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AFDIND

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
141 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Showers and thunderstorms will be around at times today.
- An isolated strong to severe storm is possible south today.
- A brief respite from heat and humidity Thursday and Friday before
  another warm up and additional storm chances late Friday through
  the day Saturday.

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.FORECAST UPDATE...

No major changes needed to the forecast for this update. Only minor
changes to PoPs based on current radar data and latest CAM runs.
Otherwise, forecast remains on track and we still expect a cooler
and cloudier day with occasional showers and thundershowers.

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.SHORT TERM (Today and tonight)...
Issued at 300 AM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

Another lower confidence forecast for today as mesoscale features and
smaller scale upper features make predicting convective coverage
more difficult.

Early This Morning...

An apparent small MCV looks to be moving into southwest
Indiana/western Kentucky. Lingering CAPE resides across southern
portions of the forecast area, and this MCV is using that energy to
pop up some convection across the far southwest part of the area.
Some gusty winds and small hail are possible with these given the
instability.

Meanwhile, isentropic lift is ongoing across the remainder of
central Indiana, and this is resulting in isolated convection.
Instability is much less here. Thus, convection is weaker and not
lasting too long when it forms.

Given the above, will go with likely or high end chance category
PoPs across the south third or so as the MCV works its way east
northeast. Elsewhere, will go with lower PoPs to account for the
weaker convection.

Today...

Weaker broad upper forcing will continue early in the Today period,
but there may be other smaller convectively induced upper
perturbations around. Will keep some mainly chance PoPs around
during the morning.

A larger scale upper trough will move in for the afternoon along
with a surface cold front. This forcing will interact with the
moisture across the area to produce some showers and thunderstorms.

Questions remain on how much instability can build and whether any
convection that forms farther southwest can rob some of the deeper
moisture. This uncertainty can be seen in the differing CAM
solutions.

For now will go with likely or higher PoPs across the area, but with
low to medium confidence.

Highest instability still looks to be across the southern forecast
area, so this would be where the best chance for an isolated strong
to severe storm could develop.

Temperatures will be cooler thanks to clouds and rain, with highs in
the upper 70s to middle 80s.

Tonight...

By the start of the Tonight period (00Z), a few showers or storms
may be lingering in the far south. Will go with some low PoPs there
early. Otherwise, clouds and wind speeds will decrease.

Boundary layer may remain relatively moist if rain is widespread
today. This could result in some patchy fog late tonight.

Lows will be in the upper 50s to lower 60s.

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.LONG TERM (Thursday through Tuesday)...
Issued at 300 AM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

The long term will see a back and forth between quiet weather with
pleasant temperatures and heat with storm chances as multiple
systems move through the region.

The period will start out quiet with surface high pressure bringing
near normal temperatures and dew points in the upper 50s to low 60s.
As the weekend approaches, moisture will return followed by WAA due
to an upper wave and associated front move through the area. Showers
and storms may arrive as early as Friday evening and potentially
lasting into Sunday morning. Periodic breaks in the rain may be
possible with best chances for storms being early Saturday morning
through the afternoon hours as the front itself approaches. Daytime
heating (with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s) and increasing
moisture advection ahead of the front is expected to promote
moderate destabilization. This, combined with weak to modest
effective bulk shear, may support a few strong to severe storms. The
primary threat would be isolated damaging wind gusts, but
localized flooding or severe hail cannot be ruled out.

Behind the weekend system, below normal temperatures and near to mid
50s dew points will provide a brief break for the start of the new
week. The next system, arriving towards mid next week, will return
heat and more storm chances.

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.AVIATION (18Z TAF Issuance)...
Issued at 139 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

Impacts:

- Scattered showers and thunderstorms today, brief reductions to
  MVFR or lower possible

- Clearing overnight with patchy fog possible, especially HUF to BMG

- Wind shift to northerly this evening, becoming northeasterly on
  Thursday

Discussion:

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are developing across central
Indiana this afternoon as a cold front drops southward. Should a
shower or storm impact a terminal, then a period of poor flying
conditions is possible. Expect MVFR, or lower, within any shower or
storm.

Showers and storms clear out around 00z as the front sweeps
southward. Clearing skies along with a wind shift to northerly will
accompany the frontal passage. Clear skies, light winds, and
recent rainfall may lead to patchy fog overnight. The best chance
of this is from HUF to BMG.

On Thursday, VFR conditions return with light flow (around 10
knots) from the northeast.

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.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None.

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UPDATE...Eckhoff
SHORT TERM...50
LONG TERM...KF
AVIATION...Eckhoff