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FXUS63 KIWX 210453
AFDIWX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1153 PM EST THU FEB 20 2025
KEY MESSAGES
* FLURRIES ENDING OVERNIGHT. NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION.
* DECREASING CLOUDS FRIDAY BUT STILL COLD. HIGHS NEAR 28.
* DRY AND TRENDING WARMER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGHS IN THE 30S
THIS WEEKEND THEN INTO THE 40S MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 200 PM EST THU FEB 20 2025
LES SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND TAKE ON A MORE CELLULAR MULTI-
BANDED LOOK INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR OUR NORTHWEST
FLOW SNOW BELTS. CLOUD LAYER SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN WITHIN THE DGZ
INTO TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT FLUFFY ACCUMS AND MINOR
ADDITIONAL TRAVEL IMPACTS. WARMING/DRYING ALOFT AS HEIGHTS
RECOVERY ALOFT SHOULD ALLOW THIS ACTIVITY TO DWINDLE OVERNIGHT.
DRY CONDITIONS AND A WELCOMED WARMING TREND IS IN STORE THEN INTO
THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT AS RETURN LOW LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW
DEVELOPS UNDER A FLATTENED FLOW REGIME ALOFT. A FEW SHORTWAVES
EVENTUALLY TAKE AIM ON THE AREA AROUND MONDAY NIGHT-TUESDAY, AND
AGAIN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK WITH LOW CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION.
THE LATE WEEK SYSTEM APPEARS TO HAVE THE GREATER POTENTIAL FOR RAIN
AND/OR SNOW AS THE BULK OF GUIDANCE SHOWS A MORE AMPLIFIED WAVE AND
DEVELOPING SFC REFLECTION. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY AVERAGE ABOVE
NORMAL OTHERWISE NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 1129 PM EST THU FEB 20 2025
FLURRIES HAVE ABOUT ENDED OVER NORTHERN INDIANA PER SURFACE AND
RADAR OBS. A PIREP INDICATED THE CLOUD LAYER WAS ABOUT 023
THICK OVER SBN. THE LATEST HRRR BUFKIT SOUNDINGS FAVOR CLEARING
BY MID MORNING, SO WENT WITH VFR AT 14Z AT BOTH SITES.
IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
IN...NONE.
OH...NONE.
MI...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR LMZ043-046.
DISCUSSION...STEINWEDEL
AVIATION...SKIPPER
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