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FXUS63 KIND 271657
AFDIND

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1158 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015

.UPDATE...
AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 323 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 

A COUPLE OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BRING CHANCES FOR 
PRECIPITATION TO CENTRAL INDIANA THURSDAY AND AGAIN FOR THE SECOND 
HALF OF THE WEEKEND. FOR MUCH OF THE TIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN 
BELOW AVERAGE...WITH THE COLDEST AIR MOVING IN EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /REST OF TODAY/...

ISSUED AT 944 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015

UPDATE...
FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. MOSTLY
CLOUDY SKIES SHOULD SCATTER OUT THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS TOPPING
OFF IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. CURRENT TEMPS
ACROSS THE AREA ARE GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. UPDATED GRIDS 
HAVE BEEN SENT.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
TODAY THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GRADUALLY DRY OUT AS HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES IN. LOOKS LIKE SOME CLEARING WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON FROM
NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. MAV MOS LOOKS A BIT WARM...ESPECIALLY
NORTHEAST WHERE SOME SNOW COVER EXISTS. TRIMMED IT BACK A BIT.

&&

.SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/
ISSUED AT 323 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 

FOCUS IS ON CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM WEDNESDAY 
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. MODELS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT A BLEND WAS USED.

CLOUDS SHOULD DIMINISH ENOUGH TONIGHT THAT WITH THE LIGHT WINDS 
EXPECTED...THERE WILL BE DECENT RADIATIONAL COOLING. THUS WENT 
CLOSER TO THE COLDER MAV MOS NUMBERS FOR LOWS.

CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY BUT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SUN TO 
WARM TEMPERATURES TO WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OF MAV MOS.

ISENTROPIC LIFT BEGINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW 
PRESSURE SYSTEM. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE/THICKEN DURING THE 
EVENING...AND WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH. THESE WILL ALLOW 
TEMPERATURES TO RISE DURING THE OVERNIGHT AFTER REACHING LOWS DURING 
THE EARLY EVENING.

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL TAKE A WHILE TO MOISTEN UP WEDNESDAY NIGHT SO 
ONLY WENT POPS AFTER 06Z. MOISTURE STILL IS NOT GREAT SO ONLY WENT 
CHANCE POPS. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL BE WARM SO PRECIPITATION TYPE 
WILL DEPEND ON LOW LEVELS. LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM 
ENOUGH TO JUST GO RAIN RATHER THAN FREEZING RAIN.

CONTINUED CHANCE POPS ON THURSDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH BUT 
MOISTURE STILL NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL COOL 
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON SO KEPT A MIX OF RAIN/SNOW LATE AFTERNOON.

KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALL AREAS THURSDAY EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR 
ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION AS THE SYSTEM EXITS. WENT SLIGHT CHANCE 
POPS ALL NIGHT ACROSS THE FAR NORTH TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 
SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS GETTING INTO THE AREA.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
ISSUED AT 300 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015

NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL ENSURE
A COLD START TO THE EXTENDED PERIOD ON FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON THURSDAY. THE HIGH WILL DRIFT EAST THROUGH
SATURDAY MAINTAINING DRY CHILLY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.
HIGHS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S BOTH DAYS. 

THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD COMES DURING THE SECOND
HALF OF THE WEEKEND AS A STRENGTHENING SURFACE WAVE TRACKS FROM
THE WESTERN GULF SUNDAY MORNING INTO NEW ENGLAND BY MONDAY. MODEL
GUIDANCE HAS WAVERED WITH THE HANDLING OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THE
LAST FEW DAYS RANGING FROM A SUPPRESSED SYSTEM TRACKING THROUGH
THE SOUTHERN STATES TO A MORE PHASED SOLUTION BRINGING A GREATER
IMPACT NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. 00Z GUIDANCE IN GENERAL HAS
TRENDED BACK TOWARDS THE MORE PHASED UPPER WAVE WITH A SURFACE
WAVE TRACKING THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT AND A BROAD AREA OF OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION SPREADING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.

WITH COLD AIR LINGERING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AND THE TRACK TO
THE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...PRECIP WOULD LIKELY FALL AS SNOW
AS IT STANDS NOW WITH POSSIBLY A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIP ON
SUNDAY DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF WARMTH IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER
THAT CAN TAKE PLACE. STILL SEVERAL DAYS OUT AND LIKELY TO SEE
ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS WE NEAR THE WEEKEND. ONE CAVEAT TO KEEP IN
MIND...MODEL GUIDANCE IN GENERAL HAS UNDERDONE LOW LEVEL WARM
INTRUSIONS AND CAUSED PRECIP TYPE CHALLENGES ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA WITH SURFACE WAVES ALL WINTER LONG. NOT SAYING THIS HAPPENS
HERE IF THE FORECAST TRACK THROUGH THE TENNESSEE AND LOWER OHIO
VALLEYS HOLDS. IT IS JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS MODELS HONE
IN ON A CONSENSUS SOLUTION IN THE COMING DAYS. SHOULD THINGS COME
TOGETHER FOR A PREDOMINANT SNOW EVENT...POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR A
FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT.

ONCE THE SURFACE WAVE PASSES AND DEEPENS OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST
MONDAY...A FRESH BATCH OF ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE REGION
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGHS MAY STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE TEENS
BOTH MONDAY/TUESDAY ACROSS NORTHERN COUNTIES.

&&

.AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR 271800Z TAF ISSUANCE/...
ISSUED AT 1158 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015

MVFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE THE FIRST FEW HOURS...THEN VFR REST OF THE 
PERIOD. 

HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WAS OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WHILE STRONG 
LOW PRESSURE WAS MOVING UP THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. THIS WAS PRODUCING 
A LIGHT NORTHEAST FLOW ACROSS OUR AREA AND DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD 
WEST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.  THIS WILL CAUSE IMPROVING FLIGHT 
CONDITIONS WITH MOST CLOUDS CLEARING BY THIS EVENING.  

THE REST OF THE FORECAST WILL BE QUIET...ALTHOUGH MVFR FOG IS 
POSSIBLE SOME AREAS AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY.  MODELS INDICATE 
SCATTERED MID CLOUDS AND SCATTERED TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS ON 
WEDNESDAY.

NORTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 8 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME LIGHT 
TONIGHT AND SOUTHEAST UP TO 8 KNOTS WEDNESDAY.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. 

&&

$$

SYNOPSIS...50
NEAR TERM...50/TDUD
SHORT TERM...50
LONG TERM....RYAN
AVIATION...JH

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