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Issued by NWS Indianapolis, IN
Issued by NWS Indianapolis, IN
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599 FXUS63 KIND 090645 AFDIND Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 245 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Scattered storms today with best chances across the southeast half of central Indiana - Generally very warm/humid through this weekend...greatest rain/ storm chances on Saturday...not as humid Sunday && .SHORT TERM (Today and Tonight)... Issued at 245 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 Remnant pockets of showers continue to drift across the northern Wabash Valley southwest into eastern Illinois in tandem with an upper level wave and a weak surface front. The airmass remained dry below 10kft over much of the region with mid level clouds increasing. 06Z temperatures ranged from the upper 60s to the mid 70s. The aforementioned upper wave and surface boundary will track across the region today and provide at least the opportunity for scattered convective development with a moist and unstable airmass across central Indiana. As this shifts off to the east this evening... weak high pressure will expand into the area with slightly drier air. Cannot rule out isolated showers continuing to develop across the northwest half of the forecast area through much of the morning but the current ACARS sounding at KIND highlights the problems in the lower levels of the atmosphere that will likely limit if not completely mitigate convective development over the next several hours. Mainly...the air remains dry up into the 600-500mb layer with negligent instability. Much of the better forcing aloft is displaced to the north across lower Michigan as well. Will maintain low pops through late morning but most locations will remain dry due to the extenuating factors above. Low level moisture will improve this afternoon along and ahead of the front as it moves into the forecast area and this will aid in MLCAPES peaking at near 2000 j/kg. But the forcing aloft will remain weak with little to near shear as well. This will likely keep convection in a scattered and disorganized state focused especially across the southeast half of the forecast area ahead of the boundary. Once again as has been the case for the last several days...primary threats from convection this afternoon will be brief and localized heavy rainfall and cloud to ground lightning. Convection will linger into the evening across eastern counties before departing to the east as weak high pressure expands south from the western Great Lakes. Despite dry air advecting in overnight...potential for patchy fog will exist in the predawn hours Thursday as winds lighten to near calm levels and skies clear. Temps...low level thermals support mid 80s across the forecast area today. With the arrival of a slightly drier airmass tonight...lows will fall into the mid and upper 60s. && .LONG TERM (Thursday through Tuesday)... Issued at 245 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 Overall typical midsummer weather is expected through the long term as generally very warm and humid conditions with scattered diurnally- driven convection...surround a couple rather brief less humid and mainly rain-free periods. Synoptically, North America will be more trough dominant, although only along the Canadian border and north...while any attempts of the southern subtropical ridge to regain momentum is suppressed to the southwestern CONUS through at least this weekend. In between these features, weak zonal flow will carry embedded small weaknesses into the Midwest through Saturday... before light southwest flow tries to quietly build the ridge towards Indiana, bringing a marginally-hot set-up around next Monday and onward. This will all translate to more early mornings usually starting in the upper 60s/lower 70s, with higher humidity capping diurnal spreads up to around 85-90F. Maximum afternoon heat indices usually in the upper 80s to mid-90s...may approach 100F on Saturday, and again at the end of the long term. Widely scattered afternoon/ evening showers and thunderstorms will be the rule most days...while occasional modest wind shear may promote a few stronger storms. Best opportunity for greater coverage of rain/storms will be around the Saturday period when a more amplified northern wave should drag a weak cold front across the region. Milder and less humid conditions will hopefully accompany subtle drops in heights/H850 temperatures/ precipitable water both at the start of the long term and then through the latter half of the weekend, when several northern zones may observe a tandem of overnights dropping into the mid-60s. Indianapolis` normal max/min will maintain the year`s peak values through July 22...85/67. && .AVIATION (06Z TAF Issuance)... Issued at 1244 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 Impacts: - Brief MVFR visibilities near daybreak possible in fog - Scattered thunderstorms possible this afternoon, but too low probability for mention at this time Discussion: Showers continue to diminish over the northern Wabash Valley early this morning with much drier air across the region. Other than a stray light shower...expect largely dry conditions through daybreak. Patchy fog remains a possibility at the outlying terminals in the predawn hours...but the expansion of mid level clouds into the region should mitigate this threat to some degree despite ample moisture lingering near the surface. An upper wave and weak surface boundary will cross central Indiana later today and will likely spark scattered convection potentially as early as later this morning continuing into the afternoon. Overall coverage is expected to remain too low to even include PROB30s at this time. Diurnal cu will again develop into the afternoon before diminishing this evening as slightly drier air arrives in the wake of the weak frontal passage. Winds will be light through the forecast period...gradually transitioning to W/NW this evening. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...Ryan LONG TERM...AGM AVIATION...Ryan