297 FXUS63 KIWX 170454 AFDIWXArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Northern Indiana 1254 AM EDT Wed Sep 17 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Remaining warm and dry through Friday with highs in the mid to upper 80s.
- Rain shower chances (20-40%) arrive this weekend into early next week.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 205 PM EDT Tue Sep 16 2025
Expansive upper level ridge to gradually shrink overhead through the remainder of the week as northern stream shortwave energy through Ontario/Quebec eventually absorbs a Mid-Atlantic closed low up the East Coast. The dry and stable column under this upper ridge will continue to ensure more warm and dry weather locally through Friday. Some weak moisture flux off Lake Erie in weak easterly flow may once again support patchy fog/stratus formation toward daybreak along and east of the Ohio border early Wednesday morning.
The ridge breaks down this weekend into early next week as an upper trough approaches from the Central US and moisture attempts to stream northward pre-frontal. This will bring periodic/low shower chances (20-40%), and non-zero chances for an isolated storm, back into the fold during this time, with mean ensemble solutions favoring Sunday into Monday for slightly better rain prospects (mainly light).
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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 1251 AM EDT Wed Sep 17 2025
High pressure remains in place over the easter Great Lakes. Overall, this will provide VFR conditions and wind this afternoon less then 10 knots. Early this morning, however, there continues to be the concern for BR at KFWA. Fog is already seeping in from Lake Erie. Compared to previous nights, forecast soundings show a strong surface inversion which increases forecast confidence. Will amend should IFR conditions become likely.
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.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...None. OH...None. MI...None. MARINE...None.
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DISCUSSION...Steinwedel AVIATION...Brown
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