802 FXUS63 KIWX 081821 AFDIWXArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Northern Indiana 221 PM EDT Wed Oct 8 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Areas of frost Thursday and Friday morning.
- Temperatures warm back to near or slightly above normal this weekend into next week.
- Rain will remain sparse through the next 7 days.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 216 PM EDT Wed Oct 8 2025
High pressure over WI this afternoon shifts east through time, bringing back-to-back crisp and frosty nights. With low pressure well off the northeast US coast, confidence is high in light wind overnight and clear skies. Current forecast lows are on the colder side of guidance, which, given this pattern change, placement of the surface high, and 850mb temperatures of 2C to 4C, aiming to the cold side of guidance appears warranted. As a result, have opted for an area-wide frost advisory. The argument could be made that some northwest OH counties and Indiana counties south of US 24 may not have a long enough duration of 36F, but this seems to be splitting hairs in the grand scheme. Advisories will need to be considered again for Friday morning.
Return, southerly flow, takes place Friday but is at odds with falling heights aloft ahead of an incoming low. This low deepens and races across Michigan Saturday. This upper-level low is moisture starved given its continental polar source region. However, guidance has been trending wetter these past couple of days as solutions have become more amplified. Not a washout for our area, but at least northern potions of the forecast area have a 20% chance of showers Friday night and Saturday.
Upper-level ridging resumes in the wake of this low. High temperatures will return to the 70s. Prospects for rain next week remain murky and dependent on the placement and magnitude of this upper-level ridge taking shape. In the meantime, in-house blend has spurious slight-chance POPs near the lake.
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.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 1229 PM EDT Wed Oct 8 2025
A large area of high pressure centered over the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest will bring dry, pleasant weather to the area over the next several days. Winds are coming out of the northeast this afternoon, with gusts up to 15 to 20 kts close to Lake Michigan. Skies will remain mostly clear today with only a few clouds near 5000 feet. This evening and overnight, winds will diminish and gradually switch from northeast to southeast by Thursday morning.
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.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...Frost Advisory from 4 AM EDT /3 AM CDT/ to 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ Thursday for INZ005>009-012>015-017-018-020-022>027- 032>034-103-104-116-203-204-216. OH...Frost Advisory from 4 AM to 9 AM EDT Thursday for OHZ001-002- 004-005-015-016-024-025. MI...Frost Advisory from 4 AM to 9 AM EDT Thursday for MIZ078>081- 177-277. MARINE...None.
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DISCUSSION...Brown AVIATION...Johnson
NWS IWX Office Area Forecast Discussion