Dense Fog Advisory until 9 a.m., then mostly sunny near 69; dry all week
Patchy fog, then mostly sunny today, high near 69; partly cloudy tonight, low around 45; then dry all week. NWS has a Dense Fog Advisory for northern La Porte County until 9 a.m. today.
Automatic update, 6:47 p.m.: The Dense Fog Advisory for northern La Porte County has ended. It's running cooler than NWS's earlier hour-by-hour forecast: at 6:15 p.m. the La Porte airport reported clear and 57 degrees, where that forecast had about 64. There are no watches, warnings, or advisories for La Porte County right now.
NWS has a Dense Fog Advisory for northern La Porte County until 9 a.m. today. Slow down, use low beams and leave extra room on the road. Today, NWS says: Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. The La Porte airport at 4:35 a.m.: clear and 45.
Dry Sunday through Thursday, highs 66 to 72. The models disagree on Sunday night's low, so that is less certain.
What changed since yesterday's Scoop: NWS has since issued a Dense Fog Advisory. NWS Northern Indiana forecasters' key messages this morning: "Dense fog will impacts portions of the area through late morning. An advisory is in effect." "Otherwise, pleasant weather persists through the upcoming week with highs around 70, lows in the 40s, and no rain expected." Yesterday we said a high of 70; the La Porte airport got 72.
Right now NWS has a Dense Fog Advisory for northern La Porte County until 9 a.m. today. We pass these along as NWS issues them; details and updates are at weather.gov/iwx. SPC shows no thunderstorm or severe risk here through Monday, and WPC shows no flooding-rain risk at La Porte through Wednesday.
Our forecast on record
- Sunday, Oct. 25: high 73, low 44, % chance of rain
- Monday, Oct. 26: high 71, low 46, % chance of rain
We check these against the La Porte airport weather station (KPPO) after each day, and never change them. See how they held up.
Sources
- NWS forecast for La Porte, IN
- NWS Northern Indiana forecast discussion (we used the 2:40 AM EDT Oct. 24 issue; the link opens the newest one)
- Storm Prediction Center convective outlooks
- Weather Prediction Center excessive rainfall outlooks
- NWS Northern Indiana current hazards
- Computer model forecasts from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
Forecasts and warnings come from the National Weather Service office for Northern Indiana; La Porte Weather Now explains them and never issues its own warnings. For what's happening now, see today's La Porte forecast and the Emergency view.
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