SEPTEMBER OPENS HOT AND DRY.  RAIN CHANCES INCREASE AS THE COOLEST AIR IN THREE MONTHS HEADS OUR WAY.

Scattered showers are falling in Illinois...unfortunately, that's where they will stay for a majority of today!  Rain chances will increase this evening and into Thursday, along with a few embedded thunderstorms.  Showers will end on Friday morning and fall weather arrives for our Labor Day! 

Hurricane Earl is still on course to rake the Outer Banks of North Carolina early Friday morning...from Wilmington, NC to Boston, MA expect strong winds, flooding rains and heavy storm surge through Saturday morning...No direct landfall is expected, so damage should be limited!

North Carolina just issued evacuations for their barrier islands ahead of major Hurricane Earl.  For us here in Indiana we get to sit back and watch, but don't forget to say a prayer tonight for those who are in harms way.

It's not official but August should go down as the driest on record with a miserable .37" for the entire month...nearly 3.50" below average!  Along with being soooo dry, it has been one of the warmest months on record.  The average monthly temperature for this month is holding at 79.5 degrees.  This makes August 2010 the fourth warmest ever on record.  With highs this afternoon pushing the middle 90s, we could move to the third warmest on record by tomorrow!  Rain chances increase Wednesday and on through Friday morning...this will be followed by MUCH cooler air for the holiday weekend!

Temperatures topped out in the 90's to start the weekend and we'll end the weekend in the same sultry fashion. Highs today will reach the low to mid 90's across the state, with slightly hotter temperatures South of I-70.

After a comfortable stretch of temperatures last week, we'll usher in hotter temperatures to start and end the weekend. Temperatures today will top out in the upper 80's in most locations with a few 90 degree readings possible. Plenty of sunshine and winds from the south will help to bump up the temperatures today and tomorrow.