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FXUS63 KIND 250434
AFDIND

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1233 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.UPDATE...
THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 250 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. MEANWHILE...A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WHICH WILL
BRING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BACK TO CENTRAL INDIANA ESPECIALLY LATE
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CLIMB TO ABOVE
NORMAL BY TUESDAY AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS INTO MICHIGAN.

&&

.NEAR TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/...

ISSUED AT 950 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

UPDATE...
CURRENT IR SAT IS SHOWING CLEAR SKIES OVER CENTRAL INDIANA...AND
WINDS ARE CALM. AS A RESULT...MADE NO CHANGES TO TONIGHT/S FORECASTED
LOWS OF LOW TO MID 40S. CURRENTLY...TEMPS ACROSS THE AREA ARE
RANGING FROM LOW 50S ACROSS RURAL AREAS TO 60 DEGREES IN THE INDY
METRO.  UPDATED GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
MAIN CHALLENGE TONIGHT WILL BE TEMPERATURES AS COOL CANADIAN HIGH
PRESSURE FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHERN STATES
DOMINATES THE WEATHER.

TEMPERATURES LAST NIGHT IN THE CLEAR AIR FELL TO NEAR THE COOLER GFS
MOS...AND SEE NO REASON WHY THEY WILL NOT AGAIN TONIGHT WITH LIGHT
TO CALM WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES RESULTING IN DECOUPLING AND IDEAL
RADIATIONAL SETUP. LOOK FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO THE MID
40S PER ALLBLEND AND CONSALL.


&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...

ISSUED AT 250 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

MAIN CHALLENGE TO THE FORECAST WILL BE TIMING AND COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THIS WEEKEND. WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
LIFT NORTHEAST AND MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA MONDAY AND
TUESDAY AS COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. UPPER
PATTERN HAS AN UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH A DISTURBANCES
DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE 12Z AND 00Z GFS AND
00Z ECMWF WERE IN CLOSE REGARDING TIMING OF THE VARIOUS DISTURBANCES
AND WERE THE MOST CONSISTENT OF THE MODELS...SO WILL LEAN MORE ON
THEIR SOLUTIONS.

FIRST DISTURBANCE AND SLUG OF MOISTURE ALONG WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT ON
THE 305K LEVEL SHOULD IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA ON SATURDAY. BROUGHT IN
SLIGHT POPS NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY MORNING AND LOW POPS ACROSS ALL
BUT FAR NORTHEAST CENTRAL INDIANA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONTINUING
WARM AIR ADVECTION SHOULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SHOWER CHANCES
SATURDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY...THE WARM FRONT SHOULD BE GETTING
CLOSER...AND ANOTHER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES OVERTOP THE PLAINS RIDGE.
THUS...SHOWER CHANCES CONTINUE ON SUNDAY WITH CHANCES INCREASING
DURING THE AFTERNOON. INCREASED AFTERNOON POPS TO AROUND 40
PERCENT...EXCEPT LOWER FAR NORTHEAST. WITH THE FRONT IN THE
AREA...HIGHEST POPS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. GOOD CHANCE OR
BETTER POPS LOOK GOOD THEN.

MOST UNSTABLE CAPE PROGS SUGGEST...THUNDER NOT EXPECTED UNTIL SUNDAY
AFTERNOON SOUTH AND WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. BY SUNDAY NIGHT...THREW
THUNDER IN ALL ZONES.

WITH CLOUDS INCREASING ON SATURDAY...DIURNAL SWING IN TEMPERATURES
WILL BE LIMITED. WENT ON THE LOW SIDE OF MOS WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS
MOSTLY IN THE 60S AND SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MOS AT NIGHT WITH LOWS
MOSTLY IN THE 50S.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
ISSUED AT 211 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

MODELS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THE ALLBLEND INITIALIZATION CAN BE USED
FOR MOST ITEMS.

A WARM FRONT WILL LINGER IN THE AREA FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE
EXTENDED...THEN AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA. THUS KEPT
LOW CHANCES FOR RAIN INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN WENT DRY. /ALLBLEND/S
POPS FOR FRIDAY LOOK TOO HIGH WITH UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE./

TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH THE PERIOD TO ABOVE AVERAGE.

&&

.AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR 250600Z TAF ISSUANCE/...
ISSUED AT 1233 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD.

MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING WITH HIGH
PRESSURE AND DEEP SUBSIDENCE IN PLACE. MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS
WILL SPILL OVER TOP OF THE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
AND INTO THE REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...GRADUALLY THICKENING
INTO A DENSE CANOPY OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS BY AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. MAY SEE POSSIBLY A FEW SPRINKLES OR VERY
LIGHT SHOWERS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS ISENTROPIC
LIFT AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE SLOWLY INCREASE. PRESENCE OF DRY AIR
THROUGH THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL REMAIN A MITIGATING FACTOR IN MORE
SUBSTANTIAL PRECIP HOWEVER...AND WILL CONTINUE WITH NO MENTION OF
RAIN AT THIS TIME. LIGHT E/NE FLOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO
PREDOMINANTLY SOUTHEAST AT 5-10KTS DURING THE DAY...THEN BACK TO
LIGHT EASTERLY THIS EVENING.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

$$

SYNOPSIS...MK
NEAR TERM...MK/TDUD
SHORT TERM...MK
LONG TERM....JAS
AVIATION...RYAN

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