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| Sunrise 7:08AM | Sunset 4:48PM | Tuesday January 19, 2021 11:10 AM CST (17:10 UTC) | Moonrise 11:52AM | Moonset 12:00AM | Illumination 38% |  |
LMZ046 Michigan City In To New Buffalo Mi- 1046 Am Est Tue Jan 19 2021
.small craft advisory in effect through Wednesday morning...
Rest of today..West wind 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
Tonight..Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Gusts up to 25 knots. Snow through midnight, then a chance of snow after midnight. Waves 3 to 6 feet.
Wednesday..West wind 10 to 15 knots backing southwest 15 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet in the afternoon.
Wednesday night..Southwest wind 15 to 25 knots becoming after midnight. Gusts up to 30 knots. Mostly clear through midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Waves 3 to 6 feet. The water temperature at st. Joseph is 37 degrees and at michigan city is 35 degrees.
.small craft advisory in effect through Wednesday morning...
Rest of today..West wind 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
Tonight..Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Gusts up to 25 knots. Snow through midnight, then a chance of snow after midnight. Waves 3 to 6 feet.
Wednesday..West wind 10 to 15 knots backing southwest 15 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet in the afternoon.
Wednesday night..Southwest wind 15 to 25 knots becoming after midnight. Gusts up to 30 knots. Mostly clear through midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Waves 3 to 6 feet. The water temperature at st. Joseph is 37 degrees and at michigan city is 35 degrees.
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Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1046 AM EST Tue Jan 19 2021
For waters within five nautical miles of shore on Lake Michigan
LMZ046-192330-
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Long Beach, IN
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Area Discussion for - Northern Indiana, IN
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Northern Indiana 600 AM EST Tue Jan 19 2021
SYNOPSIS. Issued at 310 AM EST Tue Jan 19 2021
A quick round of snow will move through beginning this afternoon in northwest Indiana, spreading eastward through the evening. The greatest snow totals are expected in southwest Michigan as some lake enhanced snow develops. Snow will exit overnight.
SHORT TERM. (Today and Tonight) Issued at 310 AM EST Tue Jan 19 2021
Another quick round of snow will move through with the greatest totals expected in Berrien and Cass (MI) counties. Snow will begin near the afternoon drive time and taper off late Tuesday night (west to east). Totals of 2-4" are expected in the aformentioned counties, with, broadly speaking, 1-2" of snow along U.S. 20 but west of I-69. Elsewhere, 1 inch or less is expected. The nitty-gritty details follow:
There are two features to monitor over the next 24 hours. The first is a weak surface low and fading vort max aloft that has spawned an area of light snow near La Crosse, WI early this morning. This feature will weaken as it moves east. However, I cannot completely rule out some of these snow showers surviving into our northwest CWA late this afternoon. Any radar returns will likely work to saturate our currently-dry airmass.
The main show is a robust wave quickly dropping through the Dakotas. It has a fairly impressive representation on Infrared Satellite, with cloud tops of -40C. This afternoon and evening, the left exit region of an 80 knot jet at 500mb will move through our CWA. This jet will intensify this evening toward 90+ knots, indicating a dynamic clipper. Cross sections confirm this by showing frontogenesis at both 700mb and in a layer from 500-300mb. While much of these f-gen areas reside outside of the DGZ, a reduced gradient in theta-e is noted within the DGZ indicative of some instability there, and there is favorable omega within the DGZ. Lastly, saturation is noted in the lowest 700mb and steep lapse rates at times.
In coordination with Grand Rapids, we opted to hoist an advisory to highlight: 1) the impacts to the afternoon/evening commute, and 2) the snow's intensity. We are cognizant that recent short waves have not performed as well as we expected, but the upper-level support is improved in this scenario, among the other factors noted above.
LONG TERM. (Wednesday through Monday) Issued at 310 AM EST Tue Jan 19 2021
Any lingering lake effect snow toward southwest Michigan will ease Wednesday morning as ridging move in. Zonal flow follows by nightfall which keep conditions mostly quiet through the end of the week. I cannot rule out another round of lake effect snow Thursday night into Friday thanks to a reinforcing shot of cold air down the lake and surface high pressure moving in over the western Great Lakes.
The upper-air pattern amplifies by the weekend with a trough in the west and a ridge over the east. A cut off low near the Baja really throws a wrench into how this upper-air pattern will evolve. A second wrench is a wobbling upper-level low over the Canadian Prairies. These features will be critical in steering any potential storms tracking through the Central US.
AVIATION. (For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Wednesday Morning) Issued at 600 AM EST Tue Jan 19 2021
Upstream clipper disturbance over SD will continue rapidly sewd this period and spread another brief but intense band of snow across the terminals this evening. MVFR stratocu had decayed near term as expected yet leading mid level moisture plume will take its place through daybreak. Otherwise rapid deterioration in flight conditions expected 22-00Z as arc of warm advection induced snow spreads across the terminals. Lake enhancement invof of KSBN portents a period of at least IFR restriction if not LIFR and this may extend across the KFWA terminal for a time given trending signals in highres guidance as they relate to intense warm advection snow burst.
IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. IN . NONE. MI . Winter Weather Advisory from 3 PM this afternoon to 4 AM EST Wednesday for MIZ077-078.
OH . NONE. LM . Small Craft Advisory until 11 AM EST Wednesday for LMZ043-046.
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Weather Reporting Stations
EDIT (on/off) Help NOTE: Click on distance to see the station location on a map| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | Pressure | DewPt |
| MCYI3 - Michigan City, IN | 2 mi | 41 min | SW 9.9 G 12 | 25°F | 17°F | |||
| BHRI3 - Burns Harbor, IN | 16 mi | 41 min | SW 6 G 7 | 26°F | 1022.7 hPa | |||
| SJOM4 - St. Joseph, MI | 32 mi | 71 min | WSW 18 G 21 | 31°F | 1021 hPa (+0.3) | |||
| CMTI2 - 9087044 - Calumet, IL | 35 mi | 53 min | SSW 7 G 11 | 25°F | 1021.8 hPa | 18°F | ||
| CHII2 - Chicago, IL | 39 mi | 41 min | WSW 9.9 G 11 | 26°F | 20°F | |||
| CNII2 | 40 mi | 26 min | W 8 G 8.9 | 25°F | 17°F | |||
| OKSI2 | 42 mi | 131 min | W 2.9 G 15 | 27°F | ||||
| FSTI2 | 44 mi | 131 min | 25°F |
Wind History for Calumet Harbor, IL
(wind in knots) EDIT (on/off) Help| 11 AM | 12 PM | 1 PM | 2 PM | 3 PM | 4 PM | 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | 8 PM | 9 PM | 10 PM | 11 PM | 12 AM | 1 AM | 2 AM | 3 AM | 4 AM | 5 AM | 6 AM | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | |
| Last 24hr | SW G10 | SW G12 | SW G13 | SW G12 | SW G14 | W G17 | SW G15 | W G13 | W G8 | W G16 | W G13 | W G9 | SW G9 | SW G8 | W G8 | SW G6 | SW G11 | SW | W G8 | SW G7 | SW G8 | SW G9 | SW G11 | SW G11 |
| 1 day ago | SW G10 | SW G11 | SW G9 | SW G10 | SW G11 | SW G6 | SW G7 | SW G7 | SW | SW | W G7 | W | SW | SW | W G9 | W G8 | W G9 | SW | SW G9 | SW G8 | SW | SW G8 | SW | SW G10 |
| 2 days ago | W G8 | W G9 | W G11 | W G10 | W G8 | W G16 | W G12 | W G7 | W G8 | W G6 | W G7 | W G10 | SW G9 | SW | SW G8 | SW | SW G8 | SW G8 | SW G8 | SW | SW | SW | SW G9 | SW G10 |
Airport Reports
EDIT (on/off) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Visibility | Sky/Weather | Temp | DewPt | Humidity | Pressure |
| Michigan City Municipal Airport, IN | 4 mi | 76 min | WSW 7 | 10.00 mi | Overcast | 25°F | 18°F | 74% | 1022.7 hPa |
| Valparaiso Porter County Municipal Airport, IN | 21 mi | 75 min | WSW 11 | 9.00 mi | Overcast | 23°F | 18°F | 81% | 1023.7 hPa |
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Wind History from MGC (wind in knots)
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| 2 days ago | S | S | W | NW G16 | NW G18 | W | NW G16 | W G14 | W G15 | NW | W | W | W | W | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | W |
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