolis has 12.0" of snow under its belt. Compared to last year's 2.2" to date, we have 10" more snow overall. It's the most snow to date in 11 years. A typical season (October 1st to May 1st) sees 25.5" for Indianapolis.
Cold (and more snow) follow
The cold temperatures aren't going anywhere following Friday's snow. High temperatures in the 20s will be around through the weekend. We'll "peak" with highs near 30° Sunday ahead of a frontal boundary. This clipper system could bring some snow showers Sunday night into Monday but those chances are low. If any snow were to occur, amounts would be low.
That will pass through late Sunday into Monday which will give us our next cold blast. Temperatures will tumble during the day Monday setting the stage for more cold. Highs in the teens on Tuesday and Wednesday as we remain dry. Lows in the single digits with subzero wind chills are also likely.