Sept. 26 | Evening Forecast with Chief Meteorologist Ashley Brown
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- Hurricane Helene to bring unprecedented impact to the southeastern United States
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — We’ve seen cloud cover increase throughout our Thursday, and winds also turned a touch breezy.
This is all foreshadowing a rough Friday ahead with rainy and windy conditions due to Hurricane Helene. Helene, which ramped up to a Category 4 storm on Thursday night , will unfortunately be a very impactful storm system for the southeastern United States.
Thursday night: Hurricane Helene will be making landfall by early Thursday night in Florida. Rain bands well ahead of the system’s center of circulation will spiral toward Indiana in the overnight hours. This time around, we do not have lots of dry air to overcome like with recent systems that short-sided us of rain.
Lows will only drop into the low to mid 60s. Winds will also pick up with gusts exceeding 30 mph at times closer to the predawn hours Friday.
Friday: Expect some difficulty getting through the day, especially if you will be out and about for a longer period of time. Rain will continue to fill in across central Indiana through Friday morning. There will be some steady heavier rain at times. Coverage in activity won’t drop off until Friday night with stuff turning more scattered.
The other issue we are going to deal with is strong winds. A Wind Advisory will be in place from 10 a.m. EDT until 9 p.m. EDT Friday for gusts over 50 mph at times. Power outages will be possible as it will be windy for much of the day. The strongest gusts look to occur in the afternoon and evening hours.
Highs are set to top out in the mid 70s.
High school football games will also be affected as well…