October 9-10

You can tell the farmers are in the fields!   Because it has been so dry, a lot of dust has been kicked up into the atmosphere.  Air quality has been affected slightly.  Your allergies may also be extra active than normal.  Small prices to pay for all of the good food being harvested.   Isaias will make landfall tonight near Pensacola Florida as a strong CAT-3 or a strong CAT-2 storm.  This is the latest date on record for the first Atlantic based (Gulf considered Atlantic) storm to hit the US.  The good news for us...this storm will only provide a glancing blow to Indiana.  The severe potential/spin chances really are close to zero here.  Eastern KY and southcentral/eastern Ohio has a much better shot because of the track of the storm.  It may still be a tropical depression as it moves into Kentucky.  The NW and far west-central portions of the state may see nothing more than clouds as this storm passes to the southeast.  The most rainfall that anyone in Indiana could expect to see from Isaias is around 0.80" and that's more likely farther southeast and east-central sections of the state.  The most steady rainfall should come Saturday night into Sunday while most of us are sleeping.  Rain should get out of here Sunday, most likely by mid afternoon if not sooner...and we should see clearing skies from west to east.  We have more tropical activity Wednesday afternoon into Thursday, but this time from leftovers from a Pacific hurricane.  I will monitor the chances for anything strong but right now the odds look low.  I am still targeting the first widespread frost -- with freeze potential around October 20-21st.  I kept the zone forecasts extra length to account for this potential.