The rain continues to fall.  Watch for wet roads overnight and early Wednesday.

Forecast highs are in the upper 40s and lower 50s on Wednesday and Thursday.  The Forecast 8 team will track the center of the area of low pressure into central Indiana late Wednesday and early Thursday.  The heaviest rain is east of the low, so our rain chances will begin to taper off.

A drier and milder weather pattern arrives for Friday and the weekend.

Here are the rain totals so far for the last 2 days. More rain is in the forecast.

The chance for rain continues through Thursday.  Scattered showers are in the forecast overnight, as temperatures will be in the range of 40-45 degrees.

A slow moving area of low pressure will keep the weather pattern unsettled.

The the clouds and rain chances, high temperatures will struggle to near 50 degrees Wednesday and Thursday.  A drier and milder pattern arrives for Friday and the weekend.

Most of the area is getting a break from the steady rain.  There are a few patches of rain east and southeast of Indianapolis.  Right now the rain is falling across parts of Rush county moving northwest toward Shelbyville.  There is another round of rain coming out of Cincinnati.  This will move over Greensburg, Connersville and Richmond.

Rain continues and it will soon include most of the viewing area.  Heavier rain is still west and south of Indy, but that may change over the next hour or 2.

BUS STOP THIS MORNING: A conveyor belt of rain has formed in the western half of the state.  The rain is rotating from south to north, so these areas will see significant doses of rain.  Areas east of Indy may be okay at the bus stop this morning.

REST OF TODAY: Like a broken record, an upper-level low is stalled out to our west. It is sending waves of rain, and so far most of that rain has been in western parts of the viewing area.  That looks to stay the same for the most part today.  Western Indiana will see the brunt of the rain again today.  Highs will hit the low to mid 50’s.

TONIGHT: Not much change to the pattern.  Some areas will still see rain, others will be drier.  Lows will dip into the low 40’s.

WEDNESDAY: More of the same, though the core of the rain may slide a bit east.  The nature of these systems is that there are pockets of steady, heavy rain, then there are dry slots in other spots.  Figuring out where those set up is difficult.  So bottom line…take rain gear and hope you see a dry slot.  Highs will struggle to hit the lower 50’s.

Right now the heavy rain is falling across southern and western Illinois and eastern Missouri.  The center of this developing storm system will spin to our west through mid-week.  An area of high pressure will build across the northeast and keep the rain producing low close enough for rain chances.

Scattered showers and highs in the low 50s are in the forecast for Tuesday.  Right now, Forecast 8 is timing the steadiest rain locally for Tuesday night and early Wednesday.

The weather pattern remains unsettled and cool.

Forecast 8 is tracking an area of low pressure that will continue to bring rain chances to the area through mid-week.  There will be clouds this evening and overnight, along with a few showers.  Right now the heaviest rain will fall just to our west.

As high pressure builds across the northeastern part of the county, the area of low pressure will get stuck and the chance for rain will linger into mid-week.

With clouds and the chance for rain, temperatures will be cool.

It is a cloudy and cool and damp Monday.  Temperatures are only in the upper 40s and lower 50s and there are a few showers.  The steadier rain right now is across Illinois, but it moves our way for tonight and Tuesday.  Keep the jackets and the umbrellas handy through mid-week.

Forecast 8 Vipir Radar continues to show a band of rain across north central Indiana. This rain area has been there all morning and should remain there through this afternoon. Lafayette has reported over 1″ of rain since Sunday. It appears that we all should get in on the rain shield late tonight and Tuesday. In fact, rainfall totals may exceed 1″ in many spots by Wednesday morning.

Rain continues to fall mainly north and west of Indianapolis.  Rainfall totals will continue to slowly build in those locations. Additional rain will try to move into the state later today, so we will keep an eye on it for you throughout the day.