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FXUS63 KIWX 100023
AFDIWX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
723 PM EST MON FEB 9 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK. THE NEXT CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION IS NOT UNTIL LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
- WARMER THIS WEEK. HIGHS MOST DAYS WILL BE IN THE 30S AND LOW
40S, EXCEPT THIS TUESDAY AND NEXT MONDAY WHEN HIGHS COULD
REACH THE MID 40S FOR AREAS FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST. THIS WILL
SUPPORT A GRADUAL MELT OF THE EXISTING SNOWPACK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 143 PM EST MON FEB 9 2026
QUIET WEATHER CONTINUES WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE
CENTRAL CONUS MOVING EASTWARD AND BUILDING INTO THE REGION.
SOME MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES TOWARDS MORE NORMAL LEVELS.
CURRENT NORMAL HIGHS FOR FORT WAYNE IS AT 34 DEGREES AND NORMAL
LOWS AT 19 DEGREES WITH SOUTH BEND VALUES AT 33 AND 15
RESPECTIVELY. TOMORROW LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THIS WEEK
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES GETTING CLOSE TO THE 40 DEGREE MARK. OF
COURSE THIS WILL FEEL BALMY COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
ENDURING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. OTHERWISE, HIGH TEMPERATURES
THIS WEEK WILL GENERALLY SIT AROUND THE LOW 30S EACH DAY AND
THE SNOWPACK WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ON THE COOLER SIDE.
WITH A MORE SPLIT FLOW ALOFT ENERGY WILL PRIMARILY PASS WELL
NORTH OR WELL SOUTH OF OUR AREA FOR MOST OF THE WEEK. A WEAK
TROUGH DOES MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION BY THE WEEKEND FROM
WESTERN CANADA AND WILL MOVE A FEW DISTURBANCES THROUGH THE
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW INTO THE AREA INCREASING CHANCES OF
PRECIPITATION BEGINNING SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS AND EVEN A BIT OF RAIN MAY MIX IN BUT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS WE GET CLOSER TO NAIL DOWN THE EXACT
DETAILS AND THERMAL PROFILES AS IT DOES APPEAR THE RAIN/SNOW
LINE SETS UP OVER OUR CWA.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY/
ISSUED AT 710 PM EST MON FEB 9 2026
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST HAS BEEN LOSING ITS HOLD OVER
THE AREA AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA TRIES TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH
PLAINS. A FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST AT
THE START OF THE PERIOD TO NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY LATE TUESDAY.
SURFACE MOISTURE WILL JUST ABOUT MAKE IN INTO FORT WAYNE AT
ABOUT 18Z WHEN THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. HAVE INCLUDED A MENTION
OF LOW MVFR CEILINGS TO IFR CONDITIONS WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THIS
MOISTURE ABOUT MIDDAY TUESDAY. OTHERWISE, WINDS WILL BECOME
NORTHWEST WITH SOME GUSTS REACHING CLOSE TO OR ABOVE 20 KNOTS.
IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
IN...NONE.
OH...NONE.
MI...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...ANDERSEN
AVIATION...SKIPPER
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