FNUS73 KIWX 271050 FWSIWX Spot Forecast for Coldwater West Unit...MIDNR National Weather Service Northern Indiana 650 AM EDT Thu Mar 27 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 EDT on March 27. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at 1-574-834-1104 if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Mainly dry weather is expected today with just a few afternoon sprinkles or very light rain showers possible (10-15%). Clouds will increase later this morning, and high temperatures are expected to reach into the middle 50s. West to southwest winds around 10 to 15 mph are expected. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy. Temperature.........49 at ignition...Max 55. RH..................54 percent at ignition...Min 47 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 10 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph early in the morning, then shifting to the west 9 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 16 mph shifting to the west 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Good /44500 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /92600 knot-ft/. TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........58 71 71 72 72 72 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Temp............49 52 53 55 55 55 RH..............54 50 48 47 47 49 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 10 12 10 20 FT wind gust.20 20 20 20 18 17 Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 4.7 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.6 Transp wind dir.260 260 270 270 270 270 Transp wind spd.17 20 21 18 17 16 CWR.............0 0 0 10 10 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..45 80 93 79 76 64 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers after 3 am. Chance of rain showers early in the morning. Temperature.........Min 43. RH..................Max 96 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph early in the evening becoming light, then becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph overnight. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 7 to 14 mph shifting to the south 6 to 13 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Good (45400 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (2500 knot-ft) late in the night. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........69 65 61 64 66 69 71 74 76 78 81 83 Weather cov..... SCH SCH CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW Temp............53 53 49 48 45 45 44 44 44 43 44 44 RH..............52 54 63 68 76 79 82 82 86 89 89 89 20 FT wind dir..W W W W S S S SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..8 5 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 7 8 20 FT wind gust.14 10 8 7 7 8 8 9 10 12 13 14 Mix hgt (kft)...3.8 1.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.270 270 270 180 150 170 170 160 150 150 160 160 Transp wind spd.14 9 7 6 7 8 7 8 10 12 13 13 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 Vrate kt-ft/1K..45 14 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny. Rain showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon. Temperature.........Max 69. RH..................Min 65 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 12 mph shifting to the southwest 13 to 14 mph with gusts to around 31 mph late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......80 percent. Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 14 to 18 mph increasing to southwest 23 to 32 mph late in the afternoon, then increasing to around 35 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7200 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (98400 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........87 90 93 92 91 90 86 83 80 69 58 47 Weather cov.....CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Temp............44 45 45 47 49 52 56 59 62 64 66 68 RH..............93 93 96 93 93 86 80 78 75 70 68 65 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE S S S S S SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 8 8 9 10 13 14 15 15 15 20 FT wind gust.15 16 17 17 17 18 21 22 24 26 29 31 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.5 2.1 2.7 3.3 Transp wind dir.160 160 160 170 170 200 200 220 230 230 240 240 Transp wind spd.15 16 14 15 16 17 16 18 23 28 32 35 CWR.............30 40 80 80 80 70 70 70 40 40 40 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..7 9 8 9 9 13 15 21 30 51 75 98 $$ Forecaster...Marsili Requested by...Jeff Corser Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2508087.0/IWX .DELDT 03/27/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0