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FXUS63 KIWX 180706
AFDIWX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
205 AM EST Mon Feb 18 2019

.SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 105 AM EST Mon Feb 18 2019

Cloudy with a lingering morning flurry yet continued cold otherwise 
today with highs 25 to 30. Skies clear overnight with lows in the 
teens. Another system will bring a wintry mix late Tuesday night 
through Wednesday morning.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight)
Issued at 205 AM EST Mon Feb 18 2019

Lagging mid level trough and associated moisture plume in the 
process of re-seeding still moist boundary layer. Expect mainly 
flurries/very light snow through daybreak north of US 30 and spits 
of fzdz south.

Ridging follows afterward for today yet given how extensive low 
clouds are upstream, little chance of seeing any sunshine as 
clearing looks to hold off until after sunset.

&&

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Sunday)
Issued at 205 AM EST Mon Feb 18 2019

Pesky and persistent split flow regime continues with next wave in 
the pipeline ejecting out Tue night and through the upper 
midwest/wrn lakes Wed. Stalled sern US frontal zone will bottle up 
most of the associated moisture advection while upper wave 
bifurcates west, essentially splitting the CWA from better 
associated forcings. Thus a brief period of accumulating snow late 
Tue night followed by a brief mix Wed morning then rain Wed aftn 
before ending as warm sector deepens further. 

Thereafter focus turns toward the weekend as parent sw US upper low 
finally ejects out and lifts through the lakes. While alot of spread 
exists yet with sfc cyclone track, composite pattern aloft of a 
deeper/more phased system would support a farther west track of 
which puts the CWA squarely in the warm sector. 


&&

.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Monday Night)
Issued at 1250 AM EST Mon Feb 18 2019

Light snow will continue through the early morning as low level 
trough pivots through the area in wake of exiting low. Still some 
low chance for freezing drizzle at KFWA in the next few hours but 
temps aloft continue to drop and will support better ice nucleation 
as steadier precip drops south. KSBN resides on edge of better low 
level moisture and ceilings could bounce around quite a bit through 
the early morning. Should climb above fuel alternate at both 
terminals by late morning with some late day clearing possible as 
drier air is slowly advected into the area.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

$$

SYNOPSIS...T
SHORT TERM...T 
LONG TERM...T 
AVIATION...AGD


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