It’s Midwest Bag Bowl day at the Porter County Expo Center—and we’ve been waiting for this!
Huge thanks to everyone who came out to throw bags with us today. Because of your support, we raised over $1,500 each for two incredible charities: Erin’s Farms and Gabriel’s Horn.
Shoutout to our amazing sponsors, Wagner’s Ribs and Yoder’s Portable Buildings—we couldn’t do it without you!
Games are still going strong as we narrow it down to our top teams. Stay tuned for the winner announcement!
Join us for the 2025 Midwest Bag Bowl on Saturday, March 22nd at 10AM at @pcexpo
Come throw bags for a cause and help support @erinsfarm —a nonprofit sanctuary for previously abused, neglected, and at-risk animals.
Bags, brews, and big hearts welcome!
Hey Region Rockers. Mark your calendars and gather your team and join us for the Midwest Bag Bowl March 22nd at @pcexpo. You can register now at xrock1039.com and remember that your registration fees are supporting two amazing local charities: Gabriel’s Horn shelter for women and children and Erin’s Farm animal rescue.
Thank you to our sponsors Yoder’s Portable Buildings and Wagners Ribs for making this event possible!
RAINY 48 HOURS
Good Monday morning everyone! A storm system to our southwest will continue to pump in lots of Gulf of Mexico moisture over the next 48 hours. The result will be waves of rainfall from now through Tuesday night with the potential for a few inches of rain depending on where the heaviest bands set up. We'll also have gusty winds the next two days--especially on Election Day when winds could gust over 40 mph at times. The good news? It will be on the warm side with highs into the 70s through tomorrow. Plus, we need the rain!
RAIN ON THE WAY
Our dry pattern over the last two months is about to flip as we open up the Gulf of Mexico for business with each passing storm system. Our first round of rain arrives Wednesday night into the first half of Halloween day. The next round arrives later this weekend with next week looking RAINY at this point with a series of low pressure systems that roll through the Region. We could use every drop with on on-going drought in the Midwest and Great Lakes! Take a look at the rainfall potential through the end of next week:
Good Friday morning everyone! We have a weakening area of showers and storms moving in from the northwest this morning. All of this is along and ahead of a cold front that will reinforce our beautiful Fall weather this weekend. Expect this area of clouds and leftover rain to quickly move through with sunshine returning by afternoon. We'll be near 70 for a high today!
WILDFIRE SMOKE RETURNS
That atmospheric smoke is back in our Indiana skies! Wildfires burning from Nevada to Oregon into Idaho are putting out tremendous amounts of smoke. This smoke rises and becomes lofted into the atmosphere--well above the surface. The jetstream then blows this atmospheric smoke all around the eastern US depending on the wind direction. As this smoke passes over the Region, it creates a sky that's not blue, but white and if it's thick enough the sky becomes a whitish gray. These aren't clouds, but rather smoke--and it looks to stick with us for much of the upcoming week!
Everything is going as forecast this morning as we'll see on and off rain continuing to move in this morning from leftover overnight storms to our west. This on and off rain will continue through midday before we quiet down heading into the afternoon. We're still not expecting any severe weather with this morning round.
Attention then turns towards redeveloping storms late this afternoon into the evening that will roll through the Region either late this evening or into the overnight hours. These are the storms we continue to think could be strong to severe locally with all modes of severe weather possible.
Everything is going as forecast this morning as we'll see on and off rain continuing to move in this morning from leftover overnight storms to our west. This on and off rain will continue through midday before we quiet down heading into the afternoon. We're still not expecting any severe weather with this morning round.
Attention then turns towards redeveloping storms late this afternoon into the evening that will roll through the Region either late this evening or into the overnight hours. These are the storms we continue to think could be strong to severe locally with all modes of severe weather possible.
Tune into our latest Region Newsmaker featuring Deb Podgorski from the American Legion Post 260 in Portage!
Discover how they support veterans and the community, and get all the details on their Annual Steamed Corn Picnic fundraiser, coming up on August 10th.
Listen now and find out how you can get involved!
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Good Monday morning everyone! If you joined us for our live broadcast last night, everything is going as planned this morning. A large complex of storms continues to sink to the southeast and we'll deal with some of the leftover rain on the northern end that will be diminishing in coverage. The severe weather threat this morning is zero--just some rain.
Attention then turns towards that "swirl" you see in southern Wisconsin. Depending on how much our atmosphere recovers today (think sunshine, humidity, etc.) we'll see showers and storms redevelop this afternoon across Indiana--some of which could be strong to severe. I'm still favoring the highest severe weather potential being south of us--but some models indicate it may be close to us. Bottom-line, we'll have to keep a close eye on the radar later today into this evening and we'll be doing that for you!
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