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Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
Issued by NWS Northern Indiana
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025 FXUS63 KIWX 141148 AFDIWX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Northern Indiana 748 AM EDT Tue Oct 14 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Areas of fog mainly east of Interstate 69 will clear shortly after sunrise. - Highs in the 70s are expected today and again Fri into Sat with a brief dip into the 60s for Wed and Thu. - Confidence in at least some needed rainfall is increasing Sat afternoon into Sat night. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 336 AM EDT Tue Oct 14 2025 Clouds along/ahead of a diffuse front were impacting a large part of the area, which has been limiting fog development this far. A few locations in NW Ohio/far NE Indiana are hinting at some development but confidence in widespread impacts is lower than past days. Minor changes to grids overnight to limit the mention of areas of fog and will hold off on any sort of headlines. Focus then shifts to minimal precip chances late tonight as mid level forcing arrives from the north and west. Models continue to bring in at least widely scattered showers, maybe as far south as US- 6. Although forcing is decent, worried that lower levels may be too dry to allow much, if any measurable precip despite models showing pockets of up to a tenth of an inch closer to Lake MI. Will maintain slgt chc to chc pops between 6 and 12Z Wed, but even if it does make it in, there will be no impacts to the dry conditions across the area. The front will usher in a brief return to normal temperatures in the mid 60s for Wednesday and Thursday before upper level heights increase once again. Unlike the past several weeks, a strong upstream trough will edge east and allow at least some low level moisture return, which should be in place as several disturbances move NE out of the trough. While timing and strength details are still somewhat murky signs seem to point towards a decent chance of needed rainfall from showers and some thunderstorms Saturday afternoon into Sat night. Amounts vary, as would be expected, with widespread 0.5 to 1" in some models and multiple rounds of precip bringing several inches to some areas. The strength of the system and overall wind fields could allow for breezy conditions ahead of and especially behind the system, with a push of even colder, albeit brief, air. Plenty of time to sort things out. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 743 AM EDT Tue Oct 14 2025 VFR conditions are expected at the terminals through the period. Given proximity to sunrise suspect we won`t see much in the way of BR/FG at KFWA or KSBN. KSBN is still beneath the 5kft overcast deck, and KFWA is on the edge of it. It`s possible these ceilings inch into KFWA-but the thickest development appears to be stalled just west of the terminal. Otherwise, flow will be light out of the north-northeast once we get into daytime heating. Expect increasing mid-high level clouds this evening into the overnight ahead of the next system. Have a prob30 for rain showers developing at KSBN between 9-12z given lower confidence (it could remain just north/west of the terminal). && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...None. OH...None. MI...None. MARINE...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Fisher AVIATION...MCD