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FXUS63 KIND 080715
AFDIND
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
315 AM EDT WED APR 8 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR E/NE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA FROM
THROUGH 9AM TODAY.
- WARMING TREND BEGINS TODAY AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK.
- AFTER RAIN CHANCES RETURN THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, DRY WEATHER IS
EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND.
- MORE RAIN CHANCES ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY MAY BRING RECEDING RIVERS
BACK INTO FLOOD STAGES FOR SOME AREAS WITH ACTIVE WEATHER
POTENTIALLY CONTINUING BEYOND THE 7 DAY FORECAST PERIOD.
DISCUSSION (TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 314 AM EDT WED APR 8 2026
THE COLD TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL QUICKLY TURN TO ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THERE WILL ALSO
BE A FEW CHANCES FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, FIRST COMES THE END OF
THE WEEK THEN ADDITIONAL CHANCES ARRIVE NEXT WEEK.
AT THE SURFACE, A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS CONTINUING TO PUSH
EASTWARD WHILE A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NNW. THIS WILL SHIFT
WINDS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA TO OUT OF THE SOUTH BY LATER TODAY AND
WAA WILL TAKE OVER, LEADING TO HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO NEAR 70 TODAY
DESPITE THE COLD START. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH MINRH
VALUES NEAR 30% LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL LEAD TO SLIGHTLY
ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS.
A LLJ WILL ALSO BE NEAR THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT, AND MIXING LATER
TODAY WILL LIKELY BRING WIND GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH FROM THIS AFTERNOON
ON, MAINLY IN OUR NW. MODELS ARE SHOWING THAT THE FRONT, WHICH IS
EXTENDING OFF OF A LOW TRACKING NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES, WILL STALL
JUST TO OUR NW BY TONIGHT AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST TOMORROW
NIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP THE AREA UNDER PLENTY OF WAA AS WELL AS
MOISTURE ADVECTION ALLOWING TEMPS TO GET SOLIDLY INTO THE 70S ON
THURSDAY WITH DEW POINTS INCREASING INTO THE LOW 50S. DURING THIS
TIME SOME RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FAR NW, BUT CHANCES WON'T
INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL THE FRONT FINALLY PUSHES SE THROUGH
THE DAY FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME RAIN AMOUNTS LOOK TO STAY BELOW HALF AN
INCH BUT CAN'T RULE OUT HIGHER AMOUNTS IN LOCALIZED AREAS. UNTIL THE
FRONT FINALLY PASSES, WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN
ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA, WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE THURSDAY
AND UP TO 25 MPH FRIDAY.
BEHIND THE FRONT, ANOTHER SURFACE HIGH WILL BRING DRY WEATHER FOR
THE WEEKEND AS WELL AS A QUICK DROP IN TEMPS THROUGH SATURDAY BUT
STILL NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
MODELS SHOW AN ACTIVE PATTERN POSSIBLE FOR NEXT WEEK WITH SW FLOW
SETTING UP OVER THE AREA. TEMPS WILL PROBABLY BE A GOOD BIT ABOVE
NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO NEAR 80 IN THE FORECAST. WHILE
TIMING AND DETAILS ARE UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME, THE NEXT ROUND OF RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS IS PROGGED FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT
WEEK.
AVIATION (06Z TAF ISSUANCE)
ISSUED AT 148 AM EDT WED APR 8 2026
IMPACTS:
- WINDS VEERING FROM EASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
- GUSTS MAINLY AROUND 15-22KT STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
ESPECIALLY NEAR KLAF
DISCUSSION:
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE NEAR CENTRAL INDIANA TERMINALS THROUGH
THE PERIOD. WINDS ARE STARTING TO VEER FROM THE EAST TO SE TONIGHT
AND WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY BY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL
GENERALLY BE 7-12 KTS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH GUSTS BEGINNING THIS
AFTERNOON UP TO 25 KT , ESPECIALLY FOR LAF. GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT.
IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR INZ021-030-031-
038>042-048-049-056-057-065.
AVIATION...KF
DISCUSSION...KF
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