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INDIANA, USA — Indiana is stuck in rainy weather through the rest of the Easter weekend, and even through Monday morning. There is a stationary front over us, acting like a firehose for cluster of rain after cluster of rain. Most severe threats are done or limited across the state, we should mainly just be tracking some rain and thunder at times.
Overall rainfall totals for the weekend have been dropped to 1-2.5 inches across central Indiana. Tap HERE to track the rain and thunder across the state with our interactive radar.
Our weather team will dare to say, we think most of the time the rest of the Easter weekend will be dry, but there are windows of time that have higher rain chances than others. The afternoon may trend a lot drier for many Hoosiers, however expect the backyard to remain wet and muddy for easter egg hunts and rolls . You can of course still do it outside, but the lawn may still be pretty wet, depending on how well it drains.
The best chance for rain will be: Isolated, light rain showers: Saturday night Few rain showers and some downpours: Sunday 6 a.m.-12 p.
m. Stray rain showers: Sunday afternoon / evening Scattered rain and storms Monday morning 12 a.m.
-8 a.m. During the daylight hours on Easter, the best chance for rain will be in the morning .
Overtime the scattered showers and downpours will push into northern Indiana in the early afternoon. For central Indiana, the rest of the day will trend drier. We cannot rule out the chance for a stray shower to develop.
We wanted to go a bit more in-depth on the rain timeline. Let's start in the morning. While heading to worship services or breakfast with the family in the morning, you may run into rain and downpours at times.
It may not be a constant rain, but for many Hoosiers it will be a cloudy and rainy start. During the afternoon, rain showers should mostly leave much of central Indiana . Between 1-3 p.
m., there may still be some isolated rain showers in northern Indiana, but many Hoosiers will be a lot drier during the afternoon. There may even be a few sun breaks across central and southern Indiana.
Some south winds should eventually warm us up well into the 60s and 70s. We thinking briefly in the mid and late afternoon hours, much of central Indiana may end up in the low and mid 70s . As Indiana dries out a little, stronger storms and heavy rain will develop up and down the Mississippi River.
There could be some severe storms around the Ozarks and Illinois. These downpours and thunderstorms will push east, but we do think they will weaken quite a bit as they arrive into Indiana. Once the line crosses into Indiana, we should see a lot of weakening.
We think there is a chance for an isolated wind storm in Indiana, but for the most part we may be tracking rain and thunder pushing east. Many Hoosiers in central Indiana have picked up 0.5" to 1.
5" so far. An additional 1" of rain or so is possible. It really depends on where the biggest downpours will be during Sunday night and early Monday morning.
The last round of storms should be ending around 8 a.m. across much of Indiana.
There may still be some lingering showers on Monday, but clearing skies are possible by the evening. If you don't get much sun on Monday, you'll definitely get more by Tuesday. We hope you and your family have a wonderful, safe, and joyful Easter! Maybe you'll have a dry afternoon, but we may still be a bit muddy for Easter egg hunts.
— 13News Meteorologist Matt Standridge RELATED: When to expect the last freeze and frosts across Indiana during the spring To stream 13 WTHR on your phone, you need the 13 WTHR app. More Videos Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video.
